In Germany was "mad Monday". The Germans were lucky with the weather - in the middle of the street carnival festivities in the cities of the Rhine was an unusually sunny and warm. Under blue skies, very rare for a carnival pores in Germany, millions of fun entertainers. As usual on the streets of German cities was driven carts with large satirical figures made of papier-mache. This year, the satire was as caustic as ever. Got it all - from Merkel to Gaddafi.
Figures made of papier-mache, representing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Abdullah. Perched behind Jullian Assange, snapping his dials WikiLeaks.
Nobel Peace Prize Siaobo Liu from China in the form of a yellow Statue of Liberty at the carnival in Cologne. Center of the carnival, which peaked at the "Crazy Monday", as before, the city became the Rhine: Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf.
The figure of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a swastika, escaping from the flames of revolution, symbolizing the political unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Cartoon figure of Barack Obama, who is trying to push a camel in the eye of a needle. The figure represents a futile attempt to establish peace in the Middle East.
Bishop with a little boy sitting on a chair, on which is written: "We have every day - Youth Day. " A hint of scandal associated with numerous cases of clergy sexual abuse of minors.
Ramshackle house of cards, the cards which represent the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. Map with Hosni Mubarak has already fallen ...
Known for its its open homosexual German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in the form of saws, which reads "bore. "
The figure of the Libyan leader, Muhammad al-Gaddafi with a barrel of oil, and Europe with a bag of money. Europe kisses the Libyan dictator, probably in the stomach.
Former Defense Minister of Germany Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, made of papier-mache shows the pilot the aircraft crashing into the building of the Federal Chancellery. Just a week before the carnival Minister resigned - his PhD thesis was recognized plagiarism.
During the carnival in Düsseldorf was driven through the streets of figures of women in robes who veil of gradually turning into a bag.
Figure, making fun of the decision to hold the FIFA World Championships in Russia and Qatar. Football Federation FIFA caricature depicted as a busty prostitute who holds the bill of a hundred euros.
The figure of Angela Merkel as Pippi Longstocking, which is on their shoulders alone drags on his bull the EU. "
Criticism of the authorities for extending the service life of NPP. Princess Merkel and her frog-princes - the German energy companies that control the plant.
The figure made of papier-mache, depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a cartoon character on the Simpsons Montgomery Burns, the carnival in Cologne.
The figure of Angela Merkel as a priestess of voodoo, stick a needle in a doll at a carnival in Mainz. On the doll in the hands of cartoon Merkel - the name filed recently retired minister, Pogorevshikh on plagiarism.
At the carnival in Mainz during the parade through the streets drove figure made of papier-mache, depicting the Pope with the balloons in the form of condoms. This is - a reminder that in an interview late last year, Benedict XVI said that sometimes Catholics can use condoms, but only in certain cases, such as when there is a risk of contracting HIV or sexually transmitted diseases. Until now, we recall the Roman Catholic Church responded extremely uncomplimentary about condoms and other contraceptive methods, considering them sinful.
The figure made of papier-mache, depicting the last chapter of the Central Bank of Germany, Thilo Saracen, piercing spear Turkish woman with children.
