People wait in front of the stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the landmark Siegessaeule (victory column) pictured in the background

People wait in front of the stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the landmark Siegessaeule (victory column) pictured in the background

People wait in front of the stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the landmark Siegessaeule (victory column) pictured in the background, November 9, 2014. A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, with a light installation ‘Lichtgrenze’ (Border of Light) featuring 8000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY – Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)