Police said over 5,000 people turned out for the demonstration organized by the anti-migration Alternative for Germany, known by its German acronym AfD. The AfD event opened with German flags, placards such as "No Islam in Germany" and chants of "Merkel must go" outside Berlin's central train station. The party's supporters then marched to the landmark Brandenburg Gate. Some of the counter-protesters took to rafts on the Spree river, within sight of the train station. Its march Sunday, an unusual move for a German political party, was headlined "Germany's Future."

Source: ABC News May 27, 2018 10:19 UTC