Floats at Germany's Carnival parades satirize leading political figures
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A carnival float depicting Donald Trump with a USA flag cut in the shape of a Nazi swastika in a backstreet for the start of the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. 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. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A carnival float depicting an Israel tank, Palestinians and a Hamas militant waits in a backstreet for the start of the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. 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. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Revellers in costumes stroll at a boulevard before the start of the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. 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. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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A carnival float depicting Donald Trump with a USA flag cut in the shape of a Nazi swastika in a backstreet for the start of the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. 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. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
