内容摘要：According to another tradition, men get a kiss if they allow women to cut off their ties or shoelaces. On this day, kisses are famously exchanged not just among partners, but strangers as well.

According to another tradition, men get a kiss if they allow women to cut off their ties or shoelaces. On this day, kisses are famously exchanged not just among partners, but strangers as well.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editorsRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of

. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers can often signal a shift in dynamics.Subtle hand signs likewise coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of the glitzyThe roughly 70,000 spectators filling the bleachers each of the three nights of parades will be eager to see flamboyant costumes, towering floats and jaw-dropping dancers passing by. But for many

, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.Percussionists play instruments known the world over — snare and bass drums — but also traditional local instruments like the tamborim hand drum, the cuica friction drum, the double-sided repique, metal shakers known as chocalhos and the agogo, a two-headed cowbell originating in West Africa.

Performers from the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school dance during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Performers from the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school dance during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo), Madison Keys, Amanda Anisimova and Hailey Baptiste. “It’s exciting to see. Obviously you want to see your fellow countrymen do well on the other side, and I’m always actually keeping up with them quite a lot. So I hope they keep it going.”

Won’t be easy, of course, perhaps especially for the 13th-seeded Shelton, the big-serving lefty who goes up againstof Spain for a berth in the quarterfinals. No. 12 Paul takes on No. 25

of Australia; No. 15 Tiafoe meets unseeded Daniel Altmaier of Germany.Not since Courier and Pete Sampras in 1996 have multiple Americans made it to the quarterfinals in Paris.