German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (r) looks at dismissed German Finance minister Christian Lindner during a dismissal ceremony for FDP ministers at Bellevue Palace.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (l-r), FDP secretary general Bijan Djir-Sarai and FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr arrive to a press statement after at the Deutsche Bundestag, after Lindner was fired by Chancellor Scholz, which led to the breaking of the coalition.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner at the Deutsche Bundestag after he was was fired by Chancellor Scholz.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (c) dismisses Finance minister Christian Lindner (r) during a dismissal ceremony for FDP ministers at Bellevue Palace in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (l).
«Ampel»-coalition
A digger in front of the Reichstag building the morning of the vote of confidence against Chancellor Scholz.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag for a vote of confidence against him.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Leader of liberal FDP party and dismissed German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Opposition leader Friedrich Merz of CDU attend a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag for a vote of confidence against the Chancellor and cast their ballot. The vote is lost paving way for elections.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves the Deutsche Bundestag after the lost vote of confidence paving the way for elections.
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj stands in a school basement where civilians were forcibly kept as human shield by Russian occupiers.
A drawing on the wall in the school basement were civilians were forcibly kept by russians. At the beginning of March 2022, Russian troops had occupied the village and forced the remaining 350 inhabitants to stay in the basement of the local school.
Ten people died due to the inhumane living conditions. More than a dozen other villagers are said to have been murdered by the Russian occupiers.
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj (r) and German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck (l) leave the village.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Kyiv.
and visits the SESU (State Emergency Service of Ukraine) headquarters.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj hug following a joint press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Grandmother Larissa kisses her six months old grandson Artjom inside a bus, as she receives her family, who fled Ukraine from Melitopol by the Sea of Azov. Larissa has already been working as a kitchen aid in Poland for ten months.
Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the border crossing in Medyka in Poland being accompanied by a volunteer (r).
A woman is seen inside a bus behind a dirty window at the border crossing between Poland and Ukraine in Medyka. She waits to be transferred to the close-by Polish city Przemysl.
Yuliia (in the back m) and her 6-year-old daughter Yeva (front l) from the Ukraine are seen in the living room with their hosts Rosemarie (left in the back) and Alfons (right in the front). With them is Yuliia’s childhood friend Violetta (right in back) with her 6-year-old son Aron (front in the m), who, as a native Ukrainian, has been living in Berlin for many years and helped Yuliia to flee to Berlin. Yuliia has found her hosts through the contact of another friend. They come from the city of Zhytomyr, located west of Kyiv. Yuliia’s husband drove them to the Hungarian border, where they had to say good bye as he was not allowed to leave Ukraine. On the way, they saw smoke from attacks and were stuck in traffic for hours. «We were very afraid of being attacked», says the hairdresser, who used to specialize in festive hairstyles. After two and a half weeks in Hungary without being able to do anything, Violetta bought her friend Yuliia a ticket to Berlin. Every day Yuliia asks her how she should live here, Violetta says. Thinking about the future is difficult. To stay in Berlin and be safe with the daughter, or go back and keep the family together. Once, Yuliia’s husband said she should come back now, as things were quiet. The next day, the city was hit by 24 rockets. Daughter Yeva will now be registered for school in Berlin and at the same time in Ukraine, while mother Yuliia is already going to German lessons every day.
Hostess Monika (r) helps Elina (2nd from right) doing acrobatics as she sits with Kateryna (l) and her daughter Daria (2nd from left) and Elina’s mother Tanya (3rd from left) in the guest room, which used to be the living room. Both mothers are friends and fled together in mid-March from the city of Kremenchuk, located around 300km south-east of Kyiv. Their husbands drove them to the Polish border, from where they fled to Berlin and found their hostess Monika through a website that arranges private accommodation for refugees from Ukraine. Monika then picked her up directly at Berlin Central Station. The girls Elina and Daria are taking part in online lessons provided from home and will attend school in Berlin as soon as possible, says Monika, who has two children herself and works in educational counseling. Tanya, who worked in chemical laboratory, had to leave her 18-year-old son back home, who is not allowed to leave the country. With tears in her eyes, she says, that it is be very unlikely however, for him to be asked to serve in the army, as he has no fighting experience.
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj (l) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a press conference in the chancellery.
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj (l) is received by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with military honors at the chancellery in Berlin.
A police dogs checks the microphone of the president of the Deutsche Bundestag before Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj delivers a speech.
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj (c) after a speech at the Deutsche Bundestag next to President of German parliament Barbel Bas, and German President Frank -Walter Steinmeier. Selenskyj is visiting Berlin to attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (r) receives French President Emmanuel Macron (c) and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (l) for the so-called Weimar Triangle talks at the chancellery.
US-President Joe Biden at the Chancellery in Berlin
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the reception of British Premier Starmer.
US-President Joe Biden is received at the Chancellery in Berlin by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Quad meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (l-r) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US-President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Chancellery in Berlin
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French President Emmanuel Macron meet at the Bellevue Palace ahead of their attendance of the act of mourning for Wolfgang Schaeuble.
