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 colorful costumes.

Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations ... circulated on social media, though Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA ...

The incident came as crowds gathered in cities across Germany for parades to mark the Christian Carnival season, and witnesses said the incident occurred near one such event. The ramming came on ...

One of Germany’s biggest and most beloved festivals, carnival, has been celebrated for hundreds of years. With the first big parties of the year kicking off on Thursday, February 27th ...

The Rhineland street carnival reaches its climax with the Rose Monday parades. The motto of the 2025 Cologne Carnival season is "FasteLOVEnd - Wenn Draeum widder bloehe". Oliver Berg/dpa 31,170 ...

Police are on high alert ahead of Germany’s traditional carnival celebrations this week after social media connected to the Islamic State group called for attacks targeting revellers in Cologne ...

Revelers pose for photos during the Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, March 3, 2025. Rose Monday is the biggest one of its kind held during the annual carnival season in this city ...

A driver plowed a car into pedestrians at a street carnival in Germany early Monday, killing two and injuring at least ten others — five of them seriously — in an area on high alert for ...

The cities on Germany's Rhine River celebrated the carnival season with colorful costumes, food, and heroic quantities of beer, or the local Kölsch, on Rose Monday. But the parades dotting those ...

The carnival season ends on Ash Wednesday, March 5. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) The end of Germany's famous carnival season was marked by public celebrations on Monday. The Rhineland cities of ...

Germany’s iconic Carnival season is in full swing, as cities across the country come alive with parades, elaborate costumes, and lively festivities. From the grand celebrations in Cologne to the ...