World's most powerful woman
Best photos of Angela Merkel in this gallery by ITAR-TASS
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Angela Merkel in Cape Point, South Africa, in 2000
© EPA/JAQUIE PRINSLOO/HO Angela Merkel at a traditional carnival in 2001
© EPA/Patrick_Seeger Angela Merkel (right) with a hotdog during her election campaign in 2004
© AP Photo/Jens Meyer Angela Merkel (L) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2001
© EPA PHOTO PPO/MOHAMMED RAWAS/jh Angela Merkel holds young penguin 'Helmut` in Hanover's zoo in 2002
© EPA PHOTO DPA/RAINER JENSEN/rj/tm fob Angela Merkel in Istanbul's old city, Turkey, in 2004
© AP Photo/Murad Sezer Angela Merkel in German Saarbruecken in 2006
© EPA/Boris Roessler Angela Merkel sits in a Smart hybrid car during the 62th International Auto Show in Frankfurt in 2007
© AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer German Chancellor during her visit to Jerusalem, 2008
© AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool At a security conference in Munich, 2009
© ITAR-TASS/EPA Angela Merkel at the CeBIT IT exhibition opening in Hannover in 2010
© EPA German Chancellor at a EU summit in 2011
© EPA/OLIVER BERG German Chancellor arrives at Athens airport in 2012
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/HANNBIAL HANSCHKE Angela Merkel at the Gillamoos fair in Bavaria, 2012
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/PETER KNEFFEL Angela Merkel receives flowers on her birthday in 2013
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/MICHAEL KAPPELER German Chancellor visits Afghanistan in 2013
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/KAY NIETFELD Russian President Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel during the G20 summit in St. Petersburg in 2013
© AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Angela Merkel and Joachim Gauck celebrate Germany's victory at the World Cup in Brazil on July 13, 2014
© EPA/MARCUS BRANDT