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An April Fool's joke is a tradition where people try to prank each other on April 1 .

In France it is called poisson d'avril (April fish) . In English-speaking countries the day is called April Fools' Day , and the Russians call it ( Den Doeraka , day of foolishness ).

Due to the fight against fake news , April Fools' jokes are becoming less popular worldwide.

According to one theory, the April Fool's joke originated from an earlier medieval festival: the Feast of Fools . La fête des fous was especially popular in France from the 5th to the 16th century . It was celebrated around January 1 by electing a false pope or bishop and was accompanied by all kinds of rituals and festivities in which the clergy were parodied . The basis for this was in all probability earlier pagan Saturnalia .

Explanations have been sought in the changeable April weather and parallels have been seen with Germanic mythology ( Loki ) and with Biblical history. In various countries, national events have also been cited as the start of the tradition. These explanations, which were probably once invented as an April Fool's joke, sometimes continue to live a stubborn life to this day.