In Pictures: 'Germany Berlin Wall Anniversary'

By James Wray Nov 10, 2009, 9:50 GMT

Fireworks illuminate the night sky infront of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009 during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. International leaders were congregating in Berlin on 09 November 2009, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide. On 09 November 1989, travel restrictions for East German citizens were unexpectedly lifted, prompting a rush of thousands of Berliners to the barrier, where they were allowed to cross. EPA/ROBERT SCHLESINGER

A screen shows Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivering a speech at the Festival of Freedom in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Berlin to attend festivities marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL

Dominoes made from Styropor, symbolising of the Berlin Wall, stand infornt of the illuminated Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009 during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. International leaders were congregating in Berlin on 09 November 2009, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide. On 09 November 1989, travel restrictions for East German citizens were unexpectedly lifted, prompting a rush of thousands of Berliners to the barrier, where they were allowed to cross. EPA/ARNO BURGI

(R-L): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, German President Horst Koehler, President Dmitry Medvedev, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attend celebrations in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009, marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL

Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on 09 November 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL

German singer Ute Freudenberg performs during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall at the 'Memorial German Separation' in Marienborn, Germany 09 November 2009. The former border crossing of Helmstedt-Marienborn was the largest and most important border crossing at the then German-German border. Germans marked the day 20 years ago when the concrete monument to communism was torn down, heralding the end of the Cold War. EPA/JENS WOLF

Dominoes made from Styropor, symbolising of the Berlin Wall, stand infornt of the illuminated Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on 09 November 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL

Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on 09 November 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) speak during their meeting in Berlin, Germany 09 November 2009. Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Berlin to attend festivities marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV / RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009 during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL

A row of symbolic Berlin Wall domino stones fall in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. Some 1,000 dominos have been painted and put up to form a 1.5km long array of dominos alongside the former course of the Berlin Wall between the Reichstag building, Brandenburg Gate and Potsdam Square. On the evening of the 09 November 2009 the fall of the dominos will symbollically reenact the Fall of the Wall 20 years ago. EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009 during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. International leaders were congregating in Berlin on 09 November 2009, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide. On 09 November 1989, travel restrictions for East German citizens were unexpectedly lifted, prompting a rush of thousands of Berliners to the barrier, where they were allowed to cross. EPA/WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL