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July 2:
Corona-compliant welcome - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes Merkel to the Checkers estate.
He opened the subsequent press release with a small swipe.
In the course of Merkel's 22 visits to Great Britain in her 16 years as Chancellor, many things have changed.
He was grateful that at least the English national soccer team had won against the German one.
Photo: David Rose / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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July 6:
Royal visit - Merkel receives the Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Máxima (not in the picture) in the Federal Chancellery.
What was talked about on the roof terrace remained a secret.
Willem-Alexander then simply said: He was aware that Germany was in a special year in view of the Bundestag election in September.
But even if the composition of the parliament changes, the interaction between the two neighboring countries will continue.
He has a great "desire for continuity".
Photo: Patrick van Katwijk / picture alliance / Dutch Photo Press
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July 15:
Visit to Washington - US Vice President Kamala Harris meets Merkel for breakfast at her residence Number One Observatory Circle.
Subsequently, the Chancellor was awarded an honorary doctorate of the prestigious
Johns Hopkins University and met with US President Joe Biden for a meeting.
Photo: Pool via CNP / MediaPunch / picture alliance / Pool via CNP / MediaPunch
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July 22nd:
No time to lose - four minutes too early she is sitting behind the desk of the federal press conference in front of the big blue wall.
One could take that as a first indication of how seriously Angela Merkel takes her possibly last appearance at this point.
In the end, she will say of her annual summer press conference, "It's always a surprise and a pleasure too".
Photo: Jens Krick / picture alliance / Flashpic
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August 20:
Magnificent Alexander Hall in the Great Kremlin Palace - it is Merkel's 20th, some say 21st visit to Russia.
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin presented her with a bouquet of roses when she greeted her.
But the flowers and friendliness in the state room cannot hide the fundamental difference between the two worldviews.
Merkel seems tense and stiff.
Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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August 21:
In action for the party - the Union heralds the hot phase of the election campaign this Saturday at a meeting in Berlin's Tempodrom.
Merkel, Laschet and Söder try to signal harmony and departure - with manageable success.
Photo: Markus Schreiber / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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September 1st:
The diamond - in a traditional pose, Merkel waits to be awarded the "WHO Global Leadership Award".
On this day, the World Health Organization opens a new pandemic early warning center in Berlin, the so-called Global Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.
This is where information from all over the world is supposed to come together in order to detect viral threats at an early stage.
Photo: Michael Sohn / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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September 9:
Great art - the Chancellor looks at the world-famous work »Girl Reading a Letter at the Open Window« by the Dutch painter Jan Vermeer van Delft, also known as Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675).
Merkel and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, together with the Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, opened the exhibition "Johannes Vermeer. On pausing" in the Dresden Old Masters Picture Gallery.
The title of the exhibition is also an invitation to all of us to pause for a moment in our hectic everyday life, said the Chancellor.
Photo: Matthias Rietschel / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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September 10th:
Well protected - equipped with glasses and a mask, Merkel visits the medium-sized company Knauer Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH in Berlin.
Photo: Odd Andersen / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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September 13:
Respect - Merkel bows to the Serbian flag in Belgrade.
Next to her is Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić.
Photo: Marko Drobnjakovic / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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September 16:
Free time in sight
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the wax figure of the Chancellor from Madame Tussauds stands in front of the Reichstag building in a casual look with a backpack, baseball cap and hiking shirt.
The wax museum shows the figure in this outfit after the federal election.
Photo: Jens Kalaene / picture alliance / dpa / dpa-Zentralbild
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September 23rd:
Once freaked out - Angela Merkel didn't care about etiquette in the Marlow Bird Park.
The Chancellor landed parrots on the arms, shoulders and head.
In this photo she grimaces, opens her mouth and looks surprised.
Apparently she is being bitten by a bird right now.
Photo: Georg Wendt / picture alliance / dpa
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October 7th:
There it goes
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Angela Merkel comes to Rome and the Vatican for the last time as Chancellor.
She talks about child abuse and the climate crisis.
She received thanks and praise from Italy's Prime Minister Draghi.
Photo: Pierdomenico / Pool / Eidon / picture alliance / dpa / MAXPPP
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October 8th:
Cheers - »Merkel beer« is on a table on the edge of the unveiling of an equestrian statue of the still-Chancellor.
The beer on which the equestrian statue can be seen was brewed especially for the occasion.
The 2.70 meter high, life-size sculpture is made of lightweight concrete using a 3D printer.
The artist Wilhelm Koch had the idea for the statue.
Photo: Daniel Karmann / picture alliance / dpa
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October 10:
Commemoration - Israel Meir Lau (l.), Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Chairman of Yad Vashem, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel, stand during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in the hall of Reminder.
Bennett recognizes her as "a true friend of the Jewish state."
Photo: Ilia Yefimovich / picture alliance / dpa
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October 16:
"A lot of difficulties" - on her farewell visit to Turkey, Merkel points to numerous unresolved conflicts in German-Turkish relations, from the subject of human rights to migration to German citizens in Turkish custody.
The fact that the Chancellor and Turkish President Erdoğan emphasize the close ties between the two countries cannot hide the differences.
Photo: Uncredited / picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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