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Clearing up in the aftermath of the floods in Ahrweiler.
Donations for flood victims in the church of St Nicholas and Rochus in Mayschoss, in Ahrweiler district, Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Volunteer group Syrian Volunteers in Germany helped with the relief effort in Ahrweiler.
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Houses destroyed by flooding in Mayschoss. The floods were the worst seen in Germany for 60 years, with at least 180 people killed.
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A volunteer disposes of an electrical item as the clean-up effort continues after flooding in Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.
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A tractor crosses a bridge over the River Ahr, next to a flood-damaged bridge in the parish of Kreuzberg, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Volunteers join the clearing-up effort at a retirement home at the town of Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The aftermath of flooding in Gemuend, North Rhine Westphalia.
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Local residents hand out pizzas to members of the German armed forces at a temporary bridge built over the River Ahr, near Bad Neuenahr, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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A destroyed clothes store in Ahrbrueck in the Ahrweiler district.
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A car is guided across a temporary bridge over the River Ahr in Insul.
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Cars swept away by flooding lie washed up at Erftstadt-Blessem, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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German armed forces help with the clear up operation at Schuld, near Bad Neuenahr.
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Clearing up in the aftermath of the floods in Ahrweiler.
Donations for flood victims in the church of St Nicholas and Rochus in Mayschoss, in Ahrweiler district, Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Volunteer group Syrian Volunteers in Germany helped with the relief effort in Ahrweiler.
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Houses destroyed by flooding in Mayschoss. The floods were the worst seen in Germany for 60 years, with at least 180 people killed.
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A volunteer disposes of an electrical item as the clean-up effort continues after flooding in Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.
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A tractor crosses a bridge over the River Ahr, next to a flood-damaged bridge in the parish of Kreuzberg, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Volunteers join the clearing-up effort at a retirement home at the town of Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The aftermath of flooding in Gemuend, North Rhine Westphalia.
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Local residents hand out pizzas to members of the German armed forces at a temporary bridge built over the River Ahr, near Bad Neuenahr, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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A destroyed clothes store in Ahrbrueck in the Ahrweiler district.
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A car is guided across a temporary bridge over the River Ahr in Insul.
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Cars swept away by flooding lie washed up at Erftstadt-Blessem, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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German armed forces help with the clear up operation at Schuld, near Bad Neuenahr.
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Clearing up in the aftermath of the floods in Ahrweiler.
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