‘Love Parade’ Draws a Million Partyers

More than 1 million people danced to the booming beat of techno music at the annual Love Parade, turning central Berlin into a sea of sweaty bodies, shaggy pink outfits and shrill whistles. High-spirited youths from across Europe and beyond jammed the route through the Tiergarten park for the world’s biggest techno rave street party, uniting behind its theme of music as a peaceful, globe-spanning force. Organizers said they fell short of their goal of attracting 1.7 million people to Berlin, but there was a simultaneous parade for the first time in Leeds, England, to underline this year’s motto of “One world, one love parade.”