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$15 May 2024, Berlin: Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, President of the People\'s Chamber of the GDR from April to October 1990, stands after the press conference on the special exhibition "Hin und weg. The Palace of the Republic is Present" at the Humboldtforum. The exhibition can be seen at the Humboldtforum from 17.05. to 14.07.2024. Photo: Soeren Stache\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, President of the People's Chamber of the GDR from April to October 1990, stands after the press conference on the special exhibition "Hin und weg. The Palace of the Republic is Present" at the Humboldtforum. The exhibition can be seen at the Humboldtforum from 17.05. to 14.07.2024. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa

$15 May 2024, Bavaria, Kirchheim bei München: Thorsten Glauber (l-r, Free Voters), Minister of State for the Environment and Consumer Protection, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, State Bishop Christian Kopp, Markus Söder, (CSU) Prime Minister of Bavaria, Stephan Keck, first mayor of Kirchheim, Kirchheim\'s former mayor, Maximilian Böltl, and Gerhard Zäh, Chairman of the shareholders\' meeting of Bayerische Landesgartenschau GmbH, stand together for a group photo during the opening of the Bavarian State Garden Show Kirchheim 2024. Photo: Peter Kneffel\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Bavaria, Kirchheim bei München: Thorsten Glauber (l-r, Free Voters), Minister of State for the Environment and Consumer Protection, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, State Bishop Christian Kopp, Markus Söder, (CSU) Prime Minister of Bavaria, Stephan Keck, first mayor of Kirchheim, Kirchheim's former mayor, Maximilian Böltl, and Gerhard Zäh, Chairman of the shareholders' meeting of Bayerische Landesgartenschau GmbH, stand together for a group photo during the opening of the Bavarian State Garden Show Kirchheim 2024. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: Remote-controlled moving billboards reading "Our captain at the home European Championships, Ilkay Gündogan for Germany" can be seen on Alexanderplatz in front of the TV tower. Photo: Christoph Soeder\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Remote-controlled moving billboards reading "Our captain at the home European Championships, Ilkay Gündogan for Germany" can be seen on Alexanderplatz in front of the TV tower. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: The sun shines in the blue sky next to the Berlin television tower. Photo: Christoph Soeder\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: The sun shines in the blue sky next to the Berlin television tower. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

$15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Estorf: Police officers conduct interviews with local residents. The aim of this measure is to obtain possible leads in the search for the missing Arian. Six-year-old Arian from Elm, a district of Bremervörde, remains missing. Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Estorf: Police officers conduct interviews with local residents. The aim of this measure is to obtain possible leads in the search for the missing Arian. Six-year-old Arian from Elm, a district of Bremervörde, remains missing. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

$15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: A cyclist cycles in the sunshine in front of a fountain on Schlossplatz. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: A cyclist cycles in the sunshine in front of a fountain on Schlossplatz. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

$15 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock: Lukas Knaup from the DRK water rescue service hoists the red and yellow flag on the rescue tower on the Baltic Sea beach in Warnemünde, signaling that this section of the beach is guarded by lifeguards. The water rescue service started the new season on the Baltic Sea beaches of Rostock on 09.05.2024. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock: Lukas Knaup from the DRK water rescue service hoists the red and yellow flag on the rescue tower on the Baltic Sea beach in Warnemünde, signaling that this section of the beach is guarded by lifeguards. The water rescue service started the new season on the Baltic Sea beaches of Rostock on 09.05.2024. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa

$15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Mechernich: Cows stand in the rain under a tree in a meadow. There will be lightning and thunder in North Rhine-Westphalia in the coming days, as well as a lot of rain. Photo: Oliver Berg\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Mechernich: Cows stand in the rain under a tree in a meadow. There will be lightning and thunder in North Rhine-Westphalia in the coming days, as well as a lot of rain. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

