21 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin: Manuela Schwesig (SPD, l), Minister President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, talks to Simone Oldenburg (r), parliamentary group leader of the Left Party in the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, during the special session of the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania before her government statement on the current Corona situation. Following the extension of the lockdown in Germany until 14.02.2021, the Schwerin state parliament is discussing the next steps in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Photo: Jens Buttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Papenburg: A ship lies at the Meyer Werft shipyard in a branch of the Ems. Due to the standstill in the cruise industry, the management wants to cut capacity by up to 40 percent, which means that 1800 of a total of 4500 jobs could be on the line. Talks between the management and the works council are currently suspended. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

21 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Papenburg: Dark clouds pass over a man standing on the levee taking a photo. Photo: Sina Schuldt/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: Menas Wolf, managing director of Wolf Tabakwaren e.k., holds a respirator mask in his hands in front of one of his cigarette vending machines. The tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: Menas Wolf, managing director of Wolf Tabakwaren e.k., holds a respirator mask in his hands in front of one of his cigarette vending machines. The tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: A cigarette vending machine has a dispensing button for a pack of respirators. A tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

United States Senator Amy Klobuchar (Democrat of Minnesota) greets and Peter Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg when they arrive at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation nomination hearings to examine the expected nomination of Peter Buttigieg of Indiana to be Secretary of Transportation in Washington, DC on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Ken Cedeno / Pool via CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Dan Sullivan (Republican of Alaska) speaks at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation nomination hearings to examine the expected nomination of Peter Buttigieg of Indiana to be Secretary of Transportation in Washington, DC on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Ken Cedeno / Pool via CNP | usage worldwide

Peter Buttigieg speaks at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation nomination hearings to examine the expected nomination of Peter Buttigieg of Indiana to be Secretary of Transportation in Washington, DC on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Ken Cedeno / Pool via CNP | usage worldwide

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, right, wears a protective mask while arriving to a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration's ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, calling it a "generational opportunity" to create new jobs, fight economic inequality and stem climate change. Credit: Stefani Reynolds / Pool via CNP | usage worldwide

21 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Neumunster: Flowers and candles lie at the scene of the accident on a tree next to the road. A 24-year-old man drove his car off the road and into a group of pedestrians, killing two people. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

21 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Neumunster: Flowers and candles lie at the scene of the accident on a tree next to the road. A 24-year-old man drove his car off the road and into a group of pedestrians, killing two people. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: An ambulance drives along in front of Leipzig University Hospital. In Saxony, another mutation of the coronavirus has been detected. The city of Leipzig announced on Thursday that this was a South African variant, which, according to the current state of knowledge, should be significantly more contagious. According to the university hospital, it was discovered during a screening of all patients. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: An ambulance drives along in front of Leipzig University Hospital. In Saxony, another mutation of the coronavirus has been detected. The city of Leipzig announced on Thursday that this was a South African variant, which, according to the current state of knowledge, should be significantly more contagious. According to the university hospital, it was discovered during a screening of all patients. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: Menas Wolf, managing director of Wolf Tabakwaren e.k., holds a pack of FFP2 masks in front of one of his cigarette vending machines. The tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: Menas Wolf, managing director of Wolf Tabakwaren e.k., holds an FFP2 mask with packaging in front of one of his cigarette vending machines. The tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: Menas Wolf, managing director of Wolf Tabakwaren e.k., holds an FFP2 mask with packaging in front of one of his cigarette vending machines. The tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) smiles during a press conference on the current situation in the House of the Federal Press Conference. Topics include the decisions taken by the federal and state governments to combat the Corona pandemic, the Chancellor's upcoming virtual consultations with the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU), and relations with the United States following the inauguration of the new president. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/Pool/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: After a short rain shower the Pariser Platz shines in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the background. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: A single police vehicle stands on the otherwise empty Pariser Platz with the Brandenburg Gate in the background. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: The Lion Fighter, the Cathedral, Humboldt Forum and TV Tower show themselves in the early evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: The Lion Fighter, the Cathedral, Humboldt Forum and TV Tower show themselves in the early evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: The Lion Fighter, the Cathedral, Humboldt Forum and TV Tower show themselves in the early evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: The Humboldt Forum and the Berlin Cathedral, taken in the early evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: The Humboldt Forum and the Berlin Cathedral, taken in the early evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Iraq, Baghdad: An Iraqi emergency worker walks through stalls at the scene of a twin suicide attack in a street market selling used clothes in central Baghdad. At least 28 people were killed and more than 70 were injured in a twin suicide attack that targeted the bustling commercial neighbourhood of Bab Al Sharqi after two suicide bombers blew themselves up while being pursued by security forces. Photo: Ameer Al Mohammedaw/dpa

