{"id":15,"date":"2014-08-07T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T11:50:08","slug":"editing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Photo Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: #999999;\">\u201cChoosing the right photographer to shoot an assignment means two things: to understand the picture style of the magazine or newspaper and to know which photographer is the best for this assignment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: #999999;\">For me, working with a photographer on stories, discussing the topic and trying to get the best out of it, was always the most rewarding part of my job&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-527\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT.jpg\" alt=\"ZEIT\" width=\"4724\" height=\"3270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT.jpg 4724w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ZEIT-1849x1280.jpg 1849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4724px) 100vw, 4724px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-03-29-um-11.56.46.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-522\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-03-29-um-11.56.46.png\" alt=\"Bildschirmfoto 2016-03-29 um 11.56.46\" width=\"1382\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-03-29-um-11.56.46.png 1382w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-03-29-um-11.56.46-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bildschirmfoto-2016-03-29-um-11.56.46-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_282\" style=\"width: 2116px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-image-282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan.png\" alt=\"&quot;The apocalypse&quot;, stern 12\/2011 How much destruction, pain and anger can a nation bear? Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe - Japans tragedy has incredible dimensions. Photo: Reuters\" width=\"2106\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan.png 2106w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan-1906x1280.png 1906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2106px) 100vw, 2106px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The apocalypse&#8220;, stern 12\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>How much destruction, pain and anger can a nation bear? Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe &#8211; Japans tragedy has incredible dimensions.<br \/>Photo: Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_277\" style=\"width: 2372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277\" class=\"wp-image-277 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami.png\" alt=\"&quot;Survival after the catastrophe&quot;, stern16\/2011 As the world was peering banished at the reactors in Fukushima, the victims seem to be forgotten. stern-reporters interviewed people, who have lost everything - their relatives, houses and belongings. Admidst unimaginable destruction, they struggle and fight for their future. Photo: Keith Bedford\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami.png 2362w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tsunami-1915x1280.png 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Survival after the catastrophe&#8220;, stern16\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>As the world was peering banished at the reactors in Fukushima, the victims seem to be forgotten. stern-reporters interviewed people, who have lost everything &#8211; their relatives, houses and belongings. Admidst unimaginable destruction, they struggle and fight for their future.<br \/>Photo: Keith Bedford<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_256\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256\" class=\"wp-image-256 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1.png\" alt=\"&quot; The quake goes on&quot;, stern 10\/2009 It was one of the worst natural catastrophes in Chinas history, the earthquake in Sichuan has changed China more than the Olympic Games. stern traced survivors one year later, whose pictures shattered the world. Photo: Boris Austin\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1.png 2354w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChinaBebenSichuan1-1904x1280.png 1904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2354px) 100vw, 2354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220; The quake goes on&#8220;, stern 10\/2009, (PDF)<br \/>It was one of the worst natural catastrophes in Chinas history, the earthquake in Sichuan has changed China more than the Olympic Games. stern traced survivors one year later, whose pictures shattered the world.<br \/>Photo: Boris Austin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_242\" style=\"width: 2352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-image-242 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket.png\" alt=\"&quot;The big battle of the last fish&quot;, stern 14\/2010 No other country in the world has such a passion for fish on the menu as Japan - a deadly passion for the ecosystem. stern writer Janis Vougiokas and Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins document a day on the world&#96;s biggest fish market in Tokyo. Photos: Chris Steele Perkins\" width=\"2342\" height=\"1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket.png 2342w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tokyo_Fischmarket-1911x1280.png 1911w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2342px) 100vw, 2342px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The big battle of the last fish&#8220;, stern 14\/2010, (PDF)<br \/>No other country in the world has such a passion for fish on the menu as Japan &#8211; a deadly passion for the ecosystem. stern writer Janis Vougiokas and Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins document a day on the world`s biggest fish market in Tokyo.