A waiter carries beer mugs during the 2012 Oktoberfest in Munich. Johannes Simon/Getty Images hide caption
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The Berlin-Potsdam Railway (1847) by Adolph Menzel Joerg P. Anders/bpk Berlin/Alte Nationalgalerie/Art Resource hide caption
A rabbi holds up a pillow used during ritual circumcision at a synagogue in Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (left) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (right) during the summit of European leaders in Brussels. Bertrand Langlois /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The European currency Euro logo stands in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany on Aug. 4, 2011. The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at 1.50 percent, a spokesman said as markets waited to see if the ECB would signal a resumption of eurozone bond purchases. Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Revelers clink their beer mugs inside a beer tent on the last day of Oktoberfest in Munich. The festival drew some 6.9 million visitors this year.
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Marchers demonstrate against the German labor reforms, known as Hartz IV. (November 5, 2005) Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption