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Germany celebrates Carnival despite COVID-19

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A reveller stands in front of political carnival floats to be shown in the streets of Duesseldorf, Germany, today. Because of the coronavirus pandemic the traditional 'Rosenmontag' carnival parade are canceled but eight floats are pulled through the empty streets in Duesseldorf, where normally hundreds of thousands of people would celebrate the street carnival.
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A political carnival float depicting conspiracy theorists is rolled out to be shown in Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A lonely man looks in front of the town hall at the empty old town of Duesseldorf Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A young carnival reveller dressed as a clown holds an umbrella in the empty old town in Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A political carnival float depicting German chancellor Angela Merkel and her possible successor Governor Armin Laschet is rolled out to be shown in the streets of Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A political carnival float depicting the coronavirus vs the carnival virus is rolled out to be shown in the streets when the traditional carnival parade was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A political carnival float depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin fighting with opposition Alexei Navalny is rolled out to be shown in the streets in Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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A political carnival float depicting former US president Donald Trump is rolled out to be shown in the streets in Duesseldorf, Germany, today.
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Kiki Neumann walks in disguise along the route taken by the carnival parade Rosenmontagszug and delivers candies to spectators in Cologne, Germany, today.
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A carnival reveller rides an electric scooter near the Severinstor gate in Cologne, Germany, today.

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