Alabama, US: revellers with the Mystic Stripers toss trinkets to the crowds gathered on Royal Street in the city of Mobile as part of a pre-lenten blowout that continues along the Gulf coast, culminating in Fat Tuesday celebrations on 21 February Photograph: G.M. Andrews/AP

Alabama, US: revellers with the Mystic Stripers toss trinkets to the crowds gathered on Royal Street in the city of Mobile as part of a pre-lenten blowout that continues along the Gulf coast, culminating in Fat Tuesday celebrations on 21 February

Photograph: G.M. Andrews/AP

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