On Nov. 9, 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall was international news. It signified the reuniting of a city and the beginning collapse of the Iron Curtain that had hidden Eastern Europe from the rest of the world for decades. On the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, Berlin and other cities around the world are celebrating and remembering.


People used umbrellas as protection from the rain as they view the individually painted dominos along the former route of the wall in Berlin on Nov. 9. The display is part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some 1,000 giant dominos, many of them decorated by schoolchildren, will be toppled during the official ceremony in Berlin to commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. (Michael Gottschalk, AFP / Getty Images)

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