$15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Jagel: A German Heron TP drone from the Bundeswehr takes off for its first official flight over northern Germany. The German Heron TP is the first approved unmanned reconnaissance system in the Bundeswehr that is also permitted to fly outside airspaces specially reserved for military purposes. Photo: Axel Heimken\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Jagel: A German Heron TP drone from the Bundeswehr takes off for its first official flight over northern Germany. The German Heron TP is the first approved unmanned reconnaissance system in the Bundeswehr that is also permitted to fly outside airspaces specially reserved for military purposes. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD, r) speaks at the start of the plenary session in the German Bundestag. The main topics of the 168th session of the 20th legislative period are, in addition to questioning the Federal Government, a topical hour on the "nuclear power phase-out", a bill to amend the Federal Data Protection Act and the agreement on cross-border vocational training with France. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD, r) speaks at the start of the plenary session in the German Bundestag. The main topics of the 168th session of the 20th legislative period are, in addition to questioning the Federal Government, a topical hour on the "nuclear power phase-out", a bill to amend the Federal Data Protection Act and the agreement on cross-border vocational training with France. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

$15 May 2024, Saxony, Crimmitschau: View of the Pfau Bros. cloth factory, home of the textile museum. Here, visitors can gain an insight into the textile production of the past century with an originally preserved and largely functional machine park. A new permanent exhibition opens to visitors for the first time on Sunday. In addition to the Textile Museum in Crimmitschau, many museums in Saxony will be hosting International Museum Day on Whit Sunday. (Aerial view with a drone) Photo: Jan Woitas\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Saxony, Crimmitschau: View of the Pfau Bros. cloth factory, home of the textile museum. Here, visitors can gain an insight into the textile production of the past century with an originally preserved and largely functional machine park. A new permanent exhibition opens to visitors for the first time on Sunday. In addition to the Textile Museum in Crimmitschau, many museums in Saxony will be hosting International Museum Day on Whit Sunday. (Aerial view with a drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

$15 May 2024, Thuringia, Weimar: Three rubber tires in black, red and yellow lie in the water of Weimar\'s Schwansee outdoor pool. Around the official start of the bathing season on May 15, the majority of Thuringia\'s outdoor pools, bathing lakes and bodies of water open to bathers. This season, the Ministry of Social Affairs counts 155 outdoor pools, 27 natural bathing waters with a total of 37 bathing spots and six outdoor pools with biological water treatment. Photo: Martin Schutt\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Thuringia, Weimar: Three rubber tires in black, red and yellow lie in the water of Weimar's Schwansee outdoor pool. Around the official start of the bathing season on May 15, the majority of Thuringia's outdoor pools, bathing lakes and bodies of water open to bathers. This season, the Ministry of Social Affairs counts 155 outdoor pools, 27 natural bathing waters with a total of 37 bathing spots and six outdoor pools with biological water treatment. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa

$15 May 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Landsberg: Christian Reiss (M), Head of the Traffic Management Centre, talks to operator Andreas Radtke (l) in the modernized Traffic Management Centre East of Autobahn GmbH at the site on the A14 near Peißen. Just in time for the start of the European Football Championship, the traffic management center for the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia has a new look. From here, the operators, together with the tunnel control centers in Dresden and Zella-Mehlis, can influence the traffic situation on the more than 1500 kilometers of freeway in a matter of seconds. The control center is manned at all times and works in two shifts with eight operators. Its tasks include traffic, incident and information management. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Landsberg: Christian Reiss (M), Head of the Traffic Management Centre, talks to operator Andreas Radtke (l) in the modernized Traffic Management Centre East of Autobahn GmbH at the site on the A14 near Peißen. Just in time for the start of the European Football Championship, the traffic management center for the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia has a new look. From here, the operators, together with the tunnel control centers in Dresden and Zella-Mehlis, can influence the traffic situation on the more than 1500 kilometers of freeway in a matter of seconds. The control center is manned at all times and works in two shifts with eight operators. Its tasks include traffic, incident and information management. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

$15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Ambulances are parked at the emergency room of Hannover Medical School MHH. The controversial reorganization of hospitals in Germany is making progress. The government sends plans for hospital reform to parliament. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Ambulances are parked at the emergency room of Hannover Medical School MHH. The controversial reorganization of hospitals in Germany is making progress. The government sends plans for hospital reform to parliament. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

