In Pictures: Rained-on revellers keep Notting Hill Carnival colourful
Notting Hill Carnival revellers kept up the colourful spirit of the 年次の event, にもかかわらず a 洪水／多発 of bad 天候 over the 資本／首都.
The London tradition, which is regarded as Europe’s biggest street party, kicked off on Sunday with the Children’s Day parade.
Umbrellas and colourful plastic rain macs became the 衣装s of choice for some (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
ダンサーs come from across the 資本／首都 to participa te (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Skies were わずかに 曇った and gentle waves of rain 攻撃する，衝突する as the sound systems started to kick in (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
The first carnival was organised in 1966 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
The community 祝賀 carved its way around west London in a 集まり of music, dancing, bold 衣装s and floats of soaked 芸能人s (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
At 3pm the music stopped for a 72-second silence in 尊敬の印 to the 72 people who died に引き続いて the 解雇する／砲火／射撃 at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
The event is 推定する／予想するd to attract more than one million revellers to its floats, food 立ち往生させるs and music (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Some 13,000 officers have been （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to the bank holiday 週末 event - around 450 more than last year (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
一方／合間 Alexandra Burke was also 指名するd the event’s first ever 外交官／大使.
