Sixty police officers were injured in riots that erupted Wednesday at one of Berlin's last squats ahead of disputed fire protection checks on the building.
The final Zug Der Liebe (Love Train) Festival wound its way though the streets of Berlin on Sunday afternoon. As the day went on however the festival failed to live up to its name, with some revellers turning their attention on police - and each other.
Seventeen people were injured in a riot at a refugee shelter in central Germany over a torn Koran, police said on Thursday, in fresh tensions as the country braces to host 800,000 asylum seekers this year.
Police and cleaning squads ushered a battered Berlin street back to normal life on Monday after a weekend rampage by left-wing radicals injured more than two dozen people. Police arrested 24 people.
A toilet brush has become the unlikely symbol of ongoing protests in Hamburg as the city was hit with another night of violence on Wednesday. It comes as the US embassy issued a travel warning to its citizens.
Hundreds of police officers and protesters were injured in the worst riots Hamburg has seen for years over the weekend in a mass demonstration over gentrification.
Thousands of people gathered in Rostock over the weekend to mark the 20th anniversary of what is viewed as the worst attack against foreigners the country has seen since the Second World War.
Left-wing extremists erected a street barricade in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg on New Year's Eve, while around 180 others gathered around a police remand centre and smashed its gate.
An initially peaceful demonstration against neo-Nazis in Hamburg turned into a riot on Friday night, as police use water cannons and tear gas to regain control. One officer even fired warning shots as his car was attacked with stones.
Arrests were made in Berlin and Hamburg on Thursday night, as party-goers, rioters and political demonstrators clashed with police ahead of May 1 marches.
