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In Pictures: 'Events Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall'

By James Wray Nov 9, 2009, 12:20 GMT

A woman looks over a 11.5 ft high ice-wall outside the German Embassy in London, Britain, 09 November 2009. The art installation was erected to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/ANDY RAIN

German Ambassador Georg Boomgaarden stands in front of a 11.5 ft high ice-wall outside the German Embassy in London, Britain, 09 November 2009. The art installation was erected to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Some of the domino stones alongside the river Spree, in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. The same day the German capital marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 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/RAINER JENSEN

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2-L) talks with a pupil next to a segment of the Berlin Wall in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. Clinton is Berlin for the official celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some 1.000 segments of the Berlin Wall, cut into domino shape and painted by different groups of people, have been 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/RAINER JENSEN

A man with a child stands in front of the memorial of late Bulgarian communist leader Todor Zhivkov in a park in the town of Pravets, some 55 km from Sofia, Bulgaria, 09 November 2009. One day after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Bulgaria's communist party chief Todor Zhivkov resigned in what is today known as a "politbureau-coup" after more than 30 years in power. It happened on 10 November 1989 in the state residence Boyana near the capital Sofia. The ousting of Zhivkov paved the way for long and difficult democratic reforms leading to the first multi-party elections im June 1990. Today in Zhivkov`s birth place to the East of Sofia, there is a museum dedicated to him, where assistants clean the portrait of the former communist ruler, while visitors can write their commentaries ina guest book. EPA/VASSIL DONEV

Crowds tear down a mock-up of the Berlin Wall at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 October 2009. The 'Wall Along Wilshire' installation is part of the Wende Museum's 'The Wall Project', a series of events commemorating 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Two more sections will be added next month forming the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall outside of Berlin EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L, next to a segment of the Berlin Wall) poses with a group of pupils in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. Clinton is Berlin for the official celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Some 1.000 segments of the Berlin Wall, cut into domino shape and painted by different groups of people, have been 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/RAINER JENSEN

Artist Shepard Fairey poses in front of his work on a mock-up of the Berlin Wall at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 October 2009. The 'Wall Along Wilshire' installation is part of the Wende Museum's 'The Wall Project', a series of events commemorating 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Two more sections will be added next month forming the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall outside of Berlin EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT

Workers set up a mock-up of the Berlin Wall at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 October 2009. The 'Wall Along Wilshire' installation is part of the Wende Museum's 'The Wall Project', a series of events commemorating 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Two more sections will be added next month forming the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall outside of Berlin EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT

People pose for photos in front of ten original sections of the Berlin Wall displayed along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 October 2009. The 'Wall Along Wilshire' installation is part of the Wende Museum's 'The Wall Project', a series of events commemorating 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Two more sections will be added next month forming the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall outside of Berlin EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT