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Despite canceled parades and closed bars amid the pandemic, there were signs of celebration in New Orleans on Mardi Gras.
A reveler spins his wig in the air on Mardi Gras day in the Marigny section of New Orleans on Tuesday. Mardi Gras has arrived in New Orleans but between cold weather and COVID-19, morning streets were nearly empty rather than jam-packed with picnickers and parade watchers.
Revelers dressed in costumes walk past decorated homes on Mardi Gras Day in the Bywater section of New Orleans.
Revelers dressed in costumes walk past decorated homes on Mardi Gras Day in the Bywater section of New Orleans.
Revelers dressed in costumes walk past decorated homes on Mardi Gras Day in the Bywater section of New Orleans.
A police officer walks down a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras.
A man looks at a billboard of a closed club during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter.
A police officer stands guard on a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras.
People walk down a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras.
A police car sits on a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Tourists from Brooklyn take photos on a nearly deserted Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras.
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