Photos: 30th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

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A tourist from Greece looks through the hole in remains of the Berlin Wall on the 30th anniversary of the wall's fall.

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Flowers were placed in parts of the Berlin Wall that remained standing, 30 years after the infamous wall fell.

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People gathered at the remains of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, with some placing flowers in the old structure.

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From right, presidents Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Janos Ader of Hungary, Andrzej Duda of Poland, Zuzana Caputova of Slovakia and Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic, from right, put flowers in a crack inside the Berlin Wall

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Flowers were left in front of portraits of people who died at the Berlin Wall.

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People walk along the former border of West Germany and East Germany on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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An man with a Soviet flag walks in front of remains of the Berlin Wall on Saturday.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel places a candle at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Saturday.

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Fans tear down a symbolic wall on the day of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall before the Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC Berlin and RB Leipzig on Saturday.

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