Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a ...

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, Monday, Feb. 15 ...

COLOGNE, Germany — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off their ...

National Carnival Day falls on February 26th each year, offering a dedicated moment to recognize one of ...

Two women in costumes stand beside an advertising for ‘Germany’s next top model’ tv show at the “Alter Markt” where normally tens of thousands of revelers dressed in carnival costumes would celebrate ...

Revellers dance in front of the Cologne Cathedral at the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, today. Hundreds of thousands will celebrate the carnival without any coronavirus restrictions ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany — A few Carnival floats poking fun at the likes of Russian President Vladimir Putin, former U.S. President Donald Trump, German politicians and the fight against coronavirus made ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police are on high alert ahead of Germany's traditional carnival celebrations this week after social media connected to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks targeting ...

German newspapers, including the Bild, have been reporting on the Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Carnival hosted by Seychelles and La Reunion in Victoria in the Seychelles. One main article by Melanie ...

Revellers dressed in striped t-shirts and red Basque hats celebrate the start of the Carnival season in front of the cathedral of Cologne, western Germany, on November 11, 2025. (Photo by INA ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s renowned Carnival celebrations got underway Thursday but without any of their usual raucous revelry. Parades, street festivals and other large gatherings were all cancelled and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s renowned Carnival ...