Biting commentary on racism in Germany featured prominently Monday among Carnival floats in western cities, hastily put together in the aftermath of a deadly far-right attack last week near Frankfurt.
The floats for parades in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz and elsewhere are notorious for their no-holds-barred satire, and also took aim at Brexit, the potential candidates to take over leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkelâ's CDU party, and U.S. President Donald Trump.
One even featured a clown-like figure labeled "Carnival-Virus" thumbing its nose at an evil looking "Corona-Virus" creature.