World in Pictures, February 11, 2013: Carnival in Brazil, festival in Nepal and New Year in China (GALLERY)

Feb 11 2013 By Cheryl Mullin

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of drum queen Lucilene Caetano, dancing during carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Nepalese Hindu women taking holy dips at the Bagmati River during Madhav Narayan festival in Katmandu and performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong.

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Drum queen Lucilene Caetano, from Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school, dances during carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nepalese Hindu women take holy dips at the Bagmati River during Madhav Narayan festival in Katmandu
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar
Hardy Street in front of the University of Southern Mississippi campus is obstructed by debris blown by an apparent tornado in Hattiesburg
Small planes are snowed in at the closed Bridgeport, Connecticut airport in the aftermath of a storm that hit and much of the New England states
Saoirse Ronan, Chris Tucker and Amy Adams arriving for the 2013 British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London
An Irish fan during the RBS 6 Nations match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Hindu devotees walk across a pontoon bridge as they leave after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India
African Painted Dog Spot Tail, plays with one of her puppies as her eight, twelve week old, litter make their debut at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford, Kent
Yutan the Otter eats a heart shaped block of ice in celebration of Valentine's Day at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Tokyo