New Orleans, UNITED STATES: US flags are reflected in water and trash on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans the day after Mardi Gras, 01 March 2006. A shortage of sanitation workers and street sweeping vehicles delayed the post-Mardi Gras clean-up. It was New Orlean's first Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) 27/01/08

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