Notting Hill Carnival was long known as a Caribbean festival, but today Londoners from many cultural backgrounds participate.

Here is a selection of photos from this year's Notting Hill Carnival posted on Flickr.

The performances and contests that make up the longest carnival in the world will continue well into March.

The March of the Caudillos

Blogs like Uruguay Carnavalero cover the parades and competitions, re post news, and share important announcements and event schedules.

Abe s Long March

China s Arab March

You know of The March of the Penguins.

It's an ongoing process your whole life.

China s Short March

Iranians on the Road

March for the Mapuche Resistance

A Long March with China

At the same time foreigners and Uruguayans dedicate blog posts to the event, share photos, videos and thoughts on the world s longest carnival.

Jordy M.Y. was particularly impressed by the rally's size The protest for Ayotzinapa is truly big and impressive.

With every that day passes, the mood on the square becomes more like a daily open carnival organised by the people and for the people.

This year, Solange González Henott wrote about Uruguay s carnival in El Blog de la Ruta , a travel blog from news site Otramérica.

They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

Girls in costume resting at the side of the street during the Notting Hill Carnival children's parade, Sunday 26 August, 2007.

Culture Saint Kitts and Nevis is known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival (18 December to 3 January on Saint Kitts).

That's the essence of the Abraham path.

That's walking Abraham's path.

The site Carnaval del Uruguay , for example, provides forums and a chat room where users can discuss different aspects of carnival.

Image by jdclarke00 used with permission.

We sympathise with Zouerat march towards Nouakchott.

Lebanese Armenians and supporters marched on April 24.

The march in Istanbul on April 24.

The Trinidadian influence may be strongest in Notting Hill Carnival, but the festival has always been celebrated by Londoners with roots in many other Caribbean territories.

A huge march shows the trade unions support for the student movement.

TIPNIS march arrives in La Paz in October 2011.

Reeve flew to Chile and helped lead a protest march.

Climate change march at the Vatican on June 28, 2015.

Here, we should like to remind the Council that we are a State on the threshold of development and progress.

As in J'Ouvert, the pre dawn event that opens many Caribbean carnivals, these masqueraders have covered themselves in mud Notting Hill Carnival, Sunday 26 August, 2007.

Democracy is supposedly on the march in the Middle East.

Armenian Genocide Centenary march in Yerevan, April 24.

An estimated 3 million people marched through Rome, Italy in opposition to the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in the largest anti war rally in history on 15 February 2003.

Maghta Lahjar town protest photo by Tfeil Brahim on Facebook

ALLAHU AKBAR Tomorrow (04.09), a rally near Grozny s central mosque!!

He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

You really don t want to leave it if you want to have a career in perfumery.