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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.
Pope Francis, at the end of his visit to the city of Verona, attends mass at the city's Bentegodi Stadium in the presence of tens of thousands of Catholic faithful. IMAGES
Images of the Nied Allemande river in flood at Faulquemont, Moselle, in the north-east of France, as the department was once again placed on red alert by the French weather service after heavy rainfall the previous day caused flooding. IMAGES