Pictures of the year 2020, News 12 December

Dec 31, 2020

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Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW50 News Bilder des Tages Ship fire off Hiroshima Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 7, 2020, shows a cargo vessel on fire off the Hiroshima Prefecture town of Osakikamijima in western Japan.
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages (201206) -- BUCHAREST, Dec. 6, 2020 -- A woman wearing a face mask casts her ballot at a polling station in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 6, 2020. Under special protection measures, over 18 million Romanians are expected to cast their ballots on Sunday to elect a new bicameral parliament for the next four years. (Photo by Xinhua) ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-PALIAMENTARY ELECTION-VOTING GabrielxPetrescu
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages Hayabusa2 capsule returns to Earth Yuichi Tsuda (L), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency s Hayabusa2 project manager, and Hitoshi Kuninaka, a director general of the agency, attend a press conference with a model (R) of its Hayabusa2 space probe on Dec. 6, 2020, in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, following the landing in an Australian desert of a capsule from the probe earlier in the day.
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages NY: Aftermath of huge fire at Middle Collegiate Church Historic East Village Middle Collegiate Church and adjacent building destroyed by fire on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. Fire started in a vacant adjacent building and then spread to the 128-year-old Middle Collegiate Church. Six-alarm fire completely destroyed the building and church. According to firefighters, the building will be demolished and the church will undergo structured evaluation. All Tiffany windows and Tiffany skylight dome were destroyed as well. New York New York United States Copyright: LevxRadin
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages December 5, 2020, Valdosta, GA, USA: Thousands of Trump supporters converged on small town for Georgia Victory Rally to show support for President Donald Trump and two Republican incumbent U.S. senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, who face democratic challengers in special run run-off election January 5, 2021. The election could decide control of the U.S. Senate. Valdosta USA - ZUMAn03_ 20201205_zaf_n03_040 Copyright: xRobinxRaynex
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Bilder des Tages December 5, 2020, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Visitors at Luminna Fest, in Sao Paulo, Brazil..Largest indoor Christmas lights exhibition in Brazil, with 200 illuminated and interactive figures, divided into 3 main themes: Gardens, Playful and Santa Claus..Due to the isolation caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, the exhibition can only be visited by car. The route between the luminous sculptures is about 1 km and lasts approximately 25 minutes. Sao Paulo Brazil - ZUMAl146 20201205_zaf_l146_004 Copyright: xPauloxLopesx
Subway U5 Berlin Berlin, DEU, 05 12 2020 Subway train of the line U5 in the newly opened subway station Rotes Rathaus Berlin Berlin Germany
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages Italien, Vulkan Ätna auf Sizilien ausgebrochen Catania. Etna The eruptive activity of the three craters continues, the gleams that illuminate the snow are spectacular Editorial Usage Only Copyright: xAngelaxPlataniax xIPAx
L R Olaf Scholz, Federal Minister of Finance, Prof Ugur Sahin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biontech SE, and Malu Dreyer, SPD, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, recorded during a press statement after a joint visit to Biontech in Mainz, 04 12 2020 Olaf Scholz visits BASF and the biotechnology compa Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages December 4, 2020, Warsaw, Poland: December 04, 2020, Warsaw, Poland: Press conference of the Polish Women s Strike on the upcoming summit of the European Council and the attitude of the Polish government. The issues of future anti-abortion protests as well as climate protests and their organization were also discussed.In the photo: Marta Lempart, Agnieszka Kula, Jakub Kwiatkowski, Dominika Lasota Warsaw Poland - ZUMAb213 20201204_zip_b213_008 Copyright: xGrzegorzxBanaszakx
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Stuttgart, Fritz Kuhn Mayor Fritz Kuhn leaves after his term of office and takes stock of his eight years of work as head of the town hall New mayor in Stuttgart is Frank Nopper Stuttgart Baden Wuerttemberg Germany Copyright: xMaxxKovalenkox
Soldiers take up duty after their service in the state capital Stuttgart The Bundeswehr helps the health authorities to trace corona contacts DEU, Germany, Baden Württemberg, Stuttgart, 03 12 2020
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages Allocution televisee d Emmanuel Macron - President de la Republique Francaise en hommage a l ancien president Valery Giscard d Estaing Capture ecran TV image TF1 NEWS : Allocution d Emmanuel Macron - Paris - Elysee - 03 12 2020 JBAutissier Panoramic
03 12 2020 snow cannons in action, Heiligwasserwiese, Patscherkofel, Igls, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria Patscherkofelbahn valley station Heiligwasserpiste snow cannon in action propeller machine snow gun snowmaker snowmaking system artificial snow on ski slopes artificial snow on ski slopes artificial snow o
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Bilder des Tages (201203) -- LEIYANG, Dec. 3, 2020 -- Rescue workers enter the flooded coal mine shaft in Leiyang, central China s Hunan Province, Dec. 3, 2020. Dozens of rescue workers entered a flooded coal mine shaft in central China s Hunan Province Thursday to search for 13 trapped miners. The new-stage rescue came after four days of pumping water out of the flooded Yuanjiangshan coal mine in the city of Leiyang, creating space for the rescue workers to launch the underground rescue operation, according to the local rescue headquarters. ) CHINA-HUNAN-LEIYANG-COAL MINE-RESCUE WORK (CN) ChenxSihan
Press event Construction of the Corona vaccination centre in Hamburg Hamburg exhibition halls Exhibition hall A3 Olaf Schi
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages December 2, 2020, Bangkok, Thailand: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in Bangkok s busy Ha Yek Lat Prao Intersection to protest the verdict made by Thailand s constitutional court regarding the legality of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan O Cha s residence in army housing despite having left military service over six years ago. The court found that there was no violation of the code of ethics made by his continued occupation. Bangkok Thailand - ZUMAt128 20201202_zap_t128_004 Copyright: xAdryelxTalamantesx
Vienna 02 12 2020 Today in parliament the committee of inquiry into the Ibiza affair was continued The Ibiza video led to the
Trier mourns on Wednesday 02 12 2020 in the pedestrian zone for the victims of the amok drive the day before After the amok drive in Trier with five dead, a warrant for the 51-year-old suspects arrest for murder has been issued This was decided by the arrest judge on Wednesday, a police spokesman said The motive for the crime is still unclear Trier02122001D.jpg
Oranienburg GER, Berlin, 02 12 20, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier at Grunske BPr Frank Walter Steinmeier visits Grunske Metall Recycling, 02 12 2020, Copyright: xUwexKoch xEibner-Pressefotox EP_ukh
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages December 1, 2020, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: United States Senator Mitt Romney (Republican of Utah) speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference in Washington, DC announcing a bipartisan $908 billion COVID emergency relief framework that is designed to break the partisan deadlock and bring economic relief to millions of Americans on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Washington USA - ZUMAs152 20201201_zaa_s152_077 Copyright: xRodxLamkeyx-xCnpx
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW49 News Bilder des Tages (201201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2020 -- Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing on Dec. 1, 2020 shows the Chang e-5 spacecraft landing on the moon. China s Chang e-5 spacecraft successfully landed on the near side of the moon late Tuesday and sent back images, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. At 11:11 p.m., the spacecraft landed at the preselected landing area near 51.8 degrees west longitude and 43.1 degrees north latitude, said the CNSA. During the landing process, the cameras aboard the lander took images of the landing area, said the CNSA. ) (EyesonSci)CHINA-CHANG E-5-LANDING ON MOON (CN) JinxLiwang
MP of NRW and Federal Minister of Health visit vaccination centre in Duesseldorf State Premier of NRW Armin Laschet and Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn visit vaccination centre together and a tour of the Fortuna stadium Duesseldorf Duesseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia
Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Bilder des Tages (201021) -- KARACHI, Oct. 21, 2020 -- Pakistani paramilitary force members examine a blast site in Pakistan s southern port city of Karachi on Oct. 21, 2020. Three people were killed and 15 others injured in an explosion inside a four-storey building in Pakistan s southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday morning, local media said. (Str Xinhua) PAKISTAN-KARACHI-EXPLOSION Stringer

