
Moss and funghi grow on the trunk of a dead tree in the Taunus hills (where I love to go hiking), just north of Frankfurt, July 31.
(Sony Alpha 6000, SEL1.8/50, 1/100 sec, f 2.0, ISO 100)

A woman touches a reliquary containing a tiny piece of cloth with a drop of blood of the late Pope John Paul II during a mass in Obertshausen, just southeast of Frankfurt, July 28. The rare ceremony was attended by hundreds of worshippers. John Paul II was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic church earlier this year.
A raindrop bursts as it lands on a balcony during a thunderstorm in Frankfurt, July 24.
(Canon 1d IV, 2.8 300mm, 1/1000 sec, f5.6, ISO640)