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  1. German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz pumps his first while holding a microphone

  2. The leader and top candidate for chancellor of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz walks past a wall with the campaign slogan 'Forward Again' as he leaves the stage after addressing delegates during the CDU Party Congress at the City Cube venue in Berlin on February 3, 2025.

  3. Nataliya Korovina is standing with her three children. She has dark long curly hair and is wearing a navy suit jacket and white shirt. Her two sons stand on either side of her, they both have long brown hair tied back in ponytails. In front of them is Nataliya's daughter, who has very long light brown hair and is wearing a blue shirt.

  4. Maryna with brown hair and wearing a white shirt smiles at the camera

  5. Iryna Bakaliar is looking at the camera and is standing in front of bookshelves full of Ukrainian books.

  6. Two young smiling girls with pizza. The youngster on the left is wearing a blue woolly hat and dark jacket with blue, pink and white petals on its design. Her friend has a white woolly hat and a pink coat with white fur-style collar.

  7. Low section of Ukrainian refugee family in station waiting to leave Ukraine due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They stand around a suitcase with its handle pulled up.

  8. Three women and a man sitting in a row at a wooden table. The woman on the far left has chestnut-brown coloured hair, which is shaped in a short bob. She is wearing a black long-sleeved top and has her left hand under her chin with the elbow resting on the table. Next to her, on the right, is a teenager girl who has long blonde hair with clips on either side of her head. She is wearing a grey long-sleeved top, a black choker necklace and large silver hooped earrings in both ears, a silver bangle and has manicured nails. She is holding a glass, which is half-filled with clear liquid. On the right of the teenager is a mature woman with blonde hair and is wearing a blue polo t-shirt, her left arm is resting on the left of arm of a man sitting next to her on the right. He has grey hair and same coloured beard. He is wearing a blue and black striped top and is resting his right elbow and arm on the table.

  9. A member of the emergency services in Sumy, dressed in high vis with the Ukraine flag sewn onto his arm and a combat helmet and balaclava, looks wearily at the camera while standing in front of a burning gas depot near the Russian border.

  10. BBC Europe Correspondent Nick Beake reports from inside AfD headquarters in Berlin

  11. Friedrich Merz and his wife Charlotte talk to journalists

  12. A treated image of two soldiers beside a edited image of Jeremy Bowen on the right

  13. CDU leader Friedrich Merz stands on stage at the party HQ in Berlin

  14. Olga Bilokin is standing in a church. She is smiling at the camera. She has brown hair dyed with a red tinge and is wearing a white top with a red pattern on the collar. Stained-glass windows and pews can be seen behind her.

  15. Leader and top candidate for chancellor of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz looks down as he starts to address a press conference following a CDU party leadership meeting at the party's headquarters, the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, in Berlin, on February 24, 2025, one day after the German general elections.

  16. Image shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking at a press conference after the 'Ukraine. Year 2025' forum, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on 23 February, 2025

  17. Zelensky in a black shirt with a microphone in hand and the other hand on his chest. Sat in a chair with a blue background.

  18. Image shows Mohamed Amra, also known as "The Fly", who escaped custody on 14 May 2024

  19. Pope Francis in white and gold vestments and glasses leading prayers at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican at the beginning of February

  20. Pope Francis, wearing white robes and hat, sits on a white chair with another man, wearing black robes, next to him

  21. A soldier wearing a helmet and body armour walks across a grassy landscape, looking towards the ground. The photographer appears to be looking up at the soldier through the long grass.

  22. Friedrich Merz wipes as he is joined by party colleagues in a Munich beer hall for a final rally

  23. Three men standing in front of a lorry with boxes in the back. They are holding a Ukrianian flag

  24. A forensic investigator wearing white overalls takes images of the scene, which is strewn with crates and police tape. Behind him, police officers retrieve evidence.