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Bilder des Jahres 2020, News 12 Dezember News Themen der Woche KW50 News Bilder des Tages Ship fire off Hiroshima Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 7, 2020, shows a cargo vessel on fire off the Hiroshima Prefecture town of Osakikamijima in western Japan.

Subway U5 Berlin Berlin, DEU, 05 12 2020 Subway train of the line U5 in the newly opened subway station Rotes Rathaus Berlin Berlin Germany

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Stuttgart, Fritz Kuhn Mayor Fritz Kuhn leaves after his term of office and takes stock of his eight years of work as head of the town hall New mayor in Stuttgart is Frank Nopper Stuttgart Baden Wuerttemberg Germany Copyright: xMaxxKovalenkox

Soldiers take up duty after their service in the state capital Stuttgart The Bundeswehr helps the health authorities to trace corona contacts DEU, Germany, Baden Württemberg, Stuttgart, 03 12 2020

Press event Construction of the Corona vaccination centre in Hamburg Hamburg exhibition halls Exhibition hall A3 Olaf Schi

Vienna 02 12 2020 Today in parliament the committee of inquiry into the Ibiza affair was continued The Ibiza video led to the

Oranienburg GER, Berlin, 02 12 20, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier at Grunske BPr Frank Walter Steinmeier visits Grunske Metall Recycling, 02 12 2020, Copyright: xUwexKoch xEibner-Pressefotox EP_ukh

MP of NRW and Federal Minister of Health visit vaccination centre in Duesseldorf State Premier of NRW Armin Laschet and Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn visit vaccination centre together and a tour of the Fortuna stadium Duesseldorf Duesseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia