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Police officers arrest an activist at Hambacher Forst, 2018. Slide 2/12
Activists sit in a tree house as police attempt to clear the area at the "Hambacher Forst" in Kerpen-Buir near Cologne, 2018 Slide 3/12
Treehouses at "Hambacher Forst", 2018. Slide 4/12
Environmental activists at Garzweiler open cast brown coal mine, 2019. Slide 5/12
Police during protests at Garzweiler open cast brown coal mine, 2019. Slide 6/12
Environmental activists inside the Garzweiler open cast brown coal mine, 2019. Slide 7/12
Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Cologne, 2016. Slide 8/12
Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Cologne, 2016. Slide 9/12
Supporters await Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Cologne, 2018. Slide 10/12
Far-right demonstrators turn over a police van during riots in Cologne, 2014, (for DPA) Slide 11/12
Police uses water guns against far right demonstrators during riots in Cologne, 2014, (for DPA) Slide 12/12
Demonstration against the government's coronavirus disease restrictions in Kassel, March, 20, 2021.
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The western German village of Luetzerath on the edge of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine was occupied by climate to stop the expansion of the mining and became a symbol of the international climate change movement. Story for Reuters, during riots between Police and actvists for days as Police cleared the village in January 2023.