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Mayor candidate Claus Ruhe Madsen, a Danish businessman, poses with thumb up at an election event of his team, during the counting of the votes for the mayor elections in the north-east German town Rostock, June 16, 2019. Claus Ruhe Madsen has been elected mayor of Rostock, becoming the first non-German citizen to head a large city in Germany. (Bernd Wuestneck/dpa via AP)
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