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The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated during a rehearsal of the ninth Festival Of Lights in Berlin, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. During the festival which runs from Oct. 10, until Oct. 21, 2012, about 70 buildings and landmarks of the German capital will be specially illuminated.
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People walk through a light installation at the Potsdamer Platz during a rehearsal of the ninth Festival Of Lights in Berlin.
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The Berlin cathedral is seen as it is illuminated during the Festival of Lights in Berlin on Wednesday.
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People sit on illuminated bench at the Kurfuerstendamm Boulevard during the Festival of Lights in Berlin on Wednesday. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings, are illuminated during the festival.
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People take pictures of a light installation "Faces of Berlin" during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, on Wednesday.
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Berlin Cathedral and the television tower are illuminated with colorful designs in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday. During the 'Festival of Lights' from 12 until 23 October, landmarks, cultural monuments, buildings and squares will be lit up with colorful lights.
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A light installation titled "Army of Penguins" by Joern Hanitzsch is seen in Marlene Dietrich Square during the Festival of Lights in Berlin on Wednesday.
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A gust of wind blows off the hat of Rabbi Levi Shemtov (C), Washington Director, American Friends of Lubavitch, as White House Budget Director Jack Lew and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, Director, American Friends of Lubavitch, look on during the lighting of the menorah, Dec. 1, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Photographers are always looking for something to make photos of formal ceremonies a little better. The flying hat is just the right touch.
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Rabbis set up a huge candleholder "Menorah" in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Dec. 01, in Berlin, ahead of the start tonight of the eight-day-long and annual Jewish "Festival of Lights" that marks the rebellion of Maccabee Jews against the Greeks in 165 BC, which some believers say included a number of miracles pointing to divine providence.
Hanukkah, the eight-day Festival of Lights, begins tonight at sundown.
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