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$21 May 2024, Berlin: Climbers inspect the Air Service Berlin world balloon near Checkpoint Charlie during the annual maintenance. With the tethered balloon "Weltballon" with a world map printed on it, passengers can ascend into the air and look out over Berlin. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Climbers inspect the Air Service Berlin world balloon near Checkpoint Charlie during the annual maintenance. With the tethered balloon "Weltballon" with a world map printed on it, passengers can ascend into the air and look out over Berlin. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

$21 May 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Yunis: Palestinians return to their homes in Hamad Town, after the withdrawal of the Israeli army. The town like almost all of Gaza is massively destructed. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Yunis: Palestinians return to their homes in Hamad Town, after the withdrawal of the Israeli army. The town like almost all of Gaza is massively destructed. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa

$21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: A window pane is wet with raindrops. Photo: Robert Michael\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: A window pane is wet with raindrops. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Seeg: Alphorn maker Thomas Rupp joins two halves of an alphorn in his workshop. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Seeg: Alphorn maker Thomas Rupp joins two halves of an alphorn in his workshop. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Raed Saleh (M), leader of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives and co-chairman of the party in Berlin, sits at the start of the SPD parliamentary group meeting in the Berlin House of Representatives. Saleh, who has led the parliamentary group since 2011, wants to be confirmed in his position as parliamentary group leader shortly before the election of the new SPD party leadership. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Raed Saleh (M), leader of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives and co-chairman of the party in Berlin, sits at the start of the SPD parliamentary group meeting in the Berlin House of Representatives. Saleh, who has led the parliamentary group since 2011, wants to be confirmed in his position as parliamentary group leader shortly before the election of the new SPD party leadership. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 16 May 2024, Bavaria, Germaringen: Four-year-old Jakob feeds two chickens in the garden next to his grandmother Tanja Wagenseil. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 16 May 2024, Bavaria, Germaringen: Four-year-old Jakob feeds two chickens in the garden next to his grandmother Tanja Wagenseil. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

$ILLUSTRATION - 21 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: The Wahl-O-Mat for the 2024 European elections from the Federal Agency for Civic Education can be seen on the display of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein\/dpa$

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ILLUSTRATION - 21 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: The Wahl-O-Mat for the 2024 European elections from the Federal Agency for Civic Education can be seen on the display of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa

$21 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: North Rhine-Westphalia\'s Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) puts on VR (virtual reality) goggles on a water police boat and takes part in a press event organized by the NRW water police on the prevention concept "Raising awareness of the dangers of swimming in rivers". With the help of VR glasses, the police in NRW want to draw attention to the dangers of swimming in rivers such as the Rhine. Photo: David Young\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) puts on VR (virtual reality) goggles on a water police boat and takes part in a press event organized by the NRW water police on the prevention concept "Raising awareness of the dangers of swimming in rivers". With the help of VR glasses, the police in NRW want to draw attention to the dangers of swimming in rivers such as the Rhine. Photo: David Young/dpa

$21 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Lawyers Stephan Kuhl (l) and Philipp Mohrschulz (r) sit in a courtroom at Cologne Regional Court waiting for their clients, who did not appear at the start of the trial. The two defendants allegedly shook their infant so that he died Photo: Henning Kaiser\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Lawyers Stephan Kuhl (l) and Philipp Mohrschulz (r) sit in a courtroom at Cologne Regional Court waiting for their clients, who did not appear at the start of the trial. The two defendants allegedly shook their infant so that he died Photo: Henning Kaiser/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 21 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Linkenheim-Hochstetten: Christian Eheim (r. SPD), Mayor of Graben-Neudorf, and Michael Möslang (l. CDU), Mayor of Linkenheim Hochstetten, recorded for their mayoral podcast. Photo: Uli Deck\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 21 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Linkenheim-Hochstetten: Christian Eheim (r. SPD), Mayor of Graben-Neudorf, and Michael Möslang (l. CDU), Mayor of Linkenheim Hochstetten, recorded for their mayoral podcast. Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

