
Water on a windscreen at a carwash as the dryer sets in, Frankfurt, April 7.
(Nokia Lumia 1020)

Water on a windscreen at a carwash as the dryer sets in, Frankfurt, April 7.
(Nokia Lumia 1020)

The keep of Friedberg castle, built in the 14th century, is visible in the hazy background behind blooming cherry trees near the village of Ockstadt, some 20 kms (12 mls) north of Frankfurt, April 6.

Artist Ingo Bracke stands in the courtyard of Johannisburg castle in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, some 50 kms (30 mls) east of Frankfurt, April 3. He did a light installation here on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Renaissance castle.

Spectators stand in the courtyard of Schloss Johannisburg castle in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, some 50 kms (30 mls) east of Frankfurt, April 3, while the 400 year-old walls of the Renaissance building are colorfully illuminated by light artist Ingo Bracke.

Old lightbulbs filled with water hang from the ceiling of a building at Frankfurt’s Palmengarten botanical garden, March 31, as part of the annual Luminale light festival. The installation by Vinicius Silva de Almeida of Brazil is named ‘Lágrimas de São Pedro’ (The Tears of Saint Peter).