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$05 May 2022, Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven: First pile driving for planned LNG terminal jetty. Archive image Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa$

05 May 2022, Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven: First pile driving for planned LNG terminal jetty. Archive image Photo: Sina Schuld...

$19 May 2022, Hessen, Frankfurt\/Main: Soccer: Europa League, after the final victory of Eintracht Frankfurt against Glasgow Rangers in Seville. Fans stand on the Frankfurt Römer. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Hessen, Frankfurt\/Main: Soccer: Europa League, after the final victory of Eintracht Frankfurt against Glasgow Ra...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: A woman walks through the zoo in temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius while a sprinkler system waters the lawns. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: A woman walks through the zoo in temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius while a sprinkler system waters ...

$15 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Thomas Kutschaty and Mona Neubaur on election night. Archive image Photo: Boris Roessler\/dpa$

15 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Thomas Kutschaty and Mona Neubaur on election night. Archive image Photo: B...

$19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: A thunderstorm moves over Düsseldorf in the afternoon. The DWD issues a severe weather warning for large parts of North Rhine-Westphalia. Photo: Stella Venohr\/dpa$

19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: A thunderstorm moves over Düsseldorf in the afternoon. The DWD issues a sev...

$19 May 2022, Berlin: A young woman refreshes herself at a fountain in front of the Federal Chancellery in temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: A young woman refreshes herself at a fountain in front of the Federal Chancellery in temperatures around...

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$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Speicherz: Firefighters extinguishing electric vehicles on fire on a car transporter. At least six electric vehicles caught fire on a car transporter at the Speicherz highway parking lot in Lower Franconia (Bad Kissingen district). Initially, the transporter caught fire in the front area, this spread to the loaded vehicles, said a police spokesman on Thursday. The highway 7 was completely closed in the direction of Kassel. Photo: Fuldamedia\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Speicherz: Firefighters extinguishing electric vehicles on fire on a car transporter. At least six elec...

$19 May 2022, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Peenemünde: Musicians of the New York Philharmonics stand in a rehearsal break in the former turbine hall at the Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde on the island of Usedom. After almost a year and a half without concerts due to the Corona pandemic, the orchestra is making a guest appearance on the Baltic Sea. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will give concerts in Peenemünde on May 20, 21 and 22, 2022. Photo: Jens Büttner\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Peenemünde: Musicians of the New York Philharmonics stand in a rehearsal break in...

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$19 May 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg: Theresia Bauer (Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen), Baden-Württemberg\'s Minister for Science, Research and the Arts, stands on a viewing terrace at Heidelberg Castle. Buildings in the old town can be seen in the background. She wants to become mayor of Heidelberg in November. Photo: Uwe Anspach\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg: Theresia Bauer (Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen), Baden-Württemberg\'s Minister for Science...

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$19 May 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The negotiating team of Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen, consisting of Steffen Regis (l-r,), state chairman of the Greens in Schleswig-Holstein, Aminata Touré and Monika Heinold, top candidates of Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen for the state parliamentary elections, and Lasse Petersdotter, member of the state parliament and deputy parliamentary group chairman, sit in a conference room at the Maritim Hotel Bellevue Kiel. Eleven days after the state election, the CDU, Greens and FDP have begun talks on continuing the tripartite alliance. Photo: Jonas Walzberg\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The negotiating team of Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen, consisting of Steffen Regis (l-r,), sta...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: Karl Lauterbach (SPD - 3rd from left), Federal Minister of Health, opens a working session of the health ministers of the G7 countries in the Red City Hall. On the screen is Xavier Becerra, Health Minister of the USA, who cannot attend in person due to a Corona infection. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: Karl Lauterbach (SPD - 3rd from left), Federal Minister of Health, opens a working session of the health...

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$19 May 2022, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Task forces of the police and the German Red Cross. Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Task forces of the police and the German Red Cross. Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa

$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Toni Schuberl (Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen), member of the state parliament and chairman of the 2nd NSU investigation committee, speaks in the plenary session of the Bavarian state parliament. For the second time, a committee of inquiry into the right-wing extremist terror cell NSU has been set up. A constituent meeting is planned for the afternoon. Photo: Tobias Hase\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Toni Schuberl (Bündnis 90\/Die Grünen), member of the state parliament and chairman of the 2nd N...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Schönefeld: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) walks to the Air Force Airbus A340 on the military section at BER Berlin-Brandenburg Airport for the flight to The Hague, Netherlands. Photo: Kay Nietfeld\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Schönefeld: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) walks to the Air Force Airbus A340 on the military ...