<br \/>Photos: Chris Steele Perkins<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248\" style=\"width: 2362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-image-248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung.png\" alt=\"&quot;A life dedicated to freedom&quot;, stern 25\/2012 Her destiny touches the world. She was under arrest, suppressed, haunted. With her smile she vanquished the generals in her home country Myanmar. On saturday, she can finally accept the Piece-Nobel-Prize, which was given to her 21 years ago. Photo: Simon Daniel\/Getty Images\" width=\"2352\" height=\"1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung.png 2352w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Aung-1912x1280.png 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2352px) 100vw, 2352px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;A life dedicated to freedom&#8220;, stern 25\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>Her destiny touches the world. She was under arrest, suppressed, haunted. With her smile she vanquished the generals in her home country Myanmar. On saturday, she can finally accept the Piece-Nobel-Prize, which was given to her 21 years ago.<br \/>Photo: Simon Daniel\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_244\" style=\"width: 2352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-image-244 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt.png\" alt=\"&quot;The quit revolt&quot;, stern 51\/2010 Some are old and were powerful, others have suffered their whole life under despotism. After the Piece-Nobel-Prize went to Liu Xiaobo, there is a gradually forming a civil rights movement in China against oppression and autocratic leaders of the communist party.\" width=\"2342\" height=\"1566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt.png 2342w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Quit_Revolt-1914x1280.png 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2342px) 100vw, 2342px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The quit revolt&#8220;, stern 51\/2010, (PDF)<br \/>Some are old and were powerful, others have suffered their whole life under despotism. After the Piece-Nobel-Prize went to Liu Xiaobo, there is a gradually forming a civil rights movement in China against oppression and autocratic leaders of the communist party.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_245\" style=\"width: 2370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-245\" class=\"wp-image-245 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Where is Ai Weiwei&quot;, stern 26\/2011 &quot;It can happen any day. When it does, I would be most afraid of the daily simple things such as if it is possible to shower in prison. Sometimes I cannot sleep in hotels because of the soft cushion. Are there any cushions in prison&quot; - Ai Weiwei was expecting something like that when stern met him last in October 2010. Now it has been reality, he was not seen since the beginning of April 2011. The police took him to a hidden place, without any accusation, no lawyer and no contact to his family. Angela Merkel could help him, on monday, when China&#96;s communist party leader Wen Jiabao comes to visit Berlin.\" width=\"2360\" height=\"1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai.jpg 2360w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai-1914x1280.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2360px) 100vw, 2360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Where is Ai Weiwei&#8220;, stern 26\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>&#8222;It can happen any day. When it does, I would be most afraid of the daily simple things such as if it is possible to shower in prison. Sometimes I cannot sleep in hotels because of the soft cushion. Are there any cushions in prison&#8220; &#8211; Ai Weiwei was expecting something like that when stern met him last in October 2010. Now it has been reality, he was not seen since the beginning of April 2011. The police took him to a hidden place, without any accusation, no lawyer and no contact to his family. Angela Merkel could help him, on monday, when China`s communist party leader Wen Jiabao comes to visit Berlin.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_267\" style=\"width: 2360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-image-267 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island.png\" alt=\"&quot;Steam boiler earth&quot;, stern 17\/2010 The volcanic eruption on Island shows how fragile our high-tech civilization is. A story about the overpowering forces of nature. Photo: Marco Fulle\/Bulls\" width=\"2350\" height=\"1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island.png 2350w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Island-1913x1280.png 1913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2350px) 100vw, 2350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Steam boiler earth&#8220;, stern 17\/2010, (PDF)<br \/>The volcanic eruption on Island shows how fragile our high-tech civilization is. A story about the overpowering forces of nature.<br \/>Photo: Marco Fulle\/Bulls<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_250\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-image-250 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai.png\" alt=\"&quot;Deathful struggle for power in Chongqing&quot;, stern 18\/2012 Corruption, organized smuggling, glamorous partys. After the death of a Brit, more and more details are revealed about Bo Xilai, who was once a ray of hope for the communist party in China. Photos: Yang Shaoquan, Reuters (3)\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai.png 2354w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bo_Xilai-1904x1280.png 1904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2354px) 100vw, 2354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Deathful struggle for power in Chongqing&#8220;, stern 18\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>Corruption, organized smuggling, glamorous partys. After the death of a Brit, more and more details are revealed about Bo Xilai, who was once a ray of hope for the communist party in China.