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Carnival held to mark Mexican Day of the Dead

Thousands of people took to the streets of Mexico City to dance beside giant skulls and skeletons, rolled out for the capital fourth edition of a Day of the Dead parade inspired by Hollywood, part of an ever-expanding menu of festivities for the holiday.

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Russia's Kemerovo ski resort dresses up for carnival

Hundreds of extreme snow lovers made a massive descent in bright carnival In the Kemerovo region on the territory of the famous ski resort Sheregesh

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Greeks mark start of Lent with traditional parade

Residents of the Greek mountain town of Sochos, northeast of Thessaloniki, celebrated the beginning of Lent on Monday with a carnival and procession dating back to ancient times.

France

Who's the most gull-able? Seaside town holds bird-imitating contest

A competition to find the best seagull impersonator has taken place in Dunkirk, France.

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World

Parade politics: Are Flemish carnivals offensive or satire?︱Raw Politics

A Belgian MEP and a hate speech advisor debate over who's right.

Belgium

Belgian carnival float depicting Jewish stereotypes criticised

A carnival float at a parade in Belgium has caused outrage for displaying giant caricatures of Jews sitting on bags of money.

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German carnival strongholds of Duesseldorf, Cologne celebrate Rose Monday

Revellers braved rain and wind to celebrate Rose Monday in the German carnival strongholds of Cologne and Duesseldorf on Monday using comedy to shine a light on political issues that have dominated the news over the last year.

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Brightly coloured and noisy carnival celebrations paraded around Europe

The speed skater Arianna Fontana kicked-off Italy's parade, performing the Flight of the Eagle from the tower bell in Venice.

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World-famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival kicks off with colourful costumes and samba dancing

Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival kicked off on Friday with street parties, colourful costumes, music and samba dancing.

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Basque carnival starts

Hundreds of people are flocking to the Basque Country in Spain for the annual carnival

Italy

Venice plans to impose new entrance tax charge for day-trip visitors

Authorities in Venice have decided to impose a new 3 euro entrance fee during 2019 on tourists who visit the city for a day and don't stay overnight

Germany

Watch: Cologne carnival kicks off 6 days of uninterrupted partying

Cologne carnival kicks off 6 days of uninterrupted partying

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Hundreds of children take part in annual carnival in Croatia

Hundreds of children took part in a carnival parade in the town of Opatija in Croatia on Sunday, with large crowds turning out to cheer them on.

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Thousands line streets of Viareggio to see satirical floats

Thousands of people lined the streets of Viareggio on Saturday to watch a parade of satirical floats as part of the Italian city's annual carnival.

Italy

Satirical Italian festival addresses political themes

Satirical Italian festival addresses political themes

France

Giant effigies of Trump, Putin and Macron to feature in France parade

The annual event will be run from February 16 to March 2.

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Pepino the Cucumber comes back to life as Bolivia kicks off carnival

Trumpets blare as townspeople walk solemly alongside a golden casket through the streets of South America's highest capital, La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday (February 3), four weeks before carnival begins.

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Good over evil at Europe's first carnival of the year

The first carnival of the year in Europe is celebrated in the village of Silio, in Cantabria (northern Spain).

Cyprus

Cypriot carnival bans costumes inspired by Netflix series 'Money Heist

"Casa de Papel" (Money Heist) is Netflix's most-watched non-English show.

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White House Halloween and underwater pumpkins: No Comments of the week

Euronews takes a look back at some of the best Halloween videos from this week’s No Comment section.