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Part of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, also known as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a state in northeast Germany is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

An abundance of water. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is not only blessed with abundant sunshine but it also surpasses all other German states with its water resources.

State and federal politicians rushed to condemn the incident in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The state's prime minister, Manuela Schwesig (Social Democrats, SPD), toured the scene on Thursday.

Mecklenburg-Pomerania is Germany’s poorhouse. A quarter of the population lives in poverty. Unemployment has declined significantly since 2006, down from almost 20 to 11.5 percent currently.