The Berlin Wall around the world
For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall divided West Berlin from the communist East, making it the most potent symbol of the Cold War. At least 136 people were killed or died at the wall, most of them while trying to escape.
To mark the 25th anniversary of its fall, Reuters photographers captured images of segments of the wall which are kept as monuments in many countries from Taiwan to South Africa and Costa Rica.
A piece of the Berlin Wall, which has been on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum since 1990, is seen in Simi Valley.
A piece of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California.
A piece of the Berlin Wall stands in a garden at the Alexander Von Humboldt German School in Mexico City.
Three sections of the Berlin Wall are seen in Plaza Berlin in Guatemala City.
A segment of the Berlin Wall is seen at the Foreign Ministry in San Jose.
A visitor looks at a section of the Berlin Wall painted with a mural of Olympic champion Usain Bolt, at the Jamaica Military Museum and Library in Kingston. The 12-foot section of the wall was given to Bolt in 2009 by Berlin.
A piece of the Berlin Wall is seen at a garden inside San Martin Palace, the headquarters of Argentina's Foreign Ministry, in Buenos Aires.
Men sit on a bench next to a section of the Berlin Wall outside the Imperial War Museum in London. This section came from near the Brandenburg Gate and depicts graffiti by artist Indiano.
A section of the Berlin Wall is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham.
A section of the Berlin Wall is surrounded by a display in the Cold War exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford.
People walk past a segment of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
A woman walks past a piece of the Berlin Wall, which was from Potsdamer Platz, in a park outside the European Parliament in Brussels.
A man walks near a piece of the Berlin Wall depicting German artist and musician Kiddy Citny in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie. The municipality of Courbevoie bought the piece of wall for 300,000 Deutsche Marks in 1990.
A woman runs past segments of the Berlin Wall at Berlin Park in Madrid.
A segment of the Berlin Wall is seen in a park in central Sofia.
A piece of the Berlin Wall stands in a park in central Moscow.
A piece of the Berlin Wall is seen in the artists' village of Ein Hod near Haifa in Israel.
A section of the Berlin Wall stands in front of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town. The section was presented to former South African president, Nelson Mandela, in the 1990s.
A woman takes a photograph of her husband in front of part of the Berlin Wall at Berlin Square in Seoul.
A segment of the Berlin Wall stands among trees in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
A piece of the Berlin Wall is seen in the front yard of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in Taipei.
A child sweeps the floor in front of four pieces of the Berlin Wall at the workshop of sculptor Teguh Ostenrik, who brought four original sections of the Wall to Indonesia in 1990, in Indonesia's West Java province.
A section of the Berlin Wall stands in the car park of the German Club in Canberra, Australia.
