Global Carnival Celebrations
From Rio to Switzerland, revelers celebrate before Lent.
Rio Carnival: Carnival Festivals Around the World
Fools celebrate the beginning of the street carnival in Cologne, western Germany on Feb. 7, 2013, as the hot carnival season was launched. Hundreds of thousands of Germans, mainly in the western Rhine region, crowd the streets to celebrate Women's Carnival Day. (Rolf Vennenbernd/AFP/Getty Images)
