71.   With the two sides set for the midafternoon hearing, a carnival atmosphere prevailed outside the domed and columned Supreme Court building.

72.   Ganesha festival -- likened to the Mardi Gras celebrations in Rio de Janeiro for the colourful, round-the-clock carnival atmosphere.

73.   He signs electoral posters bearing his picture and local children dangle from his neck amid a carnival atmosphere, while the Irish tricolour hangs from windows.

74.   In a carnival atmosphere, demonstrators carried traditional cakes, candles and red wine.

75.   In a carnival atmosphere, protestors assembled on the vast parade ground where military marches are usually held in the federal capital of Abuja.

76.   In a carnival atmosphere the protesters blocked access to the embassy and denounced what they said was a French media campaign to topple Bongo.

77.   In a carnival atmosphere, the Palestinian anthem blared from loudspeakers mounted on vans.

78.   In many ways, the carnival atmosphere once here has moved on, leaving only hustlers trading in memorabilia from the most commercialized Olympics ever produced.

79.   A band of bare-chested black musicians playing samba and reggae added to the carnival atmosphere.

80.   A carnival atmosphere gripped the capital during a public holiday.