United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia) listens as United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) offers remarks during a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, and United States Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), left, listen as United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) offers remarks during a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), offers remarks to reporters following a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), center, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), left, and Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia) makes his way to a photo op with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) and other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), second from right, United States Senator Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), right, and United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, lead the way to a photo with other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), makes his way to the Senate chamber following a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), second from right, United States Senator Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), right, and United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, lead the way to a photo with other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), fourth from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Alex Padilla (Democrat of California), left, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), second from left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), third from left, Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), fourth from right, Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second from right, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), right, and United States Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), left, lead the way to a photo with other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: A "one-way street" sign hangs on the wall in the hallway of the Comenius School and regulates the way for pupils leaving the school. The integrative primary school with language support groups had moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: Special needs teacher Annika Richter checks the laptop in a classroom at the Comenius School before the lesson begins. The integrative primary school with language support groups moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) holds a photo op with newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia) makes his exit and boards an elevator after being part of a photo op with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) and other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Frank Otfried July, Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Wurttemberg, holds a copy of the "BasisBibel". The "BasisBibel" is a complete edition with Old and New Testament. According to the Evangelical Regional Church, it is "a new translation of the Bible for the 21st century". Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

21 January 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: A woman rushes across the Rossmarkt in downtown Frankfurt in rainy weather (shot with longer exposure time and dragging effect) Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Frank Otfried July, Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Wurttemberg, holds a copy of the "BasisBibel" in his hands. The "BasisBibel" is a complete edition with Old and New Testament. According to the Evangelical Regional Church, it is "a new translation of the Bible for the 21st century". Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

21 January 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: The day's high of 14 026, 35 points is noted on the display board with the Dax curve in the trading hall of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. (Photo with zoom effect) On the day after the smooth transfer of power in the United States, investors remain positive. However, the Dax did not make it sustainably above the 14,000 point mark, which was surpassed again early on. (to dpa "Mood on the stock exchange remains good - Dax briefly above 14 000 points") Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

21 January 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: "Corona should stop" is written as a wish on a leaf that 7-year-old Victor, together with other children, has hung on the grille of the Fountain of Justice in front of Frankfurt's R?mer. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Gerolzhofen: A dispensing button for a pack of FFP2 masks can be seen on a cigarette vending machine. A tobacconist offers the protective masks in his vending machines. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

21 January 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: "Corona should stop" is written as a wish on a leaf that 7-year-old Victor, together with other children, has hung on the grille of the Fountain of Justice in front of Frankfurt's R?mer. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, and United States Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), left, listen as United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) offers remarks during a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), center, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), left, and Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, chats with United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, following a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) walks to the Senate chamber as the Senate convenes at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), fourth from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Alex Padilla (Democrat of California), left, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), second from left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), third from left, Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), fourth from right, Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second from right, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia) makes his way to an elevator after being part of a photo op with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) and other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) walks to the Senate chamber as the Senate convenes at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), fourth from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Alex Padilla (Democrat of California), left, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), second from left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), third from left, Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), fourth from right, Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second from right, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: Pupils from a fourth grade class sit in a classroom at the Comenius School and wait for the lesson to begin. The integrative primary school with language support groups had moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: Two "one-way street" signs pointing in different directions hang on a column in the hallway of the Comenius School and regulate the way for pupils coming into and leaving the school. The integrative primary school with language support groups had moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: A first-grade pupil learns in a classroom at the Comenius School by the open window. The integrative primary school with language support groups had moved to Oranienburg-South into a new building five years ago. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: The entrance area to the Comenius School. Five years ago, the integrative primary school with language support groups moved to Oranienburg-Sud into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Neumunster: Flowers and candles lie at the scene of the accident on a tree next to the road. A 24-year-old man drove his car off the road and into a group of pedestrians, killing two people. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

