A carnival float depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing an umbrella skirt symbolizing the Europen bailout fund (in German Rettungsschirm) during the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. The foolish street spectacles in the carnival centers of Duesseldorf, Mainz and Cologne, watched by hundreds of thousands of people, are the highlights in Germany's carnival season on Rosemonday.
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