$21 May 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A service technician from HSC HomeElectronic Service Center GmbH in Leipzig repairs a ceramic hob. The company participates in the repair bonus program. In Saxony, the response to the repair bonus has been great six months after the start of the subsidy. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A service technician from HSC HomeElectronic Service Center GmbH in Leipzig repairs a ceramic hob. The company participates in the repair bonus program. In Saxony, the response to the repair bonus has been great six months after the start of the subsidy. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Visitors stand at the barrier in front of the artificial turf before a press conference on the fan zones at the 2024 European Football Championships around the Brandenburg Gate on Straße des 17. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Visitors stand at the barrier in front of the artificial turf before a press conference on the fan zones at the 2024 European Football Championships around the Brandenburg Gate on Straße des 17. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

$21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Stuer: Vet Julia Bohner examines 30-year-old bear "Masha" with an ultrasound device in the Müritz bear sanctuary. In addition to the routine medical check of the bear, the veterinarians from Berlin also vaccinate the other animals in the park run by the animal welfare foundation "Vier Pfoten". The Müritz Bear Sanctuary is currently home to 13 bears that were previously kept in inappropriate conditions in large natural enclosures. Photo: Jens Büttner\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Stuer: Vet Julia Bohner examines 30-year-old bear "Masha" with an ultrasound device in the Müritz bear sanctuary. In addition to the routine medical check of the bear, the veterinarians from Berlin also vaccinate the other animals in the park run by the animal welfare foundation "Vier Pfoten". The Müritz Bear Sanctuary is currently home to 13 bears that were previously kept in inappropriate conditions in large natural enclosures. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa

$FILED - 21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Dargun: Zentralkäserei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH (ZMV). Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK) is currently considering closing its cheese dairy site in Dargun, which employs just under 90 people. One of the reasons DMK gave for its plans was a future reduction in milk volumes in the supply of raw materials. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck\/dpa$

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FILED - 21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Dargun: Zentralkäserei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH (ZMV). Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK) is currently considering closing its cheese dairy site in Dargun, which employs just under 90 people. One of the reasons DMK gave for its plans was a future reduction in milk volumes in the supply of raw materials. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Nancy Faeser (SPD), Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, announces the case figures for politically motivated crime (PMK) at a press conference. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Nancy Faeser (SPD), Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, announces the case figures for politically motivated crime (PMK) at a press conference. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$21 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven: Julia Prescot, Chairwoman of Neuconnect, stands next to Robert Habeck (Alliance 90\/The Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, who holds a piece of the cable in his hands at the future landing point of the new Neuconnect power line. To make it easier to trade and distribute electricity, a submarine cable hundreds of kilometers long is to be laid between Germany and the UK by 2028. It is the first direct electricity connection between the two countries. Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven: Julia Prescot, Chairwoman of Neuconnect, stands next to Robert Habeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, who holds a piece of the cable in his hands at the future landing point of the new Neuconnect power line. To make it easier to trade and distribute electricity, a submarine cable hundreds of kilometers long is to be laid between Germany and the UK by 2028. It is the first direct electricity connection between the two countries. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

$21 May 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Kirn: Cleaning up after the flood in Kirn-Sulzbach. The damage caused by the enormous rainfall and flooding in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate has not yet been repaired. Photo: Sebastian Schmitt\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Kirn: Cleaning up after the flood in Kirn-Sulzbach. The damage caused by the enormous rainfall and flooding in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate has not yet been repaired. Photo: Sebastian Schmitt/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Nancy Faeser (SPD), Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, walks with Holger Münch, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), to the press conference on the case figures for politically motivated crime (PMK). Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Nancy Faeser (SPD), Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, walks with Holger Münch, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), to the press conference on the case figures for politically motivated crime (PMK). Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$Ali Abbasi and Martin Donovan pose at the photo call of \'The Apprentice\' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024$

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Ali Abbasi and Martin Donovan pose at the photo call of 'The Apprentice' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024

$Martin Donovan poses at the photo call of \'The Apprentice\' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024$

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Martin Donovan poses at the photo call of 'The Apprentice' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024

$Martin Donovan, Maria Bakalova, Ali Abbasi and Sebastian Stan pose at the photo call of \'The Apprentice\' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024$

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Martin Donovan, Maria Bakalova, Ali Abbasi and Sebastian Stan pose at the photo call of 'The Apprentice' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024

$Sebastian Stan poses at the photo call of \'The Apprentice\' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024$

