A group of men returns from the Jumu'ah prayer in Tripoli, Libya, on 15 March 2013. Every Libyan dresses up for the Jumu'ah prayer. The prayer hold every Friday is a congregational prayer, at which everyone wants to present themselves at their best. Photo: Matthias Tödt
Former Berlin Wall crossing point Checkpoint Charlie in Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, Germany, 12 June 2012. More than 20 years after German reunification, the border crossing has become a primary tourist attraction, where the 'Mauermuseum' (Checkpoint Charlie Museum) and a reconstructed guard house remind of its history. Photo:Jens Kalaene
Two arrows reading 'Open' and 'Close' are pictured on a hangar's gate at Berlin Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, 30 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
An arrow reading 'Closed' is pictured on a hangar's gate at Berlin Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, 30 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
An arrow reading 'Open' is pictured on a hangar's gate at Berlin Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, 30 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of green balloons in Berlin, Germany 30 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A heart formed by water drops is pictured on a table top in Berlin, Germany, 13 October 2011. Photo. Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the Protestant Passionskirche at Marheinekeplatz in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a warship in the port of Gibraltar between 1911 and 1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of a broken clock at the train station of Perleberg, Germany, 1 October 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the back of a chair painted in the French national colors in Berlin, Germany, 30 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Grinded glass stones are pictured on a flea market stall at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germnay, 4 June 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A graffiti in a shop window shows a boy sniffing a long line of cocaine, which extends over the sidewalk, in Berlin, Germany, 28 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the mobile telephone company Vodafone in Berlin. Germany, 1 October 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the entrance of the Shaolin Temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Street scene in Sesfontein, Namibia, 11 December 2010. A man directs his donkey cart through the village. Photo: Tom Schulze
Illustration - A miniature safety buoy is pictured on a tea spoon in Berlin, Germany, 25 December 2007. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A red balloon in the shape of a heart is pictured on gully in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A woman holds two mobile phones, of which one is a Blackberry, in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A German flag flies next to the TV Tower in Berlin, Germany, 15 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Several old volumes of 'Meyers Konversations-Lexikon' (Meyer's Conversational Encyclopedia) is pictured in a row in Berlin, Germany, 6 June 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Night view of the TV tower and the illuminated glass construction of the Berolina House at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, 7 March 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Group image of tourists between lifeboats aboard the passenger liner Pennsylvania, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the Jaffa Gate that leads to the Christian and Armenian quarter of the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, on 12 September 2013. Its name derived from the street, which leads from this gate into the direction of Jaffa. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three monotheistic religions; Jews, Muslims, and Christians have some of their sanctuaries here. The state Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Among other things, the Israelian parliament, Knesset, is located with the government here. Photo: Matthias Tödt
View of the Damascus Gate on the north side of the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, on 9 September 2013. It is the biggest of the city gates and got its name from the street that used to lead towards Damascus. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three monotheistic religions; Jews, Muslims, and Christians have some of their sanctuaries here. The state Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Among other things, the Israelian parliament, Knesset, is located with the government here. Photo: Matthias Tödt
A bike is pictured in front of a gas pump at a gas station in Berlin, Germany, 6 March 2012. Photo. Berliner Verlag/S. Steinach
A broken CD with the writing 'I love you' is pictured on the cobbled stone of a street in Berlin, Germany, 9 October 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
An old man sits on three piled-up skateboards in Berlin, Germany, 24 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the TV Tower from Spandauer Strasse during a sightseeing trip by bus in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a Buddha statue at the Shaolin Temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a Buddha statue at the Shaolin Temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
The writing 'The Beetle' and a stylized silhouette of the VW car are pictured on the wall of the VW pavillion at Schinkelplatz in Berlin, Germany, 15 July 2011. In the VW pavillion the 'Beetle' is presented to the public. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A European flag flies on the gable of a house in Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse in front of the TV Tower in Berlin, Germany, 26 February 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Illustration - A syrince with a tube is pictured on a table in Berlin, Germany, 25 December 2007. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
An officer is pictured on the bridge, in 1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the ocean liner 'Vaterland' of Hapag Hamburg on the sea, Blohm und Voss Hamburg, shipyard, 1913, photograph taken in 1914. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of an office building on the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt, between 1911 and 1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck.
