Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The triumvirate on the balcony of the Severin Gate is greeted with confetti from a group. The Rhineland street carnival reaches ...

The German city of Mannheim has cancelled several Carnival events after a car drove into a crowd in the city centre on Monday, killing two people. The Carnival parades planned for Tuesday in the ...

Germany's largest Carnival parade on Shrove Monday, known in Germany as Rose Monday, kicked off in the western German city of Cologne on Monday morning. This year's festivities come amid a tense ...