A passer-by surveys the damage caused to a carnival float by the previous night’s wind and rain. But for the first time in four years, the bad weather held off long enough for the Carnival Gran Finale along St Anne Street, Floriana, to go ahead as planned yesterday afternoon – albeit without any dancers atop the floats for safety reasons.

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