About last night: Cheers to Oktoberfest, Germany’s yearly celebration of beer

A couple kisses amid empty tables inside a festival tent after the end of the 183th Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany. Overall, about 5.6 million people visited the world's largest beer festival during the last 17 days. (AFP)

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A couple kisses amid empty tables inside a festival tent after the end of the 183th Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany. Overall, about 5.6 million people visited the world's largest beer festival during the last 17 days. (AFP)

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Waitresses celebrate the end of the 183th Oktoberfest on a table in a festival tent of the beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. (AFP)

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Visitors celebrate inside a festival tent on the final night of the 183th Oktoberfest in Munich. (AFP)

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Waitresses celebrate the end of the 183th Oktoberfest on a table in a festival tent of the beer festival in Munich. (AFP)

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A Bavarian man wearing a hat as rifleman fire their muzzle loaders in front of the Bavaria statue on the last day at the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. (AP)

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Bavarian musicians in traditional costumes arrive at the Bavaria statue on the last day at the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. (AP)

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A waiter serves mugs of beer during the opening of the Oktoberfest in Berlin. (REUTERS)

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Waitresses celebrate the end of the 183th Oktoberfest on a table in a festival tent of the beer festival in Munich. (AFP)

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Last visitors sit at the table in a festival tent after the end of the 183th Oktoberfest in Munich. (AFP)

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Employees clean up inside an empty festival tent after the end of the 183th Oktoberfest. (AFP)