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$19 May 2022, Saxony, Berbersdorf: The construction of a new logistics hall for the Edeka group of companies in northern Bavaria and Saxony (aerial view with a drone). The new hall with more than 10,000 square meters of logistics space is to be used as a hub for the service counter assortment of the Edeka retail trade. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Saxony, Berbersdorf: The construction of a new logistics hall for the Edeka group of companies in northern Bavar...

$19 May 2022, Saxony, Berbersdorf: Participants in a press tour stand in the new logistics hall of the Edeka Group of Companies North Bavaria-Saxony. The new hall with more than 10,000 square meters of logistics space is to be used as a hub for the service counter assortment of the Edeka retail trade. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Saxony, Berbersdorf: Participants in a press tour stand in the new logistics hall of the Edeka Group of Companie...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: Svenja Schulze (SPD), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister for Health, speak after the joint working session of the G7 health and development ministers at the Red Town Hall. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: Svenja Schulze (SPD), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Karl Lauterbach (SP...

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$19 May 2022, Hamburg: The accused IS returnee from Bremen stands between her defense lawyers Jacob Hösl and Johannes Pausch (r) in a room of the Higher Regional Court. The federal prosecution accuses the 34-year-old of membership in a terrorist organization abroad, aiding and abetting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. She is alleged to have been a member of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). Photo: Markus Scholz\/dpa-Pool\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Hamburg: The accused IS returnee from Bremen stands between her defense lawyers Jacob Hösl and Johannes Pausch (...

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$ILLUSTRATION - 19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: The app of Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (MVG) refers to the 9-Euro-Ticket. The 9-Euro-Tickets are intended to enable journeys on local and regional transport throughout Germany for 9 euros a month each. Photo: Matthias Balk\/dpa$

ILLUSTRATION - 19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: The app of Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (MVG) refers to the 9-Euro-Ticket. ...

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$19 May 2022, Hamburg: The accused owner of a Hamburg coin trading company stands between his lawyers Otmar Kury (l) and Ole-Steffen Lucke in a courtroom of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court. He, as well as two other defendants, as members of a gang are alleged to have wrongfully claimed input tax deductions amounting to 20 million euros against the tax authorities. Photo: Markus Scholz\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Hamburg: The accused owner of a Hamburg coin trading company stands between his lawyers Otmar Kury (l) and Ole-S...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Sachsendorf: A lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) stands in a field. Just 50 years ago, the lapwing was frequently seen in fields and meadows in Germany. Today, the ground-nesting bird has disappeared from many agricultural landscapes. In 2015, the species was placed on the International Red List of Threatened Birds. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Sachsendorf: A lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) stands in a field. Just 50 years ago, the lapwing was fr...

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$19 May 2022, Saxony, Köllitzsch: An agricultural robot of the type "Farmdroid" is demonstrated at the teaching and experimental farm of the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology. The solar-powered device from a Danish manufacturer can, among other things, weed and cultivate the soil. Under the motto "Autonomous farming up close", the state office, in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden and the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, provided information on the topic of robotics in crop cultivation. Photo: Sebastian Willnow\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Saxony, Köllitzsch: An agricultural robot of the type "Farmdroid" is demonstrated at the teaching and experiment...

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$19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: View of the entrance to Vallourec GmbH. The French steel tube group Vallourec wants to close its two traditional plants in Düsseldorf and Mülheim an der Ruhr. A total of around 2400 employees will be affected, the company announced on Wednesday (18.05.2022). Photo: Roberto Pfeil\/dpa$

19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: View of the entrance to Vallourec GmbH. The French steel tube group Vallour...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Mallnow: Cuckoo campion blooms pink in a wet meadow on the edge of the Oderbruch with many yellow flowering buttercups. The cuckoo campion with its ruffled-looking flowers likes to grow in damp places in bogs, meadows and swamps. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa\/ZB$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Mallnow: Cuckoo campion blooms pink in a wet meadow on the edge of the Oderbruch with many yellow f...

$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Mallnow: Cuckoo campion blooms pink in a wet meadow on the edge of the Oderbruch with many yellow flowering buttercups. The cuckoo campion with its ruffled-looking flowers likes to grow in damp places in bogs, meadows and swamps. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa\/ZB$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Mallnow: Cuckoo campion blooms pink in a wet meadow on the edge of the Oderbruch with many yellow f...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Sachsendorf: Completely bare and covered with the webs of the caterpillars of the gypsy moth are bushes at the edge of a field. The caterpillars live very sociably in veil-like webs. Sometimes these webs cover whole bushes or trees. This can affect very different woody plants. Photo: Patrick Pleul\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Sachsendorf: Completely bare and covered with the webs of the caterpillars of the gypsy moth are bu...

