An empty beer mug stands on a table at the last day of the famous Bavarian "Oktoberfest" beer festival during heavy rain in Munich, southern Germany, on Oct. 7. Munich's famed celebration of beer, the Oktoberfest, is drawing to a close after some 6.4 million visitors downed an estimated 6.9 million liter mugs of Bavarian brew — some 14.6 million pints.

Oktoberfest visitors take cover during heavy rain at the last day of the world biggest beer festival in Munich on Oct. 7.

A man wipes gingerbread hearts after the rain at a booth of the Oktoberfest festival fair ground at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on Oct. 7, the last day of the world famous beer festival.

Visitors of the Oktoberfest festival wait during the rain in front of a booth at Oktoberfest festival fair ground at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on Oct. 7, the last day of the world famous beer festival.

Bavarian riflemen fire gun salute on the steps of the Bavaria monument at the Theresienwiese fair grounds of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on Oct. 7, the last day of the world famous beer festival.

A woman wearing traditional Bavarian clothes rides a fairground carousel at the Theresienwiese Oktoberfest fair grounds in Munich, southern Germany, on Sept. 23.

People in traditional Bavarian clothes take a break after the Oktoberfest parade in Munich on Sept. 23. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will arrive in the Bavarian capital for the 179th Oktoberfest, which runs until Oct. 7.

The Oktoberfest festival tent at the Theresienwiese festival grounds in Munich on Sept. 23.

Spectators watch the traditional costume parade at Oktoberfest in Munich on Sept. 23.

A member of a riflemen's association wears a traditional Bavarian Gamsbart hat during the riflemen's parade on day two of Oktoberfest in Munich on Sept. 23.

Musicians parade during Oktoberfest in Munich on Sept. 23.

Vice Prime Minister of Israel Silvan Schalom, right, and President of the National Olympic Commitee Zvi Varshaviak take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the commemoration plate for the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, Sept. 5. There ceremony took place in front of the house where the Israeli team stayed during the Olympic Games, in Munich, southern Germany.

Masked officers of German Police Special Operation Unit SEK participate in security arrangements during the laying of wreaths to commemorate the Israeli athletes who were murdered in a terrorist attack on the Olympic Games 40 years ago in Munich.

Wrestler Gad Tsabary stands in silence after laying a wreath at the memorial to the eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team and one German police officer who were killed in an attack by the radical Palestinian group Black September, during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

A woman lights candles in front of wreaths at a memorial at the former accommodation building of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich.

The house in Connollystrasse 31, where the Israeli team stayed during the Olympic Games 1972, in Munich is seen on Aug. 29.

A handout picture by the Fire Department of Munich made available on August 29, 2012 shows firefighters walking past a burning protective wall after the controlled blasting of an unexploded WWII-era bomb in Munich, Germany, early on August 29.

Firemen extinguishing a fire which broke out in a neighboring building after the blast.

Before the controlled explosion, the bomb was covered with sand bags as nearly 3,000 people left their homes nearby.

A baby baboon plays with an adult one at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany on Wednesday, June 15. Baboons are native to Africa and and live in hierarchical groups.

A polar bear plays at Hellabrunn Zoo on Tuesday.

Flamingos at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday. In the wild, the social birds live in colonies in Africa and South America.

A peacock shows its train at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday.

A six weeks old elephant plays in its enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday.

A young man surfs in the Eisbach canal in the English garden in Munich, Germany on Tuesday, June 8.