Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Photo Features • World Hum • 02.23.09 | 11:10 AM ET

REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

Carnival queen Jessica Maia waves to the crowd during the first night of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

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