Close dialogue 1/17 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Lederhosen, sauerkraut and tapping the first barrel: Oktoberfest 2026 opens – in pictures Crowds gather as the 191st edition of the world’s biggest beer festival kicks off in Munich, Germany A waiter carries beer mugs at the Paulaner brewery tent during the opening of the 191st Oktoberfest. ng day at the world’s largest beer festival rries beer mugs at the Paulaner brewery tent Men in lederhosen raise a toast le enjoy the opening of the 191st Oktoberfest A selection of meals is displayed at the Paulaner brewery tent Dominik Krause, the mayor of Munich, taps the first barrel of beer during the opening ceremony of the 191st Oktoberfest eue for a beer from the first barrel Attenders sit at long tables to claim a seat in the beer tent The Löwenbräu horse-drawn carriage takes part in the opening parade A person in traditional attire takes part in a parade during the opening ceremony Musicians wear traditional costumes in the Oktoberfest parade Staff members prepare the first beer barrel to be opened by the mayor hearts with the lettering ‘Du bist mein Superschatz’ (‘You are my greatest treasure’) being put on display for sale A waitresses skates to work prior to the opening of the 191st Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany Russian strikes in Kyiv, a female militia march in Tehran and Alfie Hewett at the US Open – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists 1. #### ‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists 2. #### Girl orphaned by Super Bowl reporter’s drugging and a deadly Kansas crash is ‘extreme victim’, granddad says 3. #### Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children 4. #### US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition 5. #### Pact with Saudi Arabia threatens to draw Pakistan into Middle East conflict 6. #### I live in the ‘coolest neighbourhood’ in the world. It’s not as great as you’d think 7. #### Ohio mother of 16 children rescued from ‘deplorable’ conditions pleads not guilty to child neglect 8. #### ‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war 9. #### Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution 10. #### Sikh truck driver survives harrowing stabbing attack at Wyoming rest stop 2. #### ‘He’s simply astonishing’: will Andrew Scott become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar? 3. #### Jonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’ 4. #### Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud 5. #### Youth: Sharon Horgan’s comedy about dating at 50 is utterly hilarious 6. #### From ovations in Venice to death threats in Israel: the extreme responses to NAZA documentary 7. #### Jay-Z in 8 review – the rapper’s interminable interview show should have been a podcast 8. #### Jimmy Kimmel on Mitch McConnell’s return: ‘They’re just wheeling him around like a statue in a wax museum’ 9. #### The Guide #261: There is so much good telly this autumn you may never go outside again 10. #### Iranian actor Laleh Marzban faces severe threats after Venice film festival speech Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning © 2026 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.(dcr)
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