Mexico in 200-year independence fiesta

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans celebrated across the country on Wednesday [AFP]

A huge parade was staged in the capital, Mexico City [Reuters]

For one day, the country looked beyond its drug war which has claimed more than 28,000 people since 2006 [AFP]

Some revelers wore straw sombreros and stick-on mustaches, poking fun at a national stereotype [Reuters]

The celebrations mark the 1810 uprising by Miguel Hidalgo, a rebel priest, who led to the ousting of the Spanish by 1821 [AFP]