Virus Outbreak Mardi Gras
FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, the Butterfly King float makes it way down St. Charles Ave. near Canal Street as Rex rolls on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. There won’t be any parades on Mardi Gras or during the weeks leading up to it because they just can’t fit within restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a city spokesman said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, The 250-person cap on outdoor crowds is “a hard number. You can’t have traditional parades with that small a group,” city spokesman Beau Tidwell said. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP, File)