Venice has celebrated the first full day of Carnival with a parade of brightly-decorated boats through the city's canals.
Scores of boats representing different organizations, or maybe none at all, paraded through the city's waterways to mark the first full day of the annual celebration.
They were cheered on by revelers who had come from all over the world for the party.
The Venice Carnival had fallen into decline but was revived in 1979 and has now become one of the most famous in the world, filling the city with colorful costumes and smiles.