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In Pictures: Berlin Wall 25 years later

Almost all of the wall is gone now, but some fear its lessons are at risk of disappearing too as new conflicts emerge.

The line along which the Berlin Wall used to run at the Berlin Wall memorial site in Bernauer Strasse.
Published On 11 Nov 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwSnYEnmwkMore than one million people are expected to mark the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany on Sunday.

The symbol of the Cold War may be gone, but the wall is still a major tourist attraction. 

A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided with a light installation (***)Lichtgrenze(***) (Border of Light), from November 7 to 9.
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The light installation features 8,000 luminous white balloons.
A man on a bike rides alongside the art installation in Berlin.
Balloons are placed along the former Berlin Wall location.
People pass by the art project (***)Lichtgrenze 2014(***) at the Mauerpark (Wall Park) in the district of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. 
People walk under the lit balloons along the river Spree in Berlin.
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Crosses commemorate escapees who died while trying to flee former East Germany.