A protestor wearing an umbrella with the slogan "Grannies against the right" attends the 'This is solidarity' demonstration of the movement Unteilbar (Indivisible), in Berlin, Sunday, June 14, 2020.
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN Thousands of people formed a human chain through Berlin on Sunday in a message against racism, discrimination and social inequality among other causes.
Organizers of Sundays Indivisible demonstration, who planned a nine-kilometer (5 -mile) chain from the Brandenburg Gate southeast to the Neukoelln neighborhood, were told to require participants to wear masks.
Police put the number of participants at about 5,000, while organizers estimated it at over 20,000.
Berlin recently lifted coronavirus-related limits on the number of people who can attend demonstrations, though people are still required to keep at least 1.5 meters (five feet) apart in public.