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WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko from Ukraine poses with his challenger Albert Sosnowski from Poland at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Thursday. Klitschko, a celebrity in Germany along with his younger brother Vladimir, will try to defend his world champion belt against Sosnowski at the soccer stadium on May 29. The hands of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean hold a pyramid encasing a chunk of the moon during its presentation in Oberhausen, Germany, on Wednesday. The rock, which the US space agency NASA is lending to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will be part of an exhibition until April 13.The hands of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean holding a pyramid encasing a chunk of moon rock during its presentation in Oberhausen, Germany on Wednesday. The rock, which the US space agency NASA is lending to the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will be part of an exhibition in Oberhausen until April 13.Germany's luge gold medalist Felix Loch attended a ceremony in Bakuriani, Georgia, on Tuesday in honor of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed in a practice run at the Vacnouver Winter Olympics last month. At left is David Kumaritashvili, father of Nodar Kumaritashvili. The event took place on the fortieth day after Kumaritashvili's death, in line with the rites of the Georgian Orthodox Church.Germany's luge gold medalist Felix Loch attended a ceremony Tuesday in Bakuriani, Georgia, in honor of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed in a practice run at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in February. At left is David Kumaritashvili, father of Nodar Kumaritashvili. The event happened on the fortieth day after Kumaritashvili's death, in line with the rites of the Georgian Orthodox Church.Germany's top popstar-audition reality TV show The Leipzig Book Fair drew to a close on Sunday, March 21. The four-day event attracted more than 150,000 visitors and hosted more than 2,000 exhibitors from 39 countries. Among the famous authors who came were last year's Nobel laureate Herta Mueller, as well as prominent Germans Guenter Grass and Martin Walser. In addition to the Frankfurt Book Fair in autumn, Leipzig is the other key event of the industry in Germany. Two manga fans at the Leipzig Book Fair take a rest on Saturday, March 20. Colorfully dressed teenagers are something of a tradition at the fair, which for years has granted a large exhibition space to comics and manga books. The fair also holds several awards for comic and manga artists.Armed with a bunch of primulas and a spade, Richard Reynolds attacks a flower bed outside the main station in the German town of Essen in a bid to free it of dead leaves, cigarette butts and other refuse. Reynolds is the spokesman for the “Guerilla Gardeners” who roam towns and cities in search of neglected sites they can turn green again.
 
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