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Rio mayor hands key to city to carnival king

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Rio de Janiero mayor, Eduardo Paes, hands over the key to the city to the Rei Momo (carnival king), Djeferson Mendes, to officially open festivities. The world's biggest carnival, which has in reality been under way for weeks with massive street parties, returns in a reembrace of samba spirit after the turmoil of Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections. IMAGES

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