A man takes pictures of a carnival float depicting Russia's president Vladimir Putin showing his muscles and a bomb reading “Crimea”, prior to the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Monday, March 3, 2014. The foolish street spectacles in the carnival centers of Duesseldorf, Mainz and Cologne, watched by hundreds of thousands of people, are the highlights in Germany's carnival season on Rosemonday. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)
