Fat Tuesday celebrations cap off Mardi Gras 2017 in New Orleans

The streets of New Orleans were filled Tuesday with costumed revelers, dazzling floats featuring kings and queens, and people of all ages screaming for trinkets and beads. Tuesday marks the culmination of the Carnival season, which started Jan. 6. The biggest parades take place along the St. Charles Avenue parade route, where the Krewe of Zulu kicks off the morning’s parades and is followed by the Krewe of Rex.