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Patients, family members and employees of mental institutions participate in a carnival street parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 19, 2006. The parade in its second edition attempts to bring carnival to a normally forgotten part of the population. It is one of dozens throughout the city around carnival time. Journalists, dogs and gays have their respective parades as well.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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Patients, family members and employees of mental institutions participate in a carnival street parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 19, 2006. The parade in its second edition attempts to bring carnival to a normally forgotten part of the population. It is one of dozens throughout the city around carnival time. Journalists, dogs and gays have their respective parades as well.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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