<br \/>Photos: Yang Shaoquan, Reuters (3)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_263\" style=\"width: 2356px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-image-263 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed.png\" alt=\"&quot;Comeback of the greed&quot;, stern 40\/2009 One year after Lehmann, the financial roulette is spinning again. The bankers are gambling and receive millions as bonus again - and no-one can stop them... Photos: Andy Rain\/DPA, Nicolas Roberts\/AFP, Krafft Angerer\/DDP, Kai Pfaffenbach\/Reuters, Alina Novopashina\/DPA, Jocelyn Bain Hogg\/VII, Bulls\/Mirrorpix \" width=\"2346\" height=\"1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed.png 2346w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Greed-1907x1280.png 1907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2346px) 100vw, 2346px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Comeback of the greed&#8220;, stern 40\/2009, (PDF)<br \/>One year after Lehmann, the financial roulette is spinning again. The bankers are gambling and receive millions as bonus again &#8211; and no-one can stop them&#8230;<br \/>Photos: Andy Rain\/DPA, Nicolas Roberts\/AFP, Krafft Angerer\/DDP, Kai Pfaffenbach\/Reuters, Alina Novopashina\/DPA, Jocelyn Bain Hogg\/VII, Bulls\/Mirrorpix<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_260\" style=\"width: 2368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-image-260 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima.png\" alt=\"&quot; Inside the death zone&quot;, stern 11\/2012 Remote houses, distracted people, a clueless country - stern reportage about Fukushima, one year after the catastrophe. Photo: Dominic Nahr\" width=\"2358\" height=\"1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima.png 2358w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Fukushima-1910x1280.png 1910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2358px) 100vw, 2358px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220; Inside the death zone&#8220;, stern 11\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>Remote houses, distracted people, a clueless country &#8211; stern reportage about Fukushima, one year after the catastrophe.<br \/>Photo: Dominic Nahr<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_265\" style=\"width: 2374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne.png\" alt=\"&quot;The heir to the throne&quot;, stern 46\/2012 At the end of next week, Xi Jinping is expected to be named as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a politician wo has got what it takes to become a big reformer. Photo: Larry Downing\/Reuters\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne.png 2364w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/heir_throne-1917x1280.png 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2364px) 100vw, 2364px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The heir to the throne&#8220;, stern 46\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>At the end of next week, Xi Jinping is expected to be named as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a politician wo has got what it takes to become a big reformer.<br \/>Photo: Larry Downing\/Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_258\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-image-258 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka.png\" alt=\"&quot;They stitch for us...&quot;, stern 50\/2012 The fire disaster in Bangladesh shows, how inhuman the fashion industry is producing their goods. We are all responsible for this catastrophe - the companies, the politics and the consumers. Photo: GMB Akash \" width=\"2354\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka.png 2354w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dhaka-1902x1280.png 1902w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2354px) 100vw, 2354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;They stitch for us&#8230;&#8220;, stern 50\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>The fire disaster in Bangladesh shows, how inhuman the fashion industry is producing their goods. We are all responsible for this catastrophe &#8211; the companies, the politics and the consumers.<br \/>Photo: GMB Akash<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" style=\"width: 2352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-image-271 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao.png\" alt=\"&quot;When he is silent, his life is not worth a penny&quot;, stern 42\/2010 Four times imprisoned, since 2008 in jail - nothing could break his spirit. The Piece-Nobel-Prize for Liu Xiaobo gives the opposition in China a face. Photo: stern\" width=\"2342\" height=\"1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao.png 2342w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Liu_Xiaobao-1904x1280.png 1904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2342px) 100vw, 2342px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;When he is silent, his life is not worth a penny&#8220;, stern 42\/2010, (PDF)<br \/>Four times imprisoned, since 2008 in jail &#8211; nothing could break his spirit. The Piece-Nobel-Prize for Liu Xiaobo gives the opposition in China a face.<br \/>Photo: stern<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Licht_Dunkle_Seite.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-image-233 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Licht_Dunkle_Seite.png\" alt=\"&quot;The dark side of the light&quot;, stern 13\/2010 Reportage about the decision of the European Union to ban filament light bulbs across all 27 member states,  which wastes 90 percent of its energy use as heat, not light. On the contrary,  an ordinary energy-saving bulb contains five milligrammes of mercury \u2013 just enough to cover the tip of a ball-point pen, but capable of polluting 1,800 tonnes of groundwater. Also, thousands of Chinese factory workers who manufacture 'environmentally friendly' mercury compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) for export to first world countries have been poisoned and hospitalized because of mercury exposure over the last decade. Photos: Richard Jones\" width=\"1050\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Licht_Dunkle_Seite.png 1050w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Licht_Dunkle_Seite-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Licht_Dunkle_Seite-1024x805.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The dark side of the light&#8220;, stern 13\/2010, (PDF)<br \/>Reportage about the decision of the European Union to ban filament light bulbs across all 27 member states, which wastes 90 percent of its energy use as heat, not light. On the contrary, an ordinary energy-saving bulb contains five milligrammes of mercury \u2013 just enough to cover the tip of a ball-point pen, but capable of polluting 1,800 tonnes of groundwater. Also, thousands of Chinese factory workers who manufacture &#8218;environmentally friendly&#8216; mercury compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) for export to first world countries have been poisoned and hospitalized because of mercury exposure over the last decade. <br \/>Photos: Richard Jones<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_269\" style=\"width: 2374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269\" class=\"wp-image-269 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath.png\" alt=\"&quot;The water was up to the ceiling...