Photo: Tobias Schwarz/ReutersPhoto: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel standing with the aid of crutches as she joined carols singers (Sternsinger) during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. Merkel fractured her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland over the Christmas holidays and is walking with the help of crutches, forcing her to call off some foreign visits and official appointments, her spokesman said on Monday.

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