Final day of carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro - in pictures

A Beija-Flor samba school dancer performs while parading through the Sambadrome exhibition area Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP A float by the Mocidade Independente samba school parades Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Porto da Pedra samba school dancers perform at the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP A dancer from the Porto da Pedra samba school is suspended from a balloon Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP Revellers from the Grande Rio samba school perform on top of a float Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade in military costumes through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP A member of Mocidade Independente samba school dances on a float next to a giant mask as it parades through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP A member of the Salgueiro samba school parades in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP The Grande Rio samba school performs at the Sambadrome Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP Revellers make their way home after the carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters