Nov 14 2011
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A dog dressed for carnival stands in the street at the start of the carnival in Cologne. In many parts of Germany, at 11:11am on November 11 people mark the official start of Carnival, a season of controlled raucous fun that reaches a climax during the days before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
(Ina Fassbender, Reuters / November 11, 2011) (via Photos in the news - chicagotribune.com)