"<div class=""meta ""><span class=""caption-text "">Revelers show off their costumes as they march through the Bywater section of New Orleans during the Society of Saint Anne walking parade during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.  Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent.   Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</span></div>"
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