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$19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Seats and tables are being reconfigured in the plenary chamber of the state parliament. Before the constituent session of the state parliament of the 18th legislative period on June 1, 2022, the plenary hall will be adapted to the new number of deputies and the seats of the parliamentary groups. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd\/dpa$

19 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Seats and tables are being reconfigured in the plenary chamber of the state...

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$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Puma Pele roams through his enclosure at the Munich animal shelter\'s sanctuary for reptiles and exotics. Police officers had discovered him in March during a car check in the Upper Palatinate. About two months after his release from a wooden box, the predator is to move from Munich to Styria and m Austrian Stubenberg am See he will share a large enclosure with a female puma. Photo: Matthias Balk\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Puma Pele roams through his enclosure at the Munich animal shelter\'s sanctuary for reptiles and...

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$dpatop - 19 May 2022, Berlin: Christine Lambrecht (SPD), Minister of Defense, leaves the plenary hall in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler\/dpa$

dpatop - 19 May 2022, Berlin: Christine Lambrecht (SPD), Minister of Defense, leaves the plenary hall in the Bundestag. Photo...

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$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Wunsiedel: Actress and singer Zodwa Selele sings her role as Deloris in the musical "Sister Act" at a press conference of the Luisenburg Festival. The Luisenburg Festival is one of the best-known outdoor theater festivals. Photo: Nicolas Armer\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Wunsiedel: Actress and singer Zodwa Selele sings her role as Deloris in the musical "Sister Act" at a p...

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$19 May 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Rhineland-Palatinate Interior Minister Roger Lewentz (SPD, r) talks to police officers in the evaluation vehicle of a new type of system for detecting cell phone violations while driving . The system, developed by the Dutch police, is being tested by the Rhineland-Palatinate police. Starting in June, the system, called Monocam, will first be tested for three months at Trier police headquarters and then for three months at Mainz police headquarters. Photo: Thomas Frey\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Rhineland-Palatinate Interior Minister Roger Lewentz (SPD, r) talks to police offic...

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$PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Seeblick\/Ot Witzke: The entrance sign of the village Witzke in the Havelland district. Photo: Soeren Stache\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Seeblick\/Ot Witzke: The entrance sign of the village Witzke in the Havelland distric...

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$PRODUCTION - 25 April 2022, Brandenburg, Steinreich: The entrance sign "Schenkendorf" of the municipality "Steinreich" in the district Dahme-Spreewald. Photo: Soeren Stache\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 25 April 2022, Brandenburg, Steinreich: The entrance sign "Schenkendorf" of the municipality "Steinreich" in the...

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$18 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Paderborn: Toy retailer Thorsten Klahold stands in his store "Steingemachtes", where he offers terminal bricks from China. In a civil lawsuit, the market leader Lego accuses the businessman of design and trademark infringements, especially with regard to the mini-figures of the manufacturer Qman. The amount in dispute is half a million euros. The trial is scheduled to start on Friday (20.05.2022). Photo: Friso Gentsch\/dpa$

18 May 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Paderborn: Toy retailer Thorsten Klahold stands in his store "Steingemachtes", where he ...

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$PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Seeblick\/Ot Wassersuppe: The entrance sign of the village Wassersuppe in the district Havelland. Photo: Soeren Stache\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Seeblick\/Ot Wassersuppe: The entrance sign of the village Wassersuppe in the distric...

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$PRODUCTION - 05 April 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld: View of the town sign of Bielefeld Niederdornberg-Deppendorf. Photo: Friso Gentsch\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 05 April 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld: View of the town sign of Bielefeld Niederdornberg-Deppendorf. ...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: Klara Geywitz (SPD), Federal Minister of Construction, speaks at the German Construction Industry Day. Under the motto "Digital. Green. For you", the focus will be on the key economic, ecological and social issues facing the industry. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: Klara Geywitz (SPD), Federal Minister of Construction, speaks at the German Construction Industry Day. U...

$PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Kotzen: The entrance sign of the village "Kotzen" in the Havelland district. The village name is of Slavic origin and is said to mean "place where hairy plants grow". The village is mentioned for the first time in 1352 as Cozym. Photo: Soeren Stache\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 27 April 2022, Brandenburg, Kotzen: The entrance sign of the village "Kotzen" in the Havelland district. The vil...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: Klara Geywitz (SPD), Federal Minister of Construction, speaks at the German Construction Industry Day. Under the motto "Digital. Green. For you", the focus will be on the key economic, ecological and social issues facing the industry. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: Klara Geywitz (SPD), Federal Minister of Construction, speaks at the German Construction Industry Day. U...

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$19 May 2022, Berlin: Johannes Vogel, Director General of the Museum of Natural History, sits in front of a preserved specimen of the already extinct American migratory pigeon during the press briefing "Berlin Declaration - Science calls for energetic action to ensure the success of the World Summit on Nature" at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Under the leadership of the three Leibniz Natural History Museums, a broad alliance of renowned researchers has issued a "Berlin Declaration" calling on the German government to take decisive action against the loss of biological diversity. Photo: Oliwia Nowakowska\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Berlin: Johannes Vogel, Director General of the Museum of Natural History, sits in front of a preserved specimen...

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$PRODUCTION - 29 March 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Witzhelden: View of the town sign "Witzhelden" with the reference to Burscheid, which is 1 kilometer away. Witzhelden is a district of Leichlingen and is located in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd\/dpa$

PRODUCTION - 29 March 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Witzhelden: View of the town sign "Witzhelden" with the reference to Burs...

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$18 May 2022, Görlitz: On the Untermarkt in Görlitz in the outdoor area of the Hotel Emmerich, a colony of bees has nested on a colorful chair and is guarded by the fire department and later removed by a beekeeper. (To dpa: "Fire department guards bee swarm in Görlitz") Photo: Matthias Wehnert\/dpa-Zentralbild\/dpa$

18 May 2022, Görlitz: On the Untermarkt in Görlitz in the outdoor area of the Hotel Emmerich, a colony of bees has nested on ...

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$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Coburg: A police boat searches the lake by sonar for the missing 28-year-old. Two police officers stand on the shore and support the officers on the water. The hundred-strong police force is searching the Blässhuhnsee and adjacent properties and forests for a 28-year-old woman who has been missing since last weekend. Photo: Daniel Vogl\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Coburg: A police boat searches the lake by sonar for the missing 28-year-old. Two police officers stand...

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$19 May 2022, Thuringia, Jena: "Genetic engineering workspace" is written on a door in the new Biotech Center of the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute on the day of its opening. The modern research building offers over 2,000 square meters of space for a total of 80 employees. The research groups are to develop new active substances and therapy concepts in the fight against infectious diseases and rampant antibiotic resistance on the basis of biotechnological processes. Photo: Martin Schutt\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Thuringia, Jena: "Genetic engineering workspace" is written on a door in the new Biotech Center of the Leibniz I...

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$19 May 2022, Lower Saxony, Hanover: State Bishop Ralf Meister speaks during the state synod of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Lower Saxony, Hanover: State Bishop Ralf Meister speaks during the state synod of the Evangelical Lutheran State...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Kathrin Schneider (SPD), Minister and Head of the State Chancellery in Brandenburg, talks to Dietmar Woidke (SPD), Minister President of Brandenburg, during the state parliament session. The deputies discuss, among other things, the situation in Europe, the setting of minimum distances of wind turbines by the federal government and the sixth law amending the Public Transport Act. Photo: Bernd Settnik\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Kathrin Schneider (SPD), Minister and Head of the State Chancellery in Brandenburg, talks ...

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$19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Potsdam: The AFD\'s motion for a resolution, "Securing the future through a change of policy - freeing Brandenburg from the ideological shackles of left-green politics," is rejected by all other parties. The deputies discuss, among other things, the situation in Europe, the setting of minimum distances of wind turbines by the federal government and the sixth law to amend the Public Transport Act. Photo: Bernd Settnik\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Brandenburg, Potsdam: The AFD\'s motion for a resolution, "Securing the future through a change of policy - freei...

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$19 May 2022, Saxony-Anhalt, Blankenburg: The entrance to the abbot\'s chapel in the cloister of Michaelstein Monastery. The monastery Michaelstein had given a preview of the program of the season 2022 in the morning. In addition to concerts such as the Ascension Day concert "Prepare yourselves, you heavenly choirs", the newly designed courtyard is to be officially opened on June 11, 2022. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Saxony-Anhalt, Blankenburg: The entrance to the abbot\'s chapel in the cloister of Michaelstein Monastery. The mo...

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$19 May 2022, Bavaria, Traunstein: The defendant is sitting in the Traunstein Regional Court. He was sentenced on 19.05.2022 for allegedly wrongly administering vaccine against the coronavirus, among other things. (To dpa "False vaccinator sentenced to three years and ten months") Photo: Britta Schultejans\/dpa - ATTENTION: The defendant was pixelated at the request of his lawyer$

19 May 2022, Bavaria, Traunstein: The defendant is sitting in the Traunstein Regional Court. He was sentenced on 19.05.2022 f...

$19 May 2022, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Emergency forces stand near a school. Shots were fired at a high school in Bremerhaven on Thursday. A woman was injured with the gun, said a police spokeswoman. Photo: Sina Schuldt\/dpa$

19 May 2022, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Emergency forces stand near a school. Shots were fired at a high school in Bremerhaven on T...

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