$15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Hendrik Wüst (CDU, r), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Mona Neubaur (Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen), Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia, applaud during a plenary session in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Photo: Henning Kaiser\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Hendrik Wüst (CDU, r), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Mona Neubaur (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia, applaud during a plenary session in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Photo: Henning Kaiser/dpa

$15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Josefine Paul (Alliance 90\/The Greens), Family Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, comes to the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament for the "Save the daycare centers in NRW" campaign day. The Minister accepts a petition for fair daycare funding in North Rhine-Westphalia with tens of thousands of signatures. Photo: Henning Kaiser\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Josefine Paul (Alliance 90/The Greens), Family Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, comes to the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament for the "Save the daycare centers in NRW" campaign day. The Minister accepts a petition for fair daycare funding in North Rhine-Westphalia with tens of thousands of signatures. Photo: Henning Kaiser/dpa

$15 May 2024, Poland, Urad: View from the 30-metre-high observation tower in Urad, Poland, looking southwest across the border river Oder to Brandenburg. A ferry runs here at weekends between the two towns of Aurith near Eisenhüttenstadt in Brandenburg and the Polish village of Urad. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa\/ZB$

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15 May 2024, Poland, Urad: View from the 30-metre-high observation tower in Urad, Poland, looking southwest across the border river Oder to Brandenburg. A ferry runs here at weekends between the two towns of Aurith near Eisenhüttenstadt in Brandenburg and the Polish village of Urad. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa/ZB

$15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Leverkusen: Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso in action during training at the UEFA Media Day. Leverkusen will play Atalanta Bergamo in the Europa League final in Dublin on 22.05.2024. Photo: Federico Gambarini\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Leverkusen: Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso in action during training at the UEFA Media Day. Leverkusen will play Atalanta Bergamo in the Europa League final in Dublin on 22.05.2024. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: The names of the hunger strikers and the duration of the hunger strike are written on a sign. One of the hunger strikers collapsed in the climate camp at Invalidenpark. Photo: Fabian Sommer\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: The names of the hunger strikers and the duration of the hunger strike are written on a sign. One of the hunger strikers collapsed in the climate camp at Invalidenpark. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister of Health, presents the hospital reform at the Federal Press Conference. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister of Health, presents the hospital reform at the Federal Press Conference. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

$15 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt\/Main: A photojournalist takes a photo during a media appointment in the courtroom of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court. The trial against nine suspected members of the "Reichsbürger" scene will begin next week in the lightweight hall in Frankfurt-Sossenheim under massive security measures. The hall was built especially for the trial. Photo: Boris Roessler\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: A photojournalist takes a photo during a media appointment in the courtroom of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court. The trial against nine suspected members of the "Reichsbürger" scene will begin next week in the lightweight hall in Frankfurt-Sossenheim under massive security measures. The hall was built especially for the trial. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

$15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony, speaks at the event for the signing of a grant agreement for universities in Saxony for the coming years until 2032 in the beehive in the State Chancellery. The agreement regulates the amount of subsidies for state universities in Saxony for the years 2025 to 2032. Photo: Robert Michael\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony, speaks at the event for the signing of a grant agreement for universities in Saxony for the coming years until 2032 in the beehive in the State Chancellery. The agreement regulates the amount of subsidies for state universities in Saxony for the years 2025 to 2032. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

$ILLUSTRATION - 15 May 2024, Berlin: Artificial turf surrounds a tree on the fan mile for the 2024 European Football Championship in Germany. The European Championship will take place from June 14 to July 14. There will be public viewing on the fan mile. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow\/dpa$

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ILLUSTRATION - 15 May 2024, Berlin: Artificial turf surrounds a tree on the fan mile for the 2024 European Football Championship in Germany. The European Championship will take place from June 14 to July 14. There will be public viewing on the fan mile. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

