
Two 3-months-old French Bulldogs get drowsy as they are being held for a photo at an animal shelter in Oberursel, north of Frankfurt, July 2.

Two 3-months-old French Bulldogs get drowsy as they are being held for a photo at an animal shelter in Oberursel, north of Frankfurt, July 2.

Mother duck and her ducklings cross a lane in Offenbach, July 2.

Thistles (and a bee) on a meadow near Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, July 1.
(Sony Alpha6000, SEL50f18, ISO200, 1/1600 sec, f 3.2)

Grass and herbs are illuminated by the setting sun on the rural northern outskirts of Frankfurt, June 26.
(Sony Alpha 6000, SEL-50f18, 1/4000 sec, f 1.8, ISO100, colour saturation reduced)

Some of the last poppy flowers blooming on a field in the north of Frankfurt, June 22.

People sit on their stools, camping chairs or blankets to jointly watch the World Cup soccer match Germany vs Ghana on the sidewalk in front of one of Frankfurt’s traditional “Wasserhauschen” (water houses) June 21. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

An apron with an image of a male body wearing typical Bavarian lederhosen in front of a shop selling tourist items in Frankfurt, June 19.

Three boys and a man pose for a photo on Roemerberg square in Frankfurt, June 19.

A woman sports a tattoo reading “No life without music” in Rüsselsheim, some 20 kms southwest of Frankfurt, June 13.

Black beach balls fly through the air during a protest by trainees of some of General Motors’ European factories in Rüsselsheim, June 13.