RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio's Carnival festivities reached their crescendo late Monday with a final night of samba school parades, part of a contest appropriately dubbed the greatest show on earth.
The top dance schools showcased elaborate floats decked with beauty queens writhing to the beat of samba music blasted from giant speakers on flatbed trucks.
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