Tens of thousands of people celebrated Carnaval (carnival) in the Netherlands this weekend, in the run up to the start of Lent.

The Dutch carnival festivities – complete with lavishly decorated floats, oompah-oompah music and lots of beer – are traditionally a festivity for the Catholic south but the party is slowly spreading northwards.
According to the Telegraaf on Monday, just a handful of people were hospitalised – mostly due to a combination of alcohol and falling over. No-one under the age of 15 was taken to hospital with alcohol poisoning, the paper said.
Carnival procession in Oirschot