$15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Lars Ricken attends Borussia Dortmund\'s press conference to officially introduce himself as Managing Director Sport. Ricken will take over some of the responsibilities of Hans-Joachim Watzke, who will step down from management at the end of 2025. Photo: Bernd Thissen\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Lars Ricken attends Borussia Dortmund's press conference to officially introduce himself as Managing Director Sport. Ricken will take over some of the responsibilities of Hans-Joachim Watzke, who will step down from management at the end of 2025. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa

$15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: Johann Christoph Lohmann, presiding judge at the regional court, enters the courtroom at the China Logistic Center. In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius\/dpa\/Pool\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: Johann Christoph Lohmann, presiding judge at the regional court, enters the courtroom at the China Logistic Center. In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa/Pool/dpa

$15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: The defendant Ibrahim A. (M) sits in the courtroom at the China Logistic Center next to an interpreter (l) and his lawyer Björn Seelbach (r). In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius\/dpa\/Pool\/dpa - ATTENTION: Defendant pixelated on the instructions of the court$

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15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: The defendant Ibrahim A. (M) sits in the courtroom at the China Logistic Center next to an interpreter (l) and his lawyer Björn Seelbach (r). In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa/Pool/dpa - ATTENTION: Defendant pixelated on the instructions of the court

$14 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: The Wahl-O-Mat start page can be seen on the display of a smartphone. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert\/dpa$

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14 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: The Wahl-O-Mat start page can be seen on the display of a smartphone. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Dussmann Foundation, speaks at the Dussmann Group\'s annual press conference in the Dussman House. Photo: Fabian Sommer\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Dussmann Foundation, speaks at the Dussmann Group's annual press conference in the Dussman House. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

$15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: A euro banknote and coins make up the sum of 15 euros. Chancellor Scholz has spoken out in favor of a gradual increase in the minimum wage to 15 euros Photo: Sebastian Kahnert\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: A euro banknote and coins make up the sum of 15 euros. Chancellor Scholz has spoken out in favor of a gradual increase in the minimum wage to 15 euros Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

$15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: The defendant Ibrahim A. (M) is brought into the courtroom at the China Logistic Center in handcuffs and shackles by court officials. In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: The defendant Ibrahim A. (M) is brought into the courtroom at the China Logistic Center in handcuffs and shackles by court officials. In the trial for a fatal knife attack in northern Germany, the Itzehoe district court sentenced the defendant Ibrahim A. to life imprisonment for murder and attempted murder on Wednesday. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

$15 May 2024, Hesse, Offenbach: The two German European Championship referees Daniel Siebert (l) and Felix Zwayer stand together at a Uefa preparatory workshop for the European Football Championship. The EURO 2024 kicks off on June 14, 2024. Photo: Arne Dedert\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Hesse, Offenbach: The two German European Championship referees Daniel Siebert (l) and Felix Zwayer stand together at a Uefa preparatory workshop for the European Football Championship. The EURO 2024 kicks off on June 14, 2024. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

$15 May 2024, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) sits in the Federal Chancellery at the start of the cabinet meeting. In their 100th meeting of the 20th legislative period, the members of the Federal Government are discussing the hospital reform, among other things. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) sits in the Federal Chancellery at the start of the cabinet meeting. In their 100th meeting of the 20th legislative period, the members of the Federal Government are discussing the hospital reform, among other things. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: A car drives on a newly renovated section of the A99 highway east of Munich. The Whitsun vacation begins this weekend. Photo: Peter Kneffel\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: A car drives on a newly renovated section of the A99 highway east of Munich. The Whitsun vacation begins this weekend. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: There is heavy traffic in both directions on the A99 highway east of Munich. The Alps can be seen in the background. The Whitsun vacations begin at the weekend. Photo: Peter Kneffel\/dpa$

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PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Bavaria, Munich: There is heavy traffic in both directions on the A99 highway east of Munich. The Alps can be seen in the background. The Whitsun vacations begin at the weekend. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

$14 May 2024, Brandenburg, Briesen (Mark): A forest area of predominantly pine trees in the Oder-Spree district of the Brandenburg Forestry Department (aerial view with a drone). Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

