Carnival celebrations kick off in Germany amid security concerns:: Cologne, Germany::The biggest carnival parade took place in Cologne with tens of thousands of carnival revelers watching from the sidelines.

Hundreds of thousands of costumed onlookers watched and cheered as Germany's beloved Carnival parades made their way through city centres on Shrove Monday, the highlight of festivities each year. The biggest parade on Shrove Monday,

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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 security situation following a string of deadly attacks in recent months,