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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the German Chancellory after formally handing over power to her successor Olaf Scholz. Merkel, wearing a corona mask, sits in the back of a car as chancellery employees applaud her after four consecutive terms, 16 years, in office. IMAGES
In Berlin, Angela Merkel receives flowers from Germany's new Chancellor Olaf Scholz as she leaves the political stage after 16 years. Often described as austere and even robotic, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz nonetheless managed to inspire German voters in this year's election with a campaign that played on his reputation as a safe pair of hands. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Vatican City. In the afternoon, Merkel will take part with Pope Francis and other religious leaders in a prayer for peace organised by the community of Sant’Egidio near the Colosseum. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a NATO summit, the first with US President Joe Biden since his election. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays tribute to Holocaust victims at the "Death Wall" in the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz during her first ever visit as chancellor. IMAGES
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