An employee of German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz adjusts the brand's characteristic star on a GLA model at their production line at the factory in Rastatt, Germany, January 22, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

A man is silhouetted as he stands on a walkway in the sky lobby at the Chancellery, the seat of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) in Berlin, May 7, 2014. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil crashes with his car in the first corner after the start of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit, July 20, 2014. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

German photographer Tanja Brandt has created a series which captures the absolutely heart-breaking friendship between Ingo, her two-year-old German Shepherd, and a tiny owl called Napoleon. "Ingo is not always the calmest dog, however when he is around the birds, and particularly Napoleon, he is very soft and gentle", said the photographer. "He seems very at peace with them".

German KUKA Robotics' robot LBR iiwa demonstrates a flower arrangement at the International Robot exhibition in Tokyo, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Photo)

A woman looks on during a protest asking for the release of Israeil and German people held by Hamas in Gaza, outside the Germany embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, October 25, 2023. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan elephant, accompanied by his mahout, browse through a roadside fruit stall in Colombo on January 19, 2015. The Sri Lankan elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as the population has declined by at least 50 percent over the last three generations, with the species threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Cardboard cut outs of the faces of three candidates for the Republican nomination for the 2016 US Presidential election (L-R) Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, are seen set up on urinals in a pub in London on March 1, 2016 as part of an informal poll for customers to log which they dislike the most. Part of the satirical television show The Last Leg, customers at the pub are able to choose which urinal to use and then log their poll on a list on the wall afterwards. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)