Germans start voting for new parliament as Merkel seeks 4th term

German Chancellor candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz (R) casts his vote at a polling station in the city hall of Wuerselen, western Germany, on Sept. 24, 2017. More than 61 million German voters were called to cast ballots on Sunday to pick their Bundestag, or federal parliament, on which a new government will be formed. (Xinhua/Ulrich Hufnagel)