The "Meenzer Schwellkoepp" are seen during the Rose Monday street carnival in Mainz. Arne Dedert/dpa National and international politics topped the agenda as Germany's Carnival season reached its high ...

Carnival revellers celebrate the opening of the street carnival on Alter Markt on Weiberfastnacht (Women's Carnival Day). Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa Revellers descended Thursday on the traditional ...

Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to silence dissent. Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are ...

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 ...

Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations got underway, ...

DUESSELDORF, GermanyDUESSELDORF, Germany — Throngs of revelers took to the streets of Germany’s Carnival strongholds on Monday, accompanied by floats that satirized the Ukrainian and Russian ...

BERLINBERLIN — Five people were injured in southwestern Germany Sunday afternoon when a carnival float burst into flames, police said. Around 3 p.m. local time in Kehl, a city in southwestern Germany ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Throngs of ...

DUESSELDORF – Throngs of revelers took to the streets of Germany's Carnival strongholds on Monday, accompanied by floats that satirized the Ukrainian and Russian presidents, German politicians, former ...