View of the swimming pool on the sun deck of the ocean liner 'Moltke' of Hapag Hamburg (Hamburg America Line), Blohm und Voss Hamburg, shipyard 1901, photograph taken around 1910. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the crocodile figure with a cord around its mouth in the fountain at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, Germany, 9 October 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Tourists observe pelicans flying over the Atlantic Ocean, on a tourist boat at the coast of Namibia near Walvis Bay on 2 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
View of pelicans in the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Namibia near Walvis Bay on 2 December 2010. Photo. Tom Schulze
Reading the newspaper in the Dead Sea - a popular photograph subject, in Israel, 11 September 2013. The Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, is famous for its high salinity of about 30% (around ten times more than the Mediterranean Sea) that easily carries the human body. Its water source is the River Jordan and it does not have an outlet; healing powers for atopic dermatitis and psioriasis are attributed to its water and mud. This is reason, health tourism has developed at different places of the Dead Sea. The whole area of the Dead Sea lies 416 meters below sea level. Photo: Matthias Tödt
A young orthodox Jews with payot dressed in black walks past other people praying on the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, 9 September 2013. The Western Wall at the Temple Mount of the old city of Jerusalem is 48 meters long, 18 meters tall and is an important religious place of Judaism and one of the most visited places in Israel. Every day, numerous people come to the Western Wall to pray. Many of them place slips with written down prayers and wishes into the crevices of the Wall. To orthodox Jews, the Western Wall is a symbol for the eternal covenant of God with his poeple
View of the Damascus Gate on the north side of the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, on 9 September 2013. It is the biggest of the city gates and got its name from the street that used to lead towards Damascus. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three monotheistic religions; Jews, Muslims, and Christians have some of their sanctuaries here. The state Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Among other things, the Israelian parliament, Knesset, is located with the government here. Photo: Matthias Tödt
View of a Mercedes star bended from wire in Berlin, Germany, 16 February 2012. The logo of the vehicle producer Mercedes-Benz usually sits on the radiator of several Mercedes automobile types. Photo: Berliner Verlag/Steinach
The traffic light tower is pictured at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, 10 February 2012. In the background, view of a part of the Beisheim Center, in which the hotels Ritz-Carlton Berlin, Berlin Mariott International and apartments and offices are located. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A S-Bahn sign reading 'Potsdamer Platz' and in the background outdoor advertising for the insurance company Württembergische Versicherung on the building of Potsdamer Platz 8 are pictured in Berlin, Germany, 10 February 2012. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A chainsaw, work gloves and an axe are pictured on a table in Berlin, Germany, 20 November 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Close-up of a Russian army hat (Ushanka) with Soviet star, hammer and sickle on a souvenir stall in Berlin, Germany, 3 October 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A red balloon in the shape of a heart is pictured on a lawn in Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a Buddhist ceremony in front of a Buddha statue at the Shaolin temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a Buddhist ceremony in front of a Buddha statue at the Shaolin temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of (l-r) the Friedrichswerder Church, the French Cathedral, and St. Hedwig's Cathedral from the Humboldt Box. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A historical gas lighting is pictured in front of the Friedrichswerder Chruch at Schinkelplatz in Berlin, Germany, 15 July 2011. The design of the church as well as the drafts for the first standard model of a gas lantern are both from Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of Berlin Cathedral at Lustgarten from the Humboldt Box at Schlossplatz in Berlin, Germany, 15 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Numerous cookie cutters of different shapes are pictured on a table in Berlin, Germany, 05 June 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Two brothers sit on an old car tyre in Sesfontein, Namibia, 14 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