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Sebastian Stan poses at the photo call of 'The Apprentice' during the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 21 May 2024

$21 May 2024, Luxembourg, Echternach: Bishop Stephan Ackermann (l) of Trier jumps with pilgrims at the traditional jumping procession in the Luxembourg border town of Echternach. St. Willibrord (658-739) is venerated with the jumping procession. The 500-year-old pilgrimage has been part of UNESCO\'s intangible cultural heritage since 2010. The faithful jump forwards and sideways from one leg to the other. Photo: Harald Tittel\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Luxembourg, Echternach: Bishop Stephan Ackermann (l) of Trier jumps with pilgrims at the traditional jumping procession in the Luxembourg border town of Echternach. St. Willibrord (658-739) is venerated with the jumping procession. The 500-year-old pilgrimage has been part of UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage since 2010. The faithful jump forwards and sideways from one leg to the other. Photo: Harald Tittel/dpa

$21 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: Soccer: Bundesliga, women, reception for the German champions FC Bayern Munich in the town hall. The FC Bayern players and coach Alexander Straus cheer with the championship trophy on the town hall balcony. Photo: Sven Hoppe\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: Soccer: Bundesliga, women, reception for the German champions FC Bayern Munich in the town hall. The FC Bayern players and coach Alexander Straus cheer with the championship trophy on the town hall balcony. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Berlin: People sit on Tempelhofer Feld. The green space could be used for peripheral development. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Berlin: People sit on Tempelhofer Feld. The green space could be used for peripheral development. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Miriam Rürup, Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and Professor of European-Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam, gives a press conference on the protests at universities against the war in Gaza. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Miriam Rürup, Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and Professor of European-Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam, gives a press conference on the protests at universities against the war in Gaza. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: A fan zone for the European Football Championships will be set up in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The European Football Championship takes place from June 14 to July 14. Photo: Christophe Gateau\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: A fan zone for the European Football Championships will be set up in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The European Football Championship takes place from June 14 to July 14. Photo: Christophe Gateau/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Clemens Arzt (l-r), professor of constitutional and administrative law with a focus on police and assembly law at the HWR Berlin, Michael Wildt, professor emeritus of German history in the 20th century with a focus on National Socialism at the HU Berlin, Miriam Rürup, director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and professor of European Jewish studies at the University of Potsdam, and Michael Barenboim. Century with a focus on National Socialism at the HU Berlin, Miriam Rürup, Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and Professor of European-Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam, and Michael Barenboim, Professor of Ensemble Performance and Violin at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, give a press conference on the protests at universities against the war in Gaza. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Clemens Arzt (l-r), professor of constitutional and administrative law with a focus on police and assembly law at the HWR Berlin, Michael Wildt, professor emeritus of German history in the 20th century with a focus on National Socialism at the HU Berlin, Miriam Rürup, director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and professor of European Jewish studies at the University of Potsdam, and Michael Barenboim. Century with a focus on National Socialism at the HU Berlin, Miriam Rürup, Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center and Professor of European-Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam, and Michael Barenboim, Professor of Ensemble Performance and Violin at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, give a press conference on the protests at universities against the war in Gaza. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$21 May 2024, Hamburg: Judge Albert Hoffmann from South Africa, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), opens a session. On Tuesday, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issues a legal opinion on measures to protect the oceans from climate change. Photo: Christian Charisius\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Hamburg: Judge Albert Hoffmann from South Africa, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), opens a session. On Tuesday, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea issues a legal opinion on measures to protect the oceans from climate change. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

$21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: Road markers applying thermoplastic road markings on a section of the Elbe cycle path in Dresden\'s Pieschen district. The markings are intended to raise awareness of appropriate speed and mutual consideration among road users at bottlenecks and conflict hotspots. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: Road markers applying thermoplastic road markings on a section of the Elbe cycle path in Dresden's Pieschen district. The markings are intended to raise awareness of appropriate speed and mutual consideration among road users at bottlenecks and conflict hotspots. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Sascha Karolin Aulepp (SPD), Senator for Children and Education in Bremen and Chair of the Conference of Youth and Family Ministers (JFMK), speaks at a press conference at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs on the "Overall strategy for professionals in daycare centers and all-day care", which aims to improve the situation for children, parents and educational professionals and attract new professionals. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Sascha Karolin Aulepp (SPD), Senator for Children and Education in Bremen and Chair of the Conference of Youth and Family Ministers (JFMK), speaks at a press conference at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs on the "Overall strategy for professionals in daycare centers and all-day care", which aims to improve the situation for children, parents and educational professionals and attract new professionals. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