21 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Neumunster: A buckled traffic sign lies on the ground at the scene of the accident next to the pedestrian and bicycle path. A 24-year-old man drove his car off the road and into a group of pedestrians, killing two people. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: A banner points to the Vaccination Center on the site of the former Phoenix-West steelworks. The Dortmund Vaccination Center is located in the Warsteiner Music Hall (not pictured), the former blower hall of the long-defunct industrial complex. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa

21 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Neumunster: A warning triangle stands at the scene of the accident next to the footpath and cycle path. A 24-year-old man drove his car off the road and into a group of pedestrians, killing two people. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Singer Daniel Danger (Daniel Schlipf), presenter and reporter for the radio station 1Live, is on the phone in the radio studio at 1Live. Danger wants to set a record for continuous phoning. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: A laptop stands on the table in front of a blackboard in a classroom at the Comenius School before the start of a lesson. The integrative primary school with language support groups had moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) holds a photo op with newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) holds a photo op with newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia) makes his way to an elevator after being part of a photo op with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) and other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), fourth from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Alex Padilla (Democrat of California), left, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), second from left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), third from left, Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), fourth from right, Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second from right, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

Freshmen United States Senators Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), left, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, arrive for a photo op with United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) and other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, holds a photo op with United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), right, and other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), fourth from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators Alex Padilla (Democrat of California), left, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), second from left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), third from left, Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), fourth from right, Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, Mark Kelly (Democrat of Arizona), second from right, and Jon Ossoff (Democrat of Georgia), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia) listens as United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) offers remarks during a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), right, and United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), second from right, lead the way to a photo with other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), second from right, United States Senator Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), right, and United States Senator Raphael Warnock (Democrat of Georgia), third from right, lead the way to a photo with other newly elected Democratic Senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), third from left, holds a photo op with other newly elected Democratic United States Senators, John Hickenlooper (Democrat of Colorado), left, Ben Ray Luj?An (Democrat of New Mexico), second from left, and Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat of Nevada), right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP | usage worldwide