Locals drink beer at the 'Okiti Bar' in Sesfontein, Namibia, 11 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
Street scene with view of Charminar in Hyderabad, India, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the midnight sun from a passenger liner, undated photograph (1914). The stereoscopic image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
Venezuela. A boy with a turtle is pictured aboard a transatlantic passenger ship in Venezuela, around 1910. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View over a part of Tokyo, Japan, in 1912. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of a man disguised as Neptune at a party aboard the passenger liner 'Victoria Luise', undated photograph (1912). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of an ocean liner of the Hapag Hamburg (Hamburg America Line). Passengers are pictured with the captain and officers on deck, photograph taken around 1910. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
Cruises of the Hamburg America Line, around 1911/1913. View of the captain, next to him a woman, with dogs on a bench aboard an ocean liner (presumably Pennsylvania), on international waters, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the Lions' Gate, erected by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538, at the east side of the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, 12 September 2013. It leads to the Muslim quarter of the old city. Its name derived from two leopard reliefs that were wrongly taken for lions. The gate is constantly guarded by forces of the Israelian army. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three monotheistic religions; Jews, Muslims, and Christians have some of their sanctuaries here. The state Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Among other things, the Israelian parliament, Knesset, is located with the government he
Three young man are pictured covered in mud from the Dead Sea and posing for a photograph in Israel, 11 September 2013. The Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, is famous for its high salinity of about 30% (around ten times more than the Mediterranean Sea) that easily carries the human body. Its water source is the River Jordan and it does not have an outlet; healing powers for atopic dermatitis and psioriasis are attributed to its water and mud. This is reason, health tourism has developed at different places of the Dead Sea. The whole area of the Dead Sea lies 416 meters below sea level. P
Guests are pictured covered in mud from the Dead Sea in a Kibbuz in Israel, 11 September 2013. The Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, is famous for its high salinity of about 30% (around ten times more than the Mediterranean Sea) that easily carries the human body. Its water source is the River Jordan and it does not have an outlet; healing powers for atopic dermatitis and psioriasis are attributed to its water and mud. This is reason, health tourism has developed at different places of the Dead Sea. The whole area of the Dead Sea lies 416 meters below sea level. Photo: Matthias Tödt
Three young men cover themselves in mud from the Dead Sea and a young woman takes pictures in Israel, 11 September 2013. The Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, is famous for its high salinity of about 30% (around ten times more than the Mediterranean Sea) that easily carries the human body. Its water source is the River Jordan and it does not have an outlet; healing powers for atopic dermatitis and psioriasis are attributed to its water and mud. This is reason, health tourism has developed at different places of the Dead Sea. The whole area of the Dead Sea lies 416 meters below sea level.
