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Scenes from New Orleans

Scenes from New Orleans
Scenes from New Orleans

Scenes from New Orleans

Scenes from Super Bowl XLVII

People walk along Bourbon Street in downtown New Orleans, as revelers gathered in the city's French Quarter.

Scenes from Super Bowl XLVII

The Premiere Girls can be seen throwing beads off the balcony at the Premiere Global Sports Balcony Over Bourbon Party in New Orleans.

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Richard Anderson, of New Orleans, plays the trombone as the Kinfolks Brass Band marches along the Riverwalk in New Orleans.

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Stefan Schexnayder, 8, gets a close up look of the Vince Lombardi Trophy on display at the NFL Experience.

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Sammy Borhanpour shows off a San Francisco 49ers logo painted on her face.

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Super Bowl fans and locals party in the French Quarter.

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Rion Loisel of Metairie, La., Uland Price, of Baton Rouge, La., and Mark Castanon of San Jose, Calif., pose for a photo wearing their custom made Super Bowl ring hats.

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Jane White, of Franklin, Tenn., looks in a mirror at her new face painting of a Baltimore Ravens logo.

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Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh watches his younger brother Jim answer a question at a joint news conference on Friday.

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Guests enjoy a rare, live performance from multi-award winning performer Vanessa Williams at the "Better With M" Kick-Off Event.

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Donnie McClurkin, Sherri Shepherd and others perform during the Super Bowl Gospel 2013 Show at Lakefront Arena.

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Blanca Espericueta, of San Francisco, high-fives a man as she walks along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter

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Ravens fans waiting for the big game.

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Super Bowl fans in the French Quarter.

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Singer Beyonce sings the national anthem before she addresses the media during the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show press conference.

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Fireworks explode as the NFL Super Bowl XLVII Roman numerals float on the Mississippi River Thursday.

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Perched above a cutout of a San Francisco 49ers football player, four-year-old Saniya Richardson, from New Orleans, poses for a photo at the NFL experience.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and tight end Jimmy Graham celebrate a touchdown during the EA Sports Madden Bowl Friday.

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Carolina Panther's wide receiver Steve Smith, wife Angie Smith, Samaritan's Feet founders Tracie Ohonme and Manny Ohonme pose for a photo during the Steve Smith Samaritan's Feet VIP Party in New Orleans.

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San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver takes a seat to answer questions regarding anti-gay remarks he made during media day. Culliver apologized for the comments he made to a comedian during an interview, saying "that's not what I feel in my heart."

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Less than 24 hours after dealing with Media Day at the Superdome, players had to make themselves available to reporters again on Wednesday. Here, Brian Jennings (86) and Andy Lee grit it out.

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Interviews or not, Anthony Dixon wasn't about to miss out on a little nourishment.

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Delanie Walker reads a newspaper between interviews.

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Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy address the media at the Media Center.

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The media was out in full force for group interviews of the 49ers and Ravens.

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Fresh off her coming-out moment at the NCAA Championship game, Katherine Webb worked Media Day for <italics>Inside Edition.</italics>

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Clark Haggans of the 49ers gets quizzed by Katherine Webb.

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Clark Haggans and Katherine Webb show off their dance moves.

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Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco's best line at Media Day may have been when he said he's not dull, but probably pretty close to it.

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Captain Bruce Eaton waves a flag as the San Francisco 49ers arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport.

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The 49ers arrived at the Louis Armstrong International Airport Sunday night.

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Second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick will try to lead the 49ers to a victory over the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans.

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh makes a face on the team bus after arriving at the Louis Armstrong International Airport.

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and family arrive.

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Kendall Williamson of St. Louis stands by a giant football and has her picture made by Heather Chau.

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Emmanuel Joiner, left, and Kendrick Mills secure a screen over a fence as crews prepare for the Super Bowl.

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A worker secures a screen over a fence that surrounds the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

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Street performer Tim Evans holds a football as he poses as a statue.

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Street performer Ruben Moten, a San Francisco native, wears a San Francisco 49ers visor as he performs as a robot in New Orleans.