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Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the focus of photographers as she stands on the tribune prior to a session at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on December 8, 2021 to elect the country's next Chancellor. Members of the parliament are to elected Olaf Scholz, bringing the curtain down on Angela Merkel's 16-year reign, ushering in a new political era with the centre-left in charge. Together with the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats, Scholz's SPD managed in a far shorter time than expected to forge a coalition that aspires to make Germany greener and fairer. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / AFP)
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