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Added on the 16/01/2018 19:31:01 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
German police officers stand guard near a crime scene after a shooting took place in a church in Hamburg, killing several people. There were "one or more unknown" assailants, according to authorities. Residents have been urged to stay indoors and avoid the area following the attack, which took place at 2000 GMT. IMAGES
Shanghai (China), Dec 24 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Alex Plavevski) Dozens of visitors walk around the Christmas tree at the German Christmas market on in Shanghai, China.
A German tourist braved freezing conditions in Oymyakon, one of the coldest inhabited settlements in the world, on Thursday, as he took an icy dip into the river while air temperatures stood at -50° Celsius (-58° Fahrenheit). Ice-dipping is a long-held tradition among Orthodox Christians, for Epiphany Day, which is observed on January 19th in the Orthodox calender. It celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ and is said to cleanse and purify the plunger.
Images at the start of the trial against Bjorn Hoecke, head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, who appears in court for publicly using a banned Nazi slogan. He stands accused of twice using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. IMAGES
Britain's King Charles III arrives at the St George's Chapel of Windsor Castle, alongside Queen Camilla, for an Easter Sunday service - his first major public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer last month. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).