The sun rises at the beach of Nusa Dua in Bali, where the G20 summit is held.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the G20 summit in Bali.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 summit
French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talk at the G20 summit in Bali.
French President Emmanuel (top) Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a side event during the G20 summit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 summit in Bali.
Indonesian marine ships are seen in front of the coast of Bali, where the G20 summit is held.
Yehiel Yehoud (r), Farther of hostage Dolev Yehud is being comforted by Efrat Machikawa, niece of hostage Gadi Moshe Mozes during a meeting with relatives of hostages who have been held captive by Hamas since October 7 and press members at the Israeli embassy.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits Kerem Shalom border crossing at the triangle of the Gaza Strip, Israel and Egypt where humanitarian goods are being brought to the Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian goods are being brought to the Gaza Strip.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (c) attends a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin at the occasion of the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7th October 2023.
Thuringia AfD party leader Björn Höcke during the election evening party of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Potsdam following Brandenburg state elections.
«Democrats don’t wait til ’33» is written on a poster during a protest against the election evening party of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Potsdam following Brandenburg state elections.
A man wears a gas mask during a party conference of the Berlin AfD party
Sahra Wagenknecht of the party ‘Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance’ (BSW) leaves after holding a press conference with other heads of her party the day after Thuringia and Saxony State Elections in Berlin.
Victory day celebrations at the Soviet War Memorial at the military cemetery in the Treptower Park in Berlin with the Russian ambassador in Germany, Sergey Nechayev, and the Russian nationalist Night Wolves Motorcycle Club attending.
Yulia Navalnaya, Russian opposition and widow of Alexey Navalny in Berlin
Soccer fans follow the of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament at the public viewing next to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag Building.
Turkish supporters march to the European Championship quarterfinal against the Netherlands and show the same nationalistic hand gesture that got a Turkey player banned from the match.
Spanish supporters meet ahead of the European Championship final against England and march to the Berlin Olympiastadion.
German soccer fans follow the of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament at the public viewing next to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.
German soccer react to Germany dropping out of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament at the public viewing next to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge (centre) waits for the start of the Berlin Marathon.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge wins the Berlin Marathon in Berlin. Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon. Kipchoge clocked 2:01:09 to shave 30 seconds off his previous best-mark of 2:01:39 from the same course in 2018.
Anna-Lena Forster of Germany reacts to winning the women’s super combination, sitting, at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.
Christoph Glötzner of Germany competes in the men’s slalom, standing, at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.
Marie Bochet of France with her silver medal for women’s super g, standing.
Clinic clowns of the Potsdam based association «Lachen hilft e.V.» perform for residents of a home for the elderly in Jüterbog.
A clinic clown of the Potsdam based association «Lachen hilft e.V.» performs for a resident of a home for the elderly in Jüterbog.
Violinist and initiator of the «Window Concerts» Johanna Staemmler and her husband and cellist Peter-Philipp Staemmler play in the window front of a Gallery in Berlin-Pankow for people on the street. The music is transmitted outside with a sound system.
A man is arrested during a demonstration against German government's policy to battle the corona virus pandemic. Police offices have put masks on the man’s face, who refused to wear them.
A police officer walks past a fire during 1st of May protests in Berlin
Police officers spray tear gas on protestors during 1st of May protests in Berlin
Protestors during the 1st of May protests in Berlin
Summer in the Berlin Mauerpark
Summer at the Berlin Schlachtensee
Summer heat flickers in front of the Brandenburg Gate
A extinction rebellion climate activist weeps during a protest outside COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow
«Carbon Unicorn» (Symbol for a climate protection pretense) outside the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow venue
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow
Members of the office of the Brandenburg Bündnis 90/Die Grünen party deflate an earth shaped ballon stating “There is no planet B.“ after a party conference of the green party Brandenburg in Potsdam.
Reichstag building is seen through a safety buoy.
Masks of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (SPD) are being covered after a protest by ‘Fridays for Future’ and the NGO ‘Campact’ in front of the chancellery.
The thermal image of Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and temporary SPD-Head Malu Dreyer, Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (SPD), Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), German Federal Minister of Defense Annegret CDU-Head Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Prime Minister of Bavaria and CSU-Head Markus Söder presenting the government’s climate protection program.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bundestag
The thermal image shows a protest in front of the chancellery with a banner reading ‘return of the climate chancellor?!’.
Members of the Greek Red Cross are seen in Mati. Leaving 100 dead the wildfire of July 2018 was the second-deadliest in the 21st century.
Asimina Psaltira sits in front of her burnt house in Mati in Greece. Psaltira fled from the flames into the sea, where she stayed for five hours, while the fire waged over the coastal area 30 km outside of Athens.
Click HERE FOR NEWS CLIPPINGS | All images © dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur & The Associated Press (AP) | Please see respective credit in each image
