A carnival reveller celebrates the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. 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. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers throw confetti as they celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A carnival reveller celebrates the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A carnival reveller celebrates the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A carnival reveller celebrates the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A carnival reveller looks through goggles at the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers attend celebrations marking the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers attend celebrations marking the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Carnival revellers attend celebrations marking the start of the carnival season in Cologne November 11, 2015. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A dressed reveler looks up to the famous cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Thousands of carnival supporters celebrate the traditional beginning of the carnival season in Germany. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





Dressed up woman share a bench with a man during the start of the carnival season in Cologne, western Germany, on November 11, 2015. Several thousand carnival fools shouting 'Alaaf' and 'Helau' stormed the cities of the Rhine region, which are the major strongholds of the German carnival. (Photo by Maja Hitij/AFP Photo/DPA)