&quot;, stern 1\/2012 She was the woman with the blanket, her photos went around the world as a symbol of the catastrophe in Fukushima. Yuko Sugimoto was stricken with fear, whose kindergarten was flooded. Photo: Ko Sasaki \" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath.png 2364w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Japan_Aftermath-1920x1280.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2364px) 100vw, 2364px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The water was up to the roof&#8230;&#8220;, stern 1\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>She was the woman with the blanket, her photos went around the world as a symbol of the catastrophe in Fukushima. Yuko Sugimoto was stricken with fear, whose kindergarten was flooded.<br \/>Photo: Ko Sasaki<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_273\" style=\"width: 2372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-image-273 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco.png\" alt=\"&quot;The scary company&quot;, stern 14\/2011 The nuclear  accident in Fukushima was  catastrophe - but it gets even worse through the company which operates the reactors: TEPCO is notorious for its negligence and the cover up of breakdowns. Photos: Reuters, DPA\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco.png 2362w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Tepco-1908x1280.png 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The scary company&#8220;, stern 14\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>The nuclear accident in Fukushima was catastrophe &#8211; but it gets even worse through the company which operates the reactors: TEPCO is notorious for its negligence and the cover up of breakdowns.<br \/>Photos: Reuters, DPA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_240\" style=\"width: 2360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240\" class=\"wp-image-240 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei.png\" alt=\"Interview with Ai Weiwei, stern 49\/2012 Just before Xi Jinping was named as the new head of the Chinese Communist Party at the 18th congress in November 2012, stern met the artist Ai Weiwei in his house in Beijing for an interview to discuss the political situation in China and his life under observation. Photos: Stefen Chow\" width=\"2350\" height=\"1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei.png 2350w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ai_Weiwei-1906x1280.png 1906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2350px) 100vw, 2350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interview with Ai Weiwei, stern 49\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>Just before Xi Jinping was named as the new head of the Chinese Communist Party at the 18th congress in November 2012, stern met the artist Ai Weiwei in his house in Beijing for an interview to discuss the political situation in China and his life under observation.<br \/>Photos: Stefen Chow<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_310\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/neumeier.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"wp-image-310 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/neumeier.jpg\" alt=\"&quot; Ballet is not only pain&quot;, stern 9\/2012 These feet took the world by storm: The Hamburg ballet director John Neumeier is the greatest contemporary choreographer. Now turning seventy, he speaks about back pain, desires and the last Pas de deux: the one with death. Photo: Grischa R\u00fcschendorf\" width=\"989\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/neumeier.jpg 989w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/neumeier-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220; Ballet is not only pain&#8220;, stern 9\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>These feet took the world by storm: The Hamburg ballet director John Neumeier is the greatest contemporary choreographer. Now turning seventy, he speaks about back pain, desires and the last Pas de deux: the one with death.<br \/>Photo: Grischa R\u00fcschendorf<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_254\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"wp-image-254 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare.png\" alt=\"&quot;Words - sharp like a sword&quot;, stern, 41\/2009 China is host country at the Frankfurt book fare but a lot of critical writers are haunted, arrested and abused - and are not allowed to visit Germany for the fare.  Photos: Marl Leong (2), Philip Gostelow\/Anzenberger, Reuters, AP\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare.png 2354w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bookfare-1909x1280.png 1909w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2354px) 100vw, 2354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Words &#8211; sharp like a sword&#8220;, stern, 41\/2009, (PDF)<br \/>China is host country at the Frankfurt book fare but a lot of critical writers are haunted, arrested and abused &#8211; and are not allowed to visit Germany for the fare.<br \/>Photos: Marl Leong (2), Philip Gostelow\/Anzenberger, Reuters, AP<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_275\" style=\"width: 2356px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-image-275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child.png\" alt=\"&quot;The trained child&quot;, stern 6\/2011 How strict have or must parents be with their kids? A female US-professor with Chinese background has newly triggered disputes about drill and discipline with children. Her radical thesis is provoking already uncertain parents in Germany. Photo: Lorenzo Ciniglio\/LAIF\/Polaris\" width=\"2346\" height=\"1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child.png 2346w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Trained_Child-1905x1280.png 1905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2346px) 100vw, 2346px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The trained child&#8220;, stern 6\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>How strict have or must parents be with their kids? A female US-professor with Chinese background has newly triggered disputes about drill and discipline with children. Her radical thesis is provoking already uncertain parents in Germany.