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"Album 2019 - Pictures of a Year" looks back on an eventful and exciting year 2019. The brexite proves to be a never-ending story and in North Korea the presidents Trump and Kim meet. 16-year-old Greta Thunberg calls for civil disobedience and "Fridays for Future" becomes a worldwide outcry against climate change. In Brazil, huge areas of rainforest are burned and hurricane "Dorian" destroys many islands in the Bahamas. In the Ruhr area it is finally "shift in the pit" and Andrea Nahles quits as SPD chairwoman. In Halle, a right-wing extremist run amok attacks the synagogue, and the murder of district president Walter Lübcke causes consternation. Ursula von der Leyen becomes the new president of the EU commission, and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer her successor as defense minister. In Paris, "Notre Dame" almost becomes a victim of the flames, and the government in Austria falls over the "Ibiza video". This and more in the "Album 2019 - Pictures of a Year".

"Album 2017 - Pictures of a Year" looks back on an eventful and moving year 2017. Islamist terror hits Manchester, Barcelona and London, and in Germany a bus carrying soccer players is attacked out of greed. In the USA, President Trump is sworn in, and in Germany the AfD moves into the German Bundestag. The G20 summit in Hamburg is shaken by massive riots, and the power struggle in Venezuela claims hundreds of lives. The British government requests the final "Brexit", and in Strasbourg there is a European funeral for former chancellor Helmut Kohl. In Catalonia, the Spanish government cracks down on the separatists, and in London dozens of people die in a high-rise fire. After long squabbles, Air Berlin finally flies for the last time, and in Hamburg, the Elbe Philharmonic Hall is ceremonially opened after many years of construction. The storms "Xavier" and "Hewart" cause severe damage, and later frost in April destroys large parts of the fruit blossom.

We look back on an eventful and moving year 2015. Millions of refugees are setting off for Europe, and politicians are deeply divided over how to deal with them. The summer brings us a new heat record, and storm Niklas devastates large parts of the republic. The crash of the Germanwings plane shakes all of Germany, and "Je suis Charlie" becomes a synonym for freedom of opinion. The EU helps Greece despite quarrels with the Tsipras government, and there are riots at the opening of the new ECB. FIFA sinks into a swamp of corruption, and at Volkswagen hundreds of thousands of engines are manipulated. The former arch-enemies Cuba and the USA are moving towards each other, and a solar airplane flies once around the world on solar power alone. All this and more in Album 2015.

The Germans remain loyal to Mrs. Merkel, and the FDP is mercilessly punished. Poison gas grenades kill hundreds in Syria, and hundreds of thousands of refugees leave their homes at the risk of their lives. Whistleblower Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Russia, and the NSA affair shakes the German-American friendship. Still no plane takes off from Willy Brandt Airport Berlin, and Mainz Central Station remains a "train-free zone" for days. The winter has Europe under control for months, and the summer floods destroy large areas of land. The new pope preaches and lives humility, and the bishop of Limburg stumbles over his pompousness. The German women's soccer team becomes European champion, and FC Bayern wins the longed-for "triple" for the first time. The British are delighted with the offspring of William and Kate, and Willem-Alexander becomes the new King of the Netherlands.

The tsunami in Japan not only destroys Fukushima, and the German government decides to phase out nuclear power. The Arab Spring changes the Middle East, and Osama bin Laden dies in a hail of bullets from a special commando. Greece's financial crisis shakes the entire EU, and social unrest shakes Britain. Winfried Kretschmann becomes the first green prime minister, and the Pirate Party moves into a state parliament for the first time. In London, the dream wedding of the heir apparent enchants the masses, and Loriot leaves the stage for good. Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has to relinquish all offices, and the Pope visits an East German state for the first time. All this and more in the 2011 album.

America has a new president, and Angela Merkel remains German Chancellor. Earthquakes shake Italy and Indonesia, and forest fires devastate parts of Greece. In Iran, Ahmadinejad holds on to power by force, and the fight against the Taliban costs more and more strength. Usain Bolt is astonishing and skeptical the sports world, and the German women footballers are once again European champions. The Winnenden rampage shakes the country, and swine flu unsettles the population. Dominic Brunner pays for his moral courage with his life, and the "King of Pop" steps down for good.

Everyone talks about the weather. The chancellor asks for the summit in Heiligendamm, and a district administrator saws at the chair of Edmund Stoiber. A little polar bear conquers the hearts of the Germans, Paris Hilton has to go behind bars, young people discover fun in "coma drinking", and cycling finally sinks into the drug swamp. - All this and more in "Album 2007".

A long pontificate comes to an end - John Paul II dies. His successor Benedict XVI. inspires the church youth of the world in Cologne. Bomb attacks in London, terror reaches Europe - and the wave of violence in Iraq continues. More hurricanes than ever before bring suffering, death and devastation - and the tsunami catastrophe in Southeast Asia claims hundreds of thousands of lives. The EU constitution fails - and the dispute over Turkey's accession threatens to divide the community. 60 years after the end of the war, a German chancellor stands in the middle of the ranks of the victors - and the Holocaust Memorial is opened in Berlin. Simonis and Steinbrück pay for the reform policies of the Schröder government - the new elections bring Germany its first female chancellor. Charles and Camilla are finally allowed to marry - and with Max Schmeling, a great sportsman leaves.

September 11 changes the world, terror costs thousands of lives. America is going to war against Osama bin Laden, and Germany must do its part. Ex-president Milosevic comes to court in The Hague as a war criminal. The foot-and-mouth disease depopulates Europe's stables. ver.di, the largest service union in the world, is founded. Over the South Seas the remains of the MIR burn up. In Norway the fairy tale wedding enchants the people. Bishop Lehmann finally becomes cardinal. In Genoa an opponent of globalization dies. The IOC gets a new president. All this and more in the "Album 2001 - Pictures of a Year".

Planned among others: Red-Green in change / PDS takes over government responsibility for the first time / Eschede catastrophe / Hope for Northern Ireland / "Guildomania