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Notting Hill Carnival crowds defy London rain for annual celebration

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LONDON (Reuters) – Londons famous Notting Hill Carnival transformed the streets into a sea of colour and sound on Sunday as revellers joined one of Europes largest open-air parties in their thousands despite heavy rain in the British capital.

Revellers take part in the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

The carnival featured steel bands, dance troupes and elaborate floats, with many among the crowds hurling paint and coloured powder at each other while dancing on the citys streets.

A celebration of Afro-Caribbean community, the two-day event has its roots in a 1964 London procession to bring people together despite racism and a lack of opportunity that blighted day-to-day life.

Police deployed metal-detecting arches to counter potential knife crime and have been additional stop-and-search powers at this years carnival based on intelligence and after a spate of violent crime in London over the past week.

Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; Editing by David Goodman

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