<br \/>Photo: Lorenzo Ciniglio\/LAIF\/Polaris<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_252\" style=\"width: 2310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-image-252 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan.png\" alt=\"&quot;Heart and crown&quot;, stern 41\/2011 First Kate and Williams, then Charlene and Albert. And now Jetsun and Jigme, pardon, who? The next noble marriage will be celebrated on October 13 in Bhutan. But for paparazzi's it will be hard to shoot some exclusive photos this time. Photo: AFP\" width=\"2300\" height=\"1522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan.png 2300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Bhutan-1920x1270.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2300px) 100vw, 2300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Heart and crown&#8220;, stern 41\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>First Kate and Williams, then Charlene and Albert. And now Jetsun and Jigme, pardon, who? The next noble marriage will be celebrated on October 13 in Bhutan. But for paparazzi&#8217;s it will be hard to shoot some exclusive photos this time.<br \/>Photo: AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_299\" style=\"width: 1003px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vettel.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299\" class=\"wp-image-299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vettel.png\" alt=\"Interview with Formula-One champion Sebastian Vettel in Singapore. Photo: Cedric Arnold\" width=\"993\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vettel.png 993w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vettel-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interview with Formula-One champion Sebastian Vettel in Singapore, stern 41\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>Photo: Cedric Arnold<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_301\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/drogen.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-image-301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/drogen.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The new drugs&quot;, stern 43\/2011 A new kind of drug business makes it hard for investigators and legal authorities to track down as synthetic drug producers change the composition for the ingredients very quickly. That means good business for the drug traders but incalculable risks for the consumers.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/drogen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/drogen-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;The new drugs&#8220;, stern 43\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>A new kind of drug business makes it hard for investigators and legal authorities to track down as synthetic drug producers change the composition for the ingredients very quickly. That means good business for the drug traders but incalculable risks for the consumers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_306\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hunde.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"wp-image-306 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hunde.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;In China they love dogs&quot;, stern 5\/2012 More and more  Chinese love German shepherds and spent a fortune on them - up to 160.000 Euro for a rewarded breeding dog. But they don't get any guarantee from the German breeders - if they die on their way back to China, the money is gone. But it is still a big business for the Chinese, they sell the dogs with a 30 % surcharge in China. Photo: David Hogsholt\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hunde.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hunde-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;In China they love dogs&#8220;, stern 5\/2012, (PDF)<br \/>More and more Chinese love German shepherds and spent a fortune on them &#8211; up to 160.000 Euro for a rewarded breeding dog. But they don&#8217;t get any guarantee from the German breeders &#8211; if they die on their way back to China, the money is gone. But it is still a big business for the Chinese, they sell the dogs with a 30 % surcharge in China.<br \/>Photo: David Hogsholt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_313\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/waste.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-image-313 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/waste.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Garbage&quot;, stern 50\/2011 The earth is turning into a bin, garbage of seven billion people wells out of every corner. Only radical changes in the production of goods and the behavior of the consumers can ease the problem. Photo: Chris Jordan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/waste.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/waste-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Garbage&#8220;, stern 50\/2011, (PDF)<br \/>The earth is turning into a bin, garbage of seven billion people wells out of every corner. Only radical changes in the production of goods and the behavior of the consumers can ease the problem.<br \/>Photo: Chris Jordan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">A SELECTION OF &#8222;PICTURES OF THE WEEK&#8220;, 2008 &#8211; 2013<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"color: #888888;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_323\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture7.png\" alt=\"&quot;Points win&quot;, stern, 3\/2012 &quot;The Obliteration room&quot; is an installation in Brisbane, Australia from the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. She painted a whole room including everything in it in white and then asked the people to place a colored dot somewhere.  Photo: Stuart Adelse\/Caters News\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture7.