16 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Giselher Quast, former cathedral preacher, lights a candle on the Alter Markt as a symbol for the people who are not allowed to come to the "Magdeburg sings for a cosmopolitan city" campaign because of the Corona pandemic. Due to the measures to contain the Corona virus, the traditional events are cancelled, so there are many smaller rallies in the state capital to mark the 76th anniversary of the destruction of Magdeburg on 16 January 1945. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa