New Orleans commenced its Carnival season on Monday evening with the Joan of Arc Parade, just days after a tragic attack on Bourbon Street resulted in 14 deaths. The event—which took place in the French Quarter,

Hundreds gathered in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days ago by a careening pickup

Countless times in the past week, politicians and outsiders have praised the city for its ability to bounce back. New Orleans has faced tragedy again and again, perhaps more than any other