In Pictures: The Greatest Show on Earth's final tour

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus are currently on their final tour before it closes permanently in May after 146 years. Billed as The Greatest Show on Earth, the curtain will fall on the travelling circus company on May 21 when it holds its final performance at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island in New York.

Updated
Feb 16, 2017, 07:02 PM
Published
Feb 16, 2017, 06:41 PM
Actors performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
A woman riding a horse during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
A clown holds up a placard during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
Actors performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
A trapeze artist performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
A juggler entertaining the crowd at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
Clowns performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
Actors performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
Actors performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017.
PHOTO: EPA
Actors performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA
The Ringling Bros.' first female ringmaster Kristen Michelle Wilson performing at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb 15, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

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