Valletta has been transformed into a stream of colour as masks, floats and people in outrageous costumes throng the capital to celebrate carnival.

Carnival continues until this evening when a big defile ends in the main street of Floriana accompanied by a fireworks display.

Times of Malta took to the streets to speak to the young and young-at-heart.

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