Germany Has the Best Global Reputation

German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabrie
German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabrie
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Germany Has the Best Global Reputation

German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabrie
German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabrie

Germany has toppled the United States as the country with the best global "brand image," according to a German survey.

The United States dropped to sixth place, after being ranked first, according to a study conducted by German-based market research firm GfK and the political consultant Simon Anholt.

While France went from fifth place to second

France ranked the second most popular country in the world, followed by Britain, which retained third place, followed by Canada and Japan, which tied fourth place.

The Anholt-GfK index, conducted by the company in cooperation with the Anholt Office each year, tries to identify the image of 50 countries in the world's population, with regard to their governance, exports, people, culture and heritage, investment and immigration, and tourism.

The image of Germany has improved in Asia, especially in China, according to the study, while Germany's assessment was less positive in its European neighbors in France and Poland, as well as Brazil, as well as the Germans themselves.

The image of Germany has improved in Asia, especially in China, according to the study, while Germany's assessment was less positive by its European neighbors in France and Poland, as well as Brazil, and even by the Germans themselves.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed the results, saying: "Germany's image no longer rests on our economic strength. People think we're capable of much in the world."



Prince Harry Retraces Diana’s Footsteps by Walking Through a Land Mine Field in Angola for Charity

 16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
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Prince Harry Retraces Diana’s Footsteps by Walking Through a Land Mine Field in Angola for Charity

 16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)

Prince Harry followed in his late mother's footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity's work clearing explosives from old warzones.

The Duke of Sussex is in the southern African country with the Halo Trust organization, the same group Princess Diana worked with when she went to Angola in January 1997, seven months before she was killed in a car crash in Paris.

Diana's advocacy and the images of her walking through a minefield helped mobilize support for a land mine ban treaty that was ratified later that year.

Harry walked through a land mine field near a village in Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola, according to Halo Trust. It's not the first time he has retraced his mother's steps after traveling to Angola for a similar awareness campaign in 2019.

The land mines across Angola were left behind from its 27-year civil war from 1975 to 2002. The Halo Trust says at least 60,000 people have been killed or injured by land mines since 2008. It says it has located and destroyed over 120,000 land mines and 100,000 other explosive devices in Angola since it started work in the country in 1994, but 1,000 minefields still need to be cleared.