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14 May 2024, Brandenburg, Briesen (Mark): A forest area of predominantly pine trees in the Oder-Spree district of the Brandenburg Forestry Department (aerial view with a drone). Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of truck manufacturer Daimler Truck, sits in an E Actros truck for a TV recording at the Annual General Meeting in the Carl-Benz Arena. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of truck manufacturer Daimler Truck, sits in an E Actros truck for a TV recording at the Annual General Meeting in the Carl-Benz Arena. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

$15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim: Hasso Plattner (M), former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the software group SAP, Christian Klein (l), CEO of SAP, and Pekka Ala-Pietilä, designated Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP, stand on the stage at the Annual General Meeting of the software group. Among other things, the successor to the retiring Chairman of the Supervisory Board Plattner will be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Photo: Uwe Anspach\/dpa$

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15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim: Hasso Plattner (M), former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the software group SAP, Christian Klein (l), CEO of SAP, and Pekka Ala-Pietilä, designated Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP, stand on the stage at the Annual General Meeting of the software group. Among other things, the successor to the retiring Chairman of the Supervisory Board Plattner will be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa

$20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A buzzard (Buteo buteo) flies close to a rotor blade of a wind turbine. Many birds, especially birds of prey, die when they collide with the rotor blades of wind turbines. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

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20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A buzzard (Buteo buteo) flies close to a rotor blade of a wind turbine. Many birds, especially birds of prey, die when they collide with the rotor blades of wind turbines. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A red kite (Milvus milvus) flies between wind turbines. Many birds, especially birds of prey, die when they collide with the rotor blades of wind turbines. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

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20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A red kite (Milvus milvus) flies between wind turbines. Many birds, especially birds of prey, die when they collide with the rotor blades of wind turbines. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A red kite (Milvus milvus). Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

Apr 20, 2024 06:00 AM

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20 April 2024, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: A red kite (Milvus milvus). Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: A monstera stands on a windowsill. Photo: Marijan Murat\/dpa$

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May 15, 2024 06:00 AM

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PRODUCTION - 15 May 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: A monstera stands on a windowsill. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

$15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: The accused Christian B. stands in the courtroom at Braunschweig Regional Court. Christian B. is accused of three cases of aggravated rape and two cases of sexual abuse of children in Portugal. Investigators also suspect the German in the Maddie case. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte\/dpa Pool\/dpa$

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May 15, 2024 06:00 AM

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15 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: The accused Christian B. stands in the courtroom at Braunschweig Regional Court. Christian B. is accused of three cases of aggravated rape and two cases of sexual abuse of children in Portugal. Investigators also suspect the German in the Maddie case. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa Pool/dpa

$15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: The Saxonia on the Ständehaus in the old town can be seen in the morning in front of the Lilienstein in Saxon Switzerland. Sunshine and high temperatures dominate the weather in Saxony on Wednesday. Photo: Robert Michael\/dpa$

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May 15, 2024 06:00 AM

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15 May 2024, Saxony, Dresden: The Saxonia on the Ständehaus in the old town can be seen in the morning in front of the Lilienstein in Saxon Switzerland. Sunshine and high temperatures dominate the weather in Saxony on Wednesday. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

$15 May 2024, Hamburg: Construction cranes stand at the Elbtower in the morning. The unfinished Elbtower in Hamburg is one of the luxury properties of the insolvent Signa Group. Photo: Thomas Müller\/dpa$

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May 15, 2024 06:00 AM

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15 May 2024, Hamburg: Construction cranes stand at the Elbtower in the morning. The unfinished Elbtower in Hamburg is one of the luxury properties of the insolvent Signa Group. Photo: Thomas Müller/dpa

$14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: CORRECTS NAME OF FAIR - Thomas Lückerath, Editor-in-Chief DWDL.de (l-r), Dr. Nadine Bilke, Program Director,ZDF, Inga Leschek, Program Managing Director,RTL, Sabine de Mardt, Managing Director & Producer,Gaumont GmbH, Henrik Pabst, Managing Director and Chief Content Officer,Seven.One Entertainment Group, Dr. Christoph Schneider, Country Director DE\/AT & Managing Director, Amazon Digital Germany GmbH, Prime Video and Sascha Schwingel,CEO,UFA at the panel on the Media Summit: Linear, On Demand, Free or Pay - Which content will create new growth? at ANGA COM, Europe\'s leading congress trade fair for broadband, television and online. Photo: Horst Galuschka\/dpa$