21 January 2021, Brandenburg, Oranienburg: Special needs teacher Annika Richter checks the laptop in a classroom at the Comenius School before the lesson begins. The integrative primary school with language support groups moved to Oranienburg-Sud five years ago into a new building. (to ""We are getting better every day" - Oranienburg school masters crisis") Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Lawyer Reiner Fullmich attends a party launch event at the "Scotch and Sofa" bar in Prenzlauer Berg. A week after police were called in for breaking Corona rules at a bar in Berlin's Prenzlauer-Berg district, there was a registered meeting there on Thursday night. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Lawyer Reiner Fullmich attends (l) a party founding event at the "Scotch and Sofa" bar in Prenzlauer Berg. A week after police were called in for breaking Corona rules at a bar in Berlin's Prenzlauer-Berg district, there was a registered meeting there on Thursday night. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Lawyer Reiner Fullmich attends a party launch event at the "Scotch and Sofa" bar in Prenzlauer Berg. A week after police were called in for breaking Corona rules at a bar in Berlin's Prenzlauer-Berg district, there was a registered meeting there on Thursday night. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: View into the pub "Scotch and Sofa" in Prenzlauer Berg, where a party founding event of Corona trivializers is to take place. A week after a police operation because of the violation of Corona rules in a bar in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer-Berg, there was a registered meeting there on Thursday evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Lawyers Reiner Fullmich and Viviane Fischer attend a party founding event at the "Scotch and Sofa" bar in Prenzlauer Berg. A week after police were called in for breaking Corona rules at a bar in Berlin's Prenzlauer-Berg district, there was a registered meeting there on Thursday evening. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Monika Gruttters (CDU), Minister of State for Culture, enters names of victims of National Socialism into the computer on the occasion of the #everynamecounts initiative. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Christoph Sieber, German cabaret artist, known among other things for the WDR cabaret show Mitternachtsspitzen. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Horst Arnold, parliamentary party leader of the Bavarian SPD, takes part in a press conference during the winter retreat of the SPD state parliamentary party. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Horst Arnold, parliamentary party leader of the Bavarian SPD, takes part in a press conference during the winter retreat of the SPD state parliamentary party. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Horst Arnold, parliamentary party leader of the Bavarian SPD, takes part in a press conference during the winter retreat of the SPD state parliamentary party. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Horst Arnold, parliamentary party leader of the Bavarian SPD, takes part in a press conference during the winter retreat of the SPD state parliamentary party. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Horst Arnold, parliamentary party leader of the Bavarian SPD, takes part in a press conference during the winter retreat of the SPD state parliamentary party. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Schwabisch Gmund: Michael Brenner, Professor of German and European Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Schwabisch Gmund: Michael Brenner, Professor of German and European Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Schwabisch Gmund: Michael Brenner, Professor of German and European Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) speaks at a press conference on the current situation in the House of the Federal Press Conference. Topics include the decisions taken by the federal and state governments to combat the Corona pandemic, the Chancellor's upcoming virtual consultations with the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU), and relations with the United States following the inauguration of the new president. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/Pool/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) speaks at a press conference on the current situation in the House of the Federal Press Conference. Topics include the decisions taken by the federal and state governments to combat the Corona pandemic, the Chancellor's upcoming virtual consultations with the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU), and relations with the United States following the inauguration of the new president. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa POOL/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) speaks at a press conference on the current situation in the House of the Federal Press Conference. Topics include the decisions taken by the federal and state governments to combat the Corona pandemic, the Chancellor's upcoming virtual consultations with the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU), and relations with the United States following the inauguration of the new president. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/Pool/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Winfried Kretschmann (Bundnis 90/Die Grunen), Minister President of Baden-Wurttemberg, attends a special plenary session in the state parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

21 January 2021, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) speaks at a press conference on the current situation in the House of the Federal Press Conference. Topics include the decisions taken by the federal and state governments to combat the Corona pandemic, the Chancellor's upcoming virtual consultations with the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU), and relations with the United States following the inauguration of the new president. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa POOL/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Winfried Kretschmann (Bundnis 90/Die Grunen, l), Minister President of Baden-Wurttemberg, drinks tea during a special plenary session in the state parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg, while Andreas Stoch, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg, speaks. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

21 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Susanne Eisenmann (CDU), Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs of Baden-Wurttemberg, attends a special plenary session in the state parliament of Baden-Wurttemberg. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: The interior of St Peter's Church has corona seating with only a few chairs. Public life will remain shut down until February 14, 2021. Attendance at places of worship is still possible. St Peter's Church is open daily and services are broadcast online. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: The interior of St Peter's Church has corona seating with only a few chairs. Public life will remain shut down until February 14, 2021. Attendance at places of worship is still possible. St Peter's Church is open daily and services are broadcast online. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin: From a workboat, a dredger pulls a large magnet through the water on the Burgsee lake in front of Schwerin Castle. In the coming years, the quay wall on the castle island, which was built between 1843 and 1857, is to be renovated. For this purpose, ammunition and other metallic objects are currently being searched for at the bottom. Photo: Jens Buttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Empty is a street in the west of Leipzig. The lockdown is also noticeable in rush hour traffic. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Few passengers are sitting in trams and buses. The lockdown is also noticeable in rush hour traffic. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Ammerland: The sun shines over the Ammersee and the silhouette of the Zugspitze. Mild temperatures and blue sky invited to a walk at the lake. Photo: Felix H?rhager/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Ammerland: The sun shines over the Ammersee and the silhouette of the Zugspitze. Mild temperatures and blue sky invited to a walk at the lake. Photo: Felix H?rhager/dpa

21 January 2021, Bavaria, Ammerland: The sun shines over the Ammersee and the silhouette of the Zugspitze. Mild temperatures and blue sky invited to a walk at the lake. Photo: Felix H?rhager/dpa