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture7-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Points win&#8220;, stern, 3\/2012<br \/>&#8222;The Obliteration room&#8220; is an installation in Brisbane, Australia from the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. She painted a whole room including everything in it in white and then asked the people to place a colored dot somewhere.<br \/>Photo: Stuart Adelse\/Caters News<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_330\" style=\"width: 944px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/COPY.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/COPY.png\" alt=\"\u201cWell copied\u201d, stern, 19\/2011 Around 5 million copies of the engagement ring given to Kate Middleton by her fianc\u00e9, Prince William, were produced in Chinese companies. It belonged to his mother, Princess Diana. The ring is the stunning 18 carat blue sapphire and diamond ring his father, the Prince of Wales, gave his mother in February of 1981. Photo: Zhang Jiancheng\" width=\"934\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/COPY.png 934w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/COPY-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWell copied\u201d, stern, 19\/2011<br \/>Around 5 million copies of the engagement ring given to Kate Middleton by her fianc\u00e9, Prince William, were produced in Chinese companies. It belonged to his mother, Princess Diana. The ring is the stunning 18 carat blue sapphire and diamond ring his father, the Prince of Wales, gave his mother in February of 1981.<br \/>Photo: Zhang Jiancheng<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_322\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture6.png\" alt=\"&quot;Sleep-over&quot;, stern 37\/2011 Parents of newly arrived freshmen students sleep on the floor in Youming Gymnasium at the Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province. Photo: AP\/DAPD\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture6.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture6-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Sleep-over&#8220;, stern 37\/2011<br \/>Parents of newly arrived freshmen students sleep on the floor in Youming Gymnasium at the Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province.<br \/>Photo: AP\/DAPD<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_319\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture3.png\" alt=\"&quot;Unfathomable&quot;, stern 27\/2011 This construction site is spectacular. A worker is carrying material on a wonky wood construction in the heights of the Shifo-rocks in China. Photo: Imaginechina\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture3.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture3-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Unfathomable&#8220;, stern 27\/2011<br \/>This construction site is spectacular. A worker is carrying material on a wonky wood construction in the heights of the Shifo-rocks in China.<br \/>Photo: Imaginechina<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_320\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture4.png\" alt=\"&quot;Final resting place&quot;, stern 42\/2011 On a ground in the suburbs of Dhaka, discarded rickshas are rotting. Up to now, rickshas are the most important means of transport in the capital of Bangladesh. Photo: Andrew Biray\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture4.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture4-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Final resting place&#8220;, stern 42\/2011<br \/>On a ground in the suburbs of Dhaka, discarded rickshas are rotting. Up to now, rickshas are the most important means of transport in the capital of Bangladesh.<br \/>Photo: Andrew Biray<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_321\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture5.png\" alt=\"&quot;Traffic island&quot;, stern 19\/2011 During the big floods in Thailand in 2011, cars are parked on a traffic island in Ayutthaya to save them from the water. Photo: Christophe Archambault\/AFP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture5.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture5-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Traffic island&#8220;, stern 19\/2011<br \/>During the big floods in Thailand in 2011, cars are parked on a traffic island in Ayutthaya to save them from the water.<br \/>Photo: Christophe Archambault\/AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_318\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-318\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture2.png\" alt=\"&quot;Snooker handmade&quot;, stern 9\/2012 Teenager in Tanzania are playing snooker. As they cannot afford a proper table, they just built one by their own. Photo: Abaka Msuya \" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture2.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture2-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Snooker handmade&#8220;, stern 9\/2012<br \/>Teenager in Tanzania are playing snooker. As they cannot afford a proper table, they just built one by their own.<br \/>Photo: Abaka Msuya<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_317\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-317\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture1.png\" alt=\"&quot;Chengdu Zoo rehearses escaped \u201ctiger\u201d response&quot;, stern 24\/2011  June 2nd, Sichuan Chengdu Zoo, a tranquilized \u201ctiger\u201d being carried away by workers, as a caged Chinese tiger watches through the glass. That day, the Chengdu Zoo conducted a escaped dangerous animal training drill\/exercise. The training exercise simulated 2 Siberian Tigers escaping from their cages, with zoo workers working together with forestry police conducting an emergency response. Photo: Picture Alliance\/DPA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture1.png 1024w, https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/picture1-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8222;Chengdu Zoo rehearses escaped \u201ctiger\u201d response&#8220;, stern 24\/2011<br \/>June 2nd, Sichuan Chengdu Zoo, a tranquilized \u201ctiger\u201d being carried away by workers, as a caged Chinese tiger watches through the glass. That day, the Chengdu Zoo conducted a escaped dangerous animal training drill\/exercise. 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