Berlin Christmas Markets Open During Pandemic Fourth Wave

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 22: Visitors, some wearing protective face masks, stroll through the annual Christmas market at Alexanderplatz on its opening day during the fourth wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic on November 22, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. While Christmas markets opened in Berlin today, several German states with particularly high infection rates, including Bavaria and Saxony, have banned their Christmas markets and introduced other restrictions in an effort to reign in infections. Infection rates have skyrocketed across Germany in recent weeks, leading politicians to appeal yet again to those not vaccinated yet to do so. (Footage by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)