Rio carnival

Members of Salgueiro samba school parade Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photograph: Felipe Dana/guardian.co.uk Queen of the Drums, Raissa de Oliveira (right), of the Beija-Flor samba school Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Antonio Scorza/guardian.co.uk Members of Unidos da Tijuca samba school take a spin Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photograph: Felipe Dana/guardian.co.uk Spectators watch members of Beija-Flor samba school perform on a float Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP Photograph: Martin Mejia/guardian.co.uk Members of Salgueiro samba school give a bookish display Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photograph: Felipe Dana/guardian.co.uk A member of Beija-Flor samba school Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP Photograph: Martin Mejia/guardian.co.uk A member of Beija-Flor samba school performs on a float Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Photograph: Felipe Dana/guardian.co.uk Julia Lira, 7, whose age caused some controversy, performs as the Queen of the Drums' section of the Viradouro samba school Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP Photograph: Martin Mejia/guardian.co.uk Members of the Salgueiro samba school Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Juan Barreto/guardian.co.uk Dancers of Viradouro samba school Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP Photograph: Martin Mejia/guardian.co.uk Members of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school go for gold Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/guardian.co.uk Performers dressed as Batman take a novel approach to dry skiing on the Unidos da Tijuca float Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/guardian.co.uk A masked Madonna watches the carnival parade Photograph: Bruno Domingos/Reuters Photograph: Bruno Domingos/guardian.co.uk Members of Unidos da Tijuca samba school take in the atmosphere Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP Photograph: Martin Mejia/guardian.co.uk