$21 May 2024, Iran, Tabriz: People participate in a funeral procession of Iran\'s late President Ebrahim Raisi and his seven aides who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest. Photo: Mehrvarz Ahmadi\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Iran, Tabriz: People participate in a funeral procession of Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi and his seven aides who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest. Photo: Mehrvarz Ahmadi/dpa

$21 May 2024, Ukraine, ---: Annalena Baerbock (M, Bündnis 90 \/ Die Grünen), Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, is shown the destruction caused by a Russian air raid in one of Ukraine\'s largest coal-fired power plants by the Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko (M-l). (Best possible quality) Photo: Jörg Blank\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Ukraine, ---: Annalena Baerbock (M, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, is shown the destruction caused by a Russian air raid in one of Ukraine's largest coal-fired power plants by the Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko (M-l). (Best possible quality) Photo: Jörg Blank/dpa

$21 May 2024, Latvia, Lielvarde: Boris Pistorius (r, SPD), Federal Minister of Defense, and Swen Jacob, lieutenant colonel and German contingent commander, look at a Luftwaffe Eurofighter. Photo: Alexander Welscher\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Latvia, Lielvarde: Boris Pistorius (r, SPD), Federal Minister of Defense, and Swen Jacob, lieutenant colonel and German contingent commander, look at a Luftwaffe Eurofighter. Photo: Alexander Welscher/dpa

$21 May 2024, Taiwan, Taipeh: Ingeborg Gräßle (CDU), member of the Bundestag and member of the German-Taiwanese Circle of Friends, speaks at a press conference. The parliamentary group had traveled as a delegation to the inauguration of Taiwan\'s new President Lai Ching-te. Photo: Johannes Neudecker\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Taiwan, Taipeh: Ingeborg Gräßle (CDU), member of the Bundestag and member of the German-Taiwanese Circle of Friends, speaks at a press conference. The parliamentary group had traveled as a delegation to the inauguration of Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa

$21 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The logo of the Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research can be seen on a façade. The new Geomar building will be inaugurated on May 21, 2024. The approximately 15,500 square meter building at Seefischmarkt on Kiel\'s eastern shore combines 166 laboratories, climate chambers, a seawater connection as well as a conference area, library and computer center. The total cost is around 138 million euros - around 19 million more than originally planned. The project is largely financed by the federal government, with only ten percent coming from the state. Photo: Frank Molter\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The logo of the Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research can be seen on a façade. The new Geomar building will be inaugurated on May 21, 2024. The approximately 15,500 square meter building at Seefischmarkt on Kiel's eastern shore combines 166 laboratories, climate chambers, a seawater connection as well as a conference area, library and computer center. The total cost is around 138 million euros - around 19 million more than originally planned. The project is largely financed by the federal government, with only ten percent coming from the state. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa

$21 May 2024, Fráncfort: German aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, the main defendant in the trial against the far-right group "Citizens of the Reich", appears with his lawyers at the start of the trial in Frankfurt. Photo: Boris Roessler\/dpa-Pool\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Fráncfort: German aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, the main defendant in the trial against the far-right group "Citizens of the Reich", appears with his lawyers at the start of the trial in Frankfurt. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa-Pool/dpa

$21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt\/Main: At the start of the trial against the alleged "Reichsbürger" group, defendant Maximilian Eder stands behind the dock in the Sossenheim branch of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court. The federal prosecutor\'s office is charging the nine defendants with, among other things, membership of a terrorist organization. Photo: Boris Roessler\/dpa-Pool\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: At the start of the trial against the alleged "Reichsbürger" group, defendant Maximilian Eder stands behind the dock in the Sossenheim branch of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court. The federal prosecutor's office is charging the nine defendants with, among other things, membership of a terrorist organization. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa-Pool/dpa

