1/1
Photo of the day: Germany pays tribute to outgoing Angela Merkel
With a modest military ceremony and the presence of several dozen German leaders, a ceremony was held in Berlin in honor of Angela Merkel, who is stepping down and will be succeeded by her finance minister, Olaf Scholz. She gave a short speech, and a military band played her favorite song from 1974 from the time of the GDR. At one point, Merkel burst into tears, but it was unclear whether it was cold weather.
–
