At least 20 people have died after being electrocuted by a fallen power cable during a carnival in the Caribbean country of Haiti.
Three others were also killed in a similar accident in Rio de Janeiro state. Both incidents took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
In Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, thousands had been watching a popular rap group make a procession through the city on a float.
Video footage appears to show a singer's head colliding with a high-voltage power line, causing the float to burst into flames.
Seven people were reported dead on the float and many others were killed in the chaos which followed.
The band's star vocalist, known as Fantom, is in a critical condition in hospital.
"I saw the wire falling and sparks and I started running for my life," said Natacha Saint Fleur, a 22-year-old who witnessed the accident.
Haiti's president, Michel Martelly, has expressed his "sincerest apologies" to victims and their families, as officials deliberate whether the second day of festivities should be cancelled.
Before the three-day event began - which coincides with many Mardi Gras carnivals internationally - Haiti's US embassy warned visitors to be vigilant for robberies, assaults and pick-pockets.
"Carnival can be a fun, yet potentially unsafe place for revellers," its statement said.
Meanwhile, it is believed the accident in Brazil unfolded when a float carrying speakers brushed against a power cable in the city of Nova Iguacu, northwest of Rio.
According to firefighters, the three people electrocuted were standing on top of the carnival float at the time.
Another victim has been taken to hospital, but does not appear to have life-threatening injuries.
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