Supporters of Annalena Baerbock, Germany's Alliance 90/The Greens party candidate, salute her as she arrives ahead of a televised debate, in Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2021. Show moreShow less
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier and candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU Armin Laschet speak as they attend a rally ahead of the general election, in Munich, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier, Malu Dreyer, looks on as State Premier and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, Manuela Schwesig, speaks during a campaign in Warnemuende, Germany September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Germany's candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock and co-leader of Germany's Alliance 90/The Greens party, and co-leader Robert Habeck speak during a Party Congress event in Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2021. Show moreShow less
German Chancellor Angela Merkel feeds rainbow lorikeets at the birdpark in Marlow, Germany, September 23, 2021. Picture taken September 23, 2021. Franzi Haase/Vogelpark Marlow/Handout via REUTERS Show moreShow less
Germany's leader of Free Democratic Party (FDP), Christian Lindner, poses with a supporter during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Christian Social Union (CSU) party leader and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier and candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU Armin Laschet attend a rally ahead of the general election, in Munich, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Marzipan cookies depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel made by a German confectioner ahead of the September 26 elections, are displayed in Weilbach, Germany, September 14, 2021. Show moreShow less
Climate change activists hold placards during German Greens candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, and her co-party leader's, Robert Habeck, final rally ahead of the general election, in Duesseldorf, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
CDU leader and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier Armin Laschet laughs as the German president (unseen) delivers a speech during their visit to flood-hit Erftstadt, Germany July 17, 2021. Picture taken July 17, 2021 Marius Becker/Pool via REUTERS Show moreShow less
An activist puts a picture of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet on the grass among pictures of other German politicians in front of the German parliament building, or Reichstag, during a protest of the human rights group Unverhandelbar, or Untradable, in Berlin, Germany, September 16, 2021. Show moreShow less
Workers remove an advertisement showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a slogan that reads "Mother of Nation - Thanks For 16 Years of Hard Work" before the upcoming state elections in Hamburg, Germany September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Christian Social Union (CSU) party leader and Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier and candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU Armin Laschet bump fists as they attend a rally ahead of the general election, in Munich, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier and candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU Armin Laschet attends a rally ahead of the general election, in Munich, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
German Social Democratic Party's main candidate Olaf Scholz poses for photographs with supporters during an election campaign event in Munich, Germany September 18, 2021. Show moreShow less
German Finance Minister and SPD candidate for the Chancellery Olaf Scholz, gives a statement as he leaves a Finance commission of inquiry at the German Parliament or Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2021. Show moreShow less
Germany's SPD candidate for the general election, Olaf Scholz, campaigns in Cologne, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier and candidate for chancellor of the CDU/CSU Armin Laschet speaks during a rally ahead of the general election, in Munich, Germany, September 24, 2021. Show moreShow less
Candidates for the Federal elections Armin Laschet, CDU, Olaf Scholz, SPD and Annalena Baerbock, Greens pose with Linda Zervakis and Claudia von Brauchitsch for a photo, ahead of a TV talk show, in Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2021. Show moreShow less