$21 May 2024, Hesse, Kassel: The 1st Grand Youth Chamber of the Kassel Regional Court led by presiding judge Jürgen Dreyer (M) before the start of the trial in the case of a 14-year-old girl from Bad Emstal who was killed. Photo: Nicole Schippers\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Hesse, Kassel: The 1st Grand Youth Chamber of the Kassel Regional Court led by presiding judge Jürgen Dreyer (M) before the start of the trial in the case of a 14-year-old girl from Bad Emstal who was killed. Photo: Nicole Schippers/dpa

$21 May 2024, Taiwan, Taipeh: A man sits on the ground with a flag that reads "I am Taiwanese. I stand for Taiwan independence". Several controversial opposition bills are currently being hotly debated in Taiwan\'s parliament. Opponents of the initiatives fear a dismantling of democracy in Taiwan. Photo: Johannes Neudecker\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Taiwan, Taipeh: A man sits on the ground with a flag that reads "I am Taiwanese. I stand for Taiwan independence". Several controversial opposition bills are currently being hotly debated in Taiwan's parliament. Opponents of the initiatives fear a dismantling of democracy in Taiwan. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa

$21 May 2024, Brandenburg, Hoppegarten: A police officer secures evidence on the door of a restaurant in Hoppegarten. A window in the restaurant had been smashed, the façade smeared and butyric acid distributed. The restaurant had recently been the venue for a right-wing book fair hosted by an AfD politician. The fire department was deployed with around 20 vehicles because of the butyric acid. Photo: Christophe Gateau\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Brandenburg, Hoppegarten: A police officer secures evidence on the door of a restaurant in Hoppegarten. A window in the restaurant had been smashed, the façade smeared and butyric acid distributed. The restaurant had recently been the venue for a right-wing book fair hosted by an AfD politician. The fire department was deployed with around 20 vehicles because of the butyric acid. Photo: Christophe Gateau/dpa

$21 May 2024, Berlin: Jens-Christian Wagner (l-r), director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation, Pedro M., economics student from Saxony, and Judith Porath, board member of the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG e.V.) and managing director of Opferperspektive Brandenburg e.V., give a press conference on the 2023 annual statistics on right-wing and racist violence. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Berlin: Jens-Christian Wagner (l-r), director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation, Pedro M., economics student from Saxony, and Judith Porath, board member of the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (VBRG e.V.) and managing director of Opferperspektive Brandenburg e.V., give a press conference on the 2023 annual statistics on right-wing and racist violence. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$21 May 2024, Bavaria, Memmingen: A 34-year-old woman (M) is sitting in the dock between her lawyers Anja Mack and Alexander Hamburg in a courtroom at the regional court. Because she is alleged to have killed her husband treacherously and out of greed by setting him on fire, a 34-year-old woman will have to answer for murder at Memmingen Regional Court from Tuesday (9.00 a.m.). According to the indictment, the 38-year-old died in May last year from smoke inhalation in the apartment the couple shared in Memmingen. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Bavaria, Memmingen: A 34-year-old woman (M) is sitting in the dock between her lawyers Anja Mack and Alexander Hamburg in a courtroom at the regional court. Because she is alleged to have killed her husband treacherously and out of greed by setting him on fire, a 34-year-old woman will have to answer for murder at Memmingen Regional Court from Tuesday (9.00 a.m.). According to the indictment, the 38-year-old died in May last year from smoke inhalation in the apartment the couple shared in Memmingen. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

$21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock: The defendant in the appeal trial for the fatal racecourse accident comes into the courtroom of the district court. At the end of June last year, the Rostock district court sentenced the young man to two and a half years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and involuntary bodily harm. In addition, a ban was imposed, which means that the accused will only be able to obtain a driving license again after three years. The defendant and the public prosecutor\'s office appealed against this. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock: The defendant in the appeal trial for the fatal racecourse accident comes into the courtroom of the district court. At the end of June last year, the Rostock district court sentenced the young man to two and a half years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and involuntary bodily harm. In addition, a ban was imposed, which means that the accused will only be able to obtain a driving license again after three years. The defendant and the public prosecutor's office appealed against this. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa

