Germany Celebrates Rose Monday

MAINZ, GERMANY - MARCH 03: A float satirizing the bishop Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst under the motto 'Living like God in Limburg' makes its way along the route during the Monday carnival parade on March 3, 2014 in Mainz, Germany. Tebartz-van Elst spent over EUR 30 million of church money on the renovation of his residence in Limburg, which has caused an outcry and fury among Catholics in Germany. Rose Monday is the highpoint of the annual carnival season in the region between Mainz, Cologne and Dusseldorf, where the carnival has been an annual tradition since 1823 and celebrates free-spirited merrymaking before the beginning of Lent. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)