A fire truck is parked at the entrance to Monceau parc in the center of Paris, France, on Saturday, after a lightning bolt crashed down onto a Paris park, striking 11 people at a child's birthday party. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
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A sample of the note cards the scholars are using to assemble the comprehensive Latin dictionary. Courtesy of Samuel Beckelhymer. hide caption
A video produced by Exit-Deutschland describes the work it does to de-radicalize neo-Nazis. Hayat Germany is trying to use similar techniques to help Germans who may be radicalized by groups like the Islamic State. ExitDeutschlandVideo via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Methods For Reforming Neo-Nazis Help Fight The Radicalization Of Muslims
Comedian Jan Boehmermann, who performed a satirical poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared at the German Television Awards in January in Duesseldorf, Germany. Mathis Wienand/Getty Images hide caption
On Feb. 9, rescue teams work at the site where two trains collided head-on near Bad Aibling, Germany. A dispatcher whose errors allegedly caused the crash has been arrested after he admitted playing a game on his cellphone while he was working on the morning of the crash. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
In this May 8, 2005 photo, supporters of the far right party NPD gather at Berlin's Alexanderplatz square. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
Refugees Rescue German Politician, But The Rhetoric Stays The Same
Tina Buechner da Costa (left) hopes to become Germany's female astronaut. Claudia Kessler (right), CEO of HE Space, is organizing a campaign to send the first German woman into space. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson/NPR hide caption
Afghans seeking passports wait in line in Kabul on Jan. 20. Many Afghans are seeking to leave the country, though some have returned from countries like Germany after finding out that they were unlikely to receive asylum. Xinhua News Agency hide caption
Migrants and refugees seeking asylum in Sarstedt, Germany, line up Feb. 26 for lunch at the shelter where they live while their asylum applications are processed. Germany wants to send more migrants home and sent a charter plane filled with Afghan migrants back to Kabul on Wednesday. Alexander Koerner /Getty Images hide caption
Discouraged By Delays In Germany, Some Migrants Opt To Return Home
Donald Trump's paternal grandparents, Friedrich Trump and Elisabeth Christ, came from the southwest German village of Kallstadt. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images hide caption
Rescue personnel stand in front of two trains that collided head-on near Bad Aibling, in southern Germany, Tuesday. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Duesseldorf's "Maghreb Quarter" — named for the region that includes Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco -- is home to many North African restaurants and shops. Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"I trust her, she is a very open person," Vladimir Putin said of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here at last month's climate talks in Paris. But, he told the German daily Bild, "she is also subject to certain constraints and limitations." Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An ambulance car arrives as fireworks explode over the river Rhine during New Year's celebrations in Cologne on Jan. 1. Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The new "critical edition" of Mein Kampf, shown here in a Munich bookstore on Friday, is the first version of Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end of World War II. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption