Defining Moments: Capturing our changing world

By Monica Sarkar and Ivana Kottasová, CNN

December 31, 2013 -- Updated 1057 GMT (1857 HKT)

FEBRUARY 3 - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Circus performer Maicon Gomes does a set of flips for his friends on Copacabana Beach following the Alegria da Zona Sul pre-Carnival street parade on February 2. Rio Carnival, the world's biggest carnival, officially begins on February 28.

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Getting ready for carnival

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Editor's note: Each day, CNN brings you an image capturing a moment to remember, defining the present and claiming its place in history. The photographs we select will look ahead to the future and chronicle our changing world.

See more Defining Moments: December 2013, November 2013, October 2013, September 2013, August 2013, July 2013, June 2013, May 2013

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