Brazil carnival in pictures

The carnival fever

Mosquito nets costumes have been popular in Recife's carnival

The parades

The annual ritual of parades in Rio de Janeiro

Copacabana Beach

Government employees in Copacabana Beach handed out leaflets with information about Zika

Revelers dressed up as Aedes mosquito

In typical carnival irreverence, some revellers in Recife dressed up as the Aedes mosquito

Dawn rooster parade

More than one million people joined the traditional Dawn Rooster parade in Recife