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May 14, 2024 06:00 AM

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14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: CORRECTS NAME OF FAIR - Thomas Lückerath, Editor-in-Chief DWDL.de (l-r), Dr. Nadine Bilke, Program Director,ZDF, Inga Leschek, Program Managing Director,RTL, Sabine de Mardt, Managing Director & Producer,Gaumont GmbH, Henrik Pabst, Managing Director and Chief Content Officer,Seven.One Entertainment Group, Dr. Christoph Schneider, Country Director DE/AT & Managing Director, Amazon Digital Germany GmbH, Prime Video and Sascha Schwingel,CEO,UFA at the panel on the Media Summit: Linear, On Demand, Free or Pay - Which content will create new growth? at ANGA COM, Europe's leading congress trade fair for broadband, television and online. Photo: Horst Galuschka/dpa

$06 May 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A Porsche employee checks an all-electric Porsche Macan in quality control at the Leipzig plant. The sports car manufacturer has invested around 600 million euros in the expansion of the plant. The new Macan is the second all-electric Porsche model. The Leipzig plant is designed for maximum flexibility in the future. Gasoline, hybrid and fully electric vehicles will run on a joint production line. Porsche aims to deliver more than 80 percent of new vehicles with purely electric drive systems by 2030. Photo: Jan Woitas\/dpa$

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May 06, 2024 06:00 AM

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06 May 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A Porsche employee checks an all-electric Porsche Macan in quality control at the Leipzig plant. The sports car manufacturer has invested around 600 million euros in the expansion of the plant. The new Macan is the second all-electric Porsche model. The Leipzig plant is designed for maximum flexibility in the future. Gasoline, hybrid and fully electric vehicles will run on a joint production line. Porsche aims to deliver more than 80 percent of new vehicles with purely electric drive systems by 2030. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

$07 May 2024, Brandenburg, Müncheberg: Kathrin Grahmann, employee at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), next to a robot in the "patchCROP" landscape laboratory (cultivation on small areas). Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

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May 07, 2024 06:00 AM

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07 May 2024, Brandenburg, Müncheberg: Kathrin Grahmann, employee at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), next to a robot in the "patchCROP" landscape laboratory (cultivation on small areas). Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$13 May 2024, Brandenburg, Seelow: wind turbines are being erected in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in East Brandenburg. According to the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE), the inland state of Brandenburg ranks second in the list of federal states with the largest installed capacity of wind turbines. A good third of its electricity requirements are generated from wind. With a total installed capacity of over 8,273 megawatts (MW), Brandenburg is now in second place after Lower Saxony. The cumulative output has increased tenfold within a decade. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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13 May 2024, Brandenburg, Seelow: wind turbines are being erected in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in East Brandenburg. According to the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE), the inland state of Brandenburg ranks second in the list of federal states with the largest installed capacity of wind turbines. A good third of its electricity requirements are generated from wind. With a total installed capacity of over 8,273 megawatts (MW), Brandenburg is now in second place after Lower Saxony. The cumulative output has increased tenfold within a decade. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

$14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: KölnMesse, North Entrance to ANGA COM, Europe\'s leading congress trade fair for broadband, television and online. Photo: Horst Galuschka\/dpa$

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May 14, 2024 06:00 AM

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14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: KölnMesse, North Entrance to ANGA COM, Europe's leading congress trade fair for broadband, television and online. Photo: Horst Galuschka/dpa

$14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Lettering 100 years of KölnMesse, trade fair and exhibition company since 1924 Photo: Horst Galuschka\/dpa$

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May 14, 2024 06:00 AM

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14 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Lettering 100 years of KölnMesse, trade fair and exhibition company since 1924 Photo: Horst Galuschka/dpa