$21 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Employees in the municipal rescue service protest against long working hours in front of the offices of the Lower Saxony Municipal Employers\' Association (KAV) under the slogan "Lifesavers in need". Photo: Julian Stratenschulte\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Employees in the municipal rescue service protest against long working hours in front of the offices of the Lower Saxony Municipal Employers' Association (KAV) under the slogan "Lifesavers in need". Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

$21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: View of the Elbe meadows at the Rosengarten. Ten people were injured, some of them seriously, in a lightning strike in this area on May 20, 2024. Four of them suffered such serious injuries that their lives were in danger. Two 27 and 30-year-old men were resuscitated after suffering cardiac arrest, a fire department spokesperson said on Monday evening. The lightning struck shortly after 5 p.m. during a thunderstorm on the banks of the Carusufer near the Rose Garden. Photo: Robert Michael\/dpa$

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21 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: View of the Elbe meadows at the Rosengarten. Ten people were injured, some of them seriously, in a lightning strike in this area on May 20, 2024. Four of them suffered such serious injuries that their lives were in danger. Two 27 and 30-year-old men were resuscitated after suffering cardiac arrest, a fire department spokesperson said on Monday evening. The lightning struck shortly after 5 p.m. during a thunderstorm on the banks of the Carusufer near the Rose Garden. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

$21 May 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ludwigshafen: The accused enters the courtroom of the district court. Following the liberation of a prisoner from the Mannheim correctional facility (JVA) during a visit to the doctor, two alleged escape helpers will have to answer to the Ludwigshafen district court on Tuesday (9.00 a.m.). Photo: Uwe Anspach\/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has\/have been pixelated for legal reasons$

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21 May 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ludwigshafen: The accused enters the courtroom of the district court. Following the liberation of a prisoner from the Mannheim correctional facility (JVA) during a visit to the doctor, two alleged escape helpers will have to answer to the Ludwigshafen district court on Tuesday (9.00 a.m.). Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has/have been pixelated for legal reasons

$21 May 2024, Brandenburg, Lebus: View from the Oder slopes north of Frankfurt (Oder). The working week starts warm but uncomfortable in Berlin and Brandenburg. In the south of the region, the German Weather Service (DWD) is expecting isolated thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain from Tuesday afternoon. Up to 25 liters of precipitation per square meter within one hour are possible. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa\/ZB$

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21 May 2024, Brandenburg, Lebus: View from the Oder slopes north of Frankfurt (Oder). The working week starts warm but uncomfortable in Berlin and Brandenburg. In the south of the region, the German Weather Service (DWD) is expecting isolated thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain from Tuesday afternoon. Up to 25 liters of precipitation per square meter within one hour are possible. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa/ZB

$21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt\/Main: An alleged defendant is brought into the court building by officers from the SEK. The federal prosecution accuses the nine defendants of having been members of or having supported a terrorist organization. The aim of the organization was to violently eliminate the existing state order in Germany and replace it with its own form of government, the main features of which had already been worked out. According to the allegations, the group is said to have planned and prepared a coup from August 2021. Photo: Andreas Arnold\/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has\/have been pixelated for legal reasons$

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21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: An alleged defendant is brought into the court building by officers from the SEK. The federal prosecution accuses the nine defendants of having been members of or having supported a terrorist organization. The aim of the organization was to violently eliminate the existing state order in Germany and replace it with its own form of government, the main features of which had already been worked out. According to the allegations, the group is said to have planned and prepared a coup from August 2021. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has/have been pixelated for legal reasons

$21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt\/Main: View of the court building erected for the trial against a suspected "Reichsbürger" group. The federal prosecution accuses the nine defendants of being members of or supporting a terrorist organization. The aim of the association was to forcibly eliminate the existing state order in Germany and replace it with its own form of government, the main features of which had already been worked out. According to the allegations, the group is said to have planned and prepared a coup from August 2021. Photo: Andreas Arnold\/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has\/have been pixelated for legal reasons$

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21 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: View of the court building erected for the trial against a suspected "Reichsbürger" group. The federal prosecution accuses the nine defendants of being members of or supporting a terrorist organization. The aim of the association was to forcibly eliminate the existing state order in Germany and replace it with its own form of government, the main features of which had already been worked out. According to the allegations, the group is said to have planned and prepared a coup from August 2021. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) has/have been pixelated for legal reasons