Three young men cover themselves in mud from the Dead Sea and a friend takes pictures in Israel, 11 September 2013. The Dead Sea, bordering Israel and Jordan, is famous for its high salinity of about 30% (around ten times more than the Mediterranean Sea) that easily carries the human body. Its water source is the River Jordan and it does not have an outlet; healing powers for atopic dermatitis and psioriasis are attributed to its water and mud. This is reason, health tourism has developed at different places of the Dead Sea. The whole area of the Dead Sea lies 416 meters below sea level. Photo
Participants of the Silent Climate Parade for Climate Protection and against Global Warming wear shirts with the logo of the event in Berlin, Germany, 24 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Illustration - View of the logo of the social networking service 'facebook' in front of a thumbs-up giving hand in Berlin, Germany, 24 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of a washing machine filled with clothes in Berlin, Germany, 18 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Buddhist Grandmaster Shi Yong Chuan, highest ranking Shaolin monk in Europe and abbot of the Shaolin Temple in Germany, is pictured during a ceremony in front of the Buddha statue at the Shaolin Temple in Berlin, Germany, 17 September 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of Marheineke Indoor Market in front of the Passionskirche at Marheinekeplatz in Berlin, Germany 12 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
The logo of the Marheineke Indoor Market is pictured in front of the Passionskirche at Marheinekeplatz in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Illustration - A cut lemon and several sugar cubes are pictured on a board in Berlin, Germany, 10 July 2011. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
A miniature manga character is pictured on an aritificial law in Berlin, German, 4 June 2011. It is a girl with a sword and short clothing decorated with flowers. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
An old advertisement board for Casino Berlin reads 'Pure Fascination. The tension rises on the 37th floor. Casino Berlin.' at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, 26 February 2011. Casino Berlin is located on the 37th floor of the Park Inn Hotel. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Elephants are pictured inthe dry river bed of the Hoanib River in the Kaokoveld near Sesfontein, Namibia, 12 December 2012. Photo: Tom Schulze
Elephants are pictured in the dry river bed of the Hoanib River in the Kaokoveld near Sesfontein, Namibia, 12 December 2012. Photo: Tom Schulze
View of zebras in the concession area of Wilderness Safaris on the way to Camp Rhino Desert near Palmwag in Damaraland in Namibia, 10 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
A giraffe is pictured in the concession area of Wilderness Safaris on the way to Camp Rhino Desert near Palmwag in Damaraland in Namibia, 10 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
Springboks in the concession area of Wilderness Safaris on the way to Camp Rhino Desert near Palmwag in Damaraland in Namibia, 9 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
View of rock formations close to the Spitzkoppe in Namibia, 7 December 2010. The Spitzkoppe is a bornhardt located 120 km east of Swakopmund, which stands out form its surroundings rising up to 700 meters. Because of its distinct form, it is also called 'Matterhorn of Namibia' and is one of the most-pictured mountains of the country. Photo: Tom Schulze
View of a salt road north of Swakopmund in Skeleton Coast National Park in Namibia, 6 December 2010. Photo: Tom Schulze
The wreck of the ship Zeila sits on the beach of Skeleton Coast National Park in Namibia, 6 December 2010. The ship should have been scrapped inb India in August 2008 but it ran aground after being towed near Henties Bay. Photo: Tom Schulze
Illustration - A miniature safety buoy swims in a filled shot glass in Berlin, Germany, 22 December 2007. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
Illustration - A miniature safety buoy is pictured next to the red AIDS ribbon in Berlin, Germany, 10 December 2007. Photo: Berliner Verlag/S.Steinach
View of the entrance to the Shah Najaf Imambara (built in 1816 as a mausoleum for Ghazi-ud-Din Haider) in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the passenger ship 'Kaiser' of Hapag Hamburg. Diagonal view from the front sailing in the mouth of the Elbe River, AG Vulcan Stettin, shipyard, photograph taken in 1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
An emergency training is pictured aboard the deck of the ocean liner 'Imperator', undated photograph (around 1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of Victoria Peak (552m) with a tempietto at its peak, over a park in Hong Kong, undated photograph around 1912. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of tourists of the Hapag Hamburg in a Dos-á-dos carriage in Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of tourists on the promenade deck of a passenger liner, presumably Victoria Luise, undated photograph (1912). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
Group image of seven men and one woman on deck of the passenger liner 'Victoria Luise', undated photograph (1912). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
Sea travel - Dining hall aboard an ocean liner, undated photograph around 1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of a crowd of passengers on deck of a passenger liner presumably about to embark or leave the ship, undated photography (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of the conservatory (salon of the first class) on the ocean liner 'Imperator' of Hapag Hamburg (Hamburg America LIne), AG Vulcan Stettin, shipyard, photograph taken in 1913/1913. The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
View of ruins of the residence with high cross in Delhi, India, undated photograph (1911/1913). The image was taken by the German photographer Oswald Lübeck, one of the earliest representatives of travel photography and ship photography aboard passenger ships. Photo: Deutsche Fotothek/Oswald Lübeck
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