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A church steeple sticks out of fog on December 27 in the village of Aeschi above Lake Thun. (KEYSTONE/Peter Schneider) © KEYSTONE / PETER SCHNEIDER

One of several hundred lanterns that were set afloat on Zurich's Limmat river on December 20 as part of traditional Advent celebrations in the city. (Keystone/Ennio Leanza) Ennio Leanza / Keystone

A passer-by looks at "La Panera", the tallest fir tree in Switzerland before it was felled due to disease last Wednesday, December 12. The 260-year-old, 48-metre-high tree was in the eastern canton of Graubünden. Gian Ehreneller / Keystone

A rider leads his horse at the 58th CHI international horse show jumping tournament in Geneva, one of Switzerland's oldest sporting events created in 1926. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron) Laurent Gillieron/Keystone

Swiss politician Karin Keller-Sutter, who is running for a seat on the seven-member Federal Council, caresses a Saint-Bernard dog in Sion (Keystone/Jean-Christophe Bott). Jean Christophe Bott/Keystone

Niels Velema shows what it takes to perform in freestyle motorcross, during a Master Class given by former Swiss world champion Mat Rebeaud on November 21 in Payerne, Switzerland. KEYSTONE/Adrien Perritaz Adrien Perritaz/Keystone

A ski lift stands amid green grass in the Graubunden mountains, which are experiencing a lack of snow in mid-November. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone) Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone

Frogs at a family dinner at the Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland. The museum houses a collection of 108 stuffed frogs in scenes portraying everyday life in the 19th century. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse) Denis Balibouse / Reuters

The newest helicopter of the Swiss Air Rescue Service (REGA) lands in front of the federal parliament building in Bern on November 2, 2018. (KEYSTONE/Anthony Anex) Anthony Anex/Keystone

The silhouette of people seen walking on October 22 on the cracked banks of 'Lac de Bret', hit by this year's drought. (Photo Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Two fishermen from the Clerc family unload a net filled with perch caught in Lake Geneva on October 17. They are the latest of five generations of Clercs to be professional fishermen. (Keystone / Valentin Flauraud) Valentin Flauraud / Keystone

A F/A-18 combat aircraft flies low over a crowd during an airshow in the mountains above the Alpine town of Meiringen on October 10. (KEYSTONE/Marcel Bieri) Marcel Bieri / Keystone

A sign of autumn - and age - on October 4. More than a quarter of all trees populating the Sechselaeuten Square in Zurich are beyond saving, and will soon be felled. (KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza) Keystone

Final preparations for the 11th Swiss Cheese Awards ceremony on Friday in Lucerne, Switzerland. More than 900 cheeses competed in 28 categories to attract the attention of 150 judges. (Keystone/Urs Flueeler) Urs Flüeler/Keystone

A restorer working on a fresco of St Martin at the 1400-year-old Disentis Monastery in canton Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. (Keystone/Gian Ehrenzeller) Gian Ehrenzeller / Keystone

View of the opening day of the 39th UN Council of Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva on September 10. AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI Fabrice Coffrini / AFP

A cow grazes in front of the "Origen" theatre on the Julier pass, on September 5. (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer) Peter Klaunzer/Keystone

A grounded SkyWork aircraft is seen at the Bern-Belp Airport on Thursday, August 30, 2018, Switzerland. SkyWork Airlines ceased operations on Wednesday evening after the last scheduled flight landed. After failed negotiations with a possible partner, the company had to file for bankruptcy (KEYSTONE / ANTHONY ANEX). KEYSTONE / ANTHONY ANEX

The defence ministers of Switzerland, Guy Parmelin (left), hosted a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from neighbouring Austria and from Germany, Mario Kunasek and Ursula von der Leyen, in the Swiss capital Bern on Thursday, August 23, 2018. They were received with military honours outside the city's cathedral. (Keystone/Peter Schneider) Peter Schneider / Keystone

A scene from the open-air performance of Solistices during the Wheat and Bread festival at Echallens in western Switzerland on August 12. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott) Keystone

"Me too?" A turtle is photographed prior to being moved into a new extension of the turtle sanctuary, "Centre Emys" in Chavornay, western Switzerland, on August 6. The center can hold up to 5,000 turtles abandoned by their owners. (KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud) Keystone

Swiss yoga teacher Emilien Badoux on the peak of the 3,329-metre Mont Fort, southern Switzerland, on August 2. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott) Keystone

A long exposure shows traffic flowing on the Gotthard pass road near the village of Goeschenen on July 19. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Reuters

Social reality: framing offshore action through an Instagram-size frame at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 12. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron) © KEYSTONE / LAURENT GILLIERON

Still theatrical after all these years: Alice Cooper performs at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 5. (KEYSTONE/Cyril Zingaro) KEYSTONE/Cyril Zingaro

A Swiss supporter watching the FIFA 2018 World Cup Group E soccer match between Switzerland and Costa Rica, in a fan zone in Lausanne. (KEYSTONE/ Valentin Flauraud) Valentin Flauraud/Keystone

Pilgrims take pictures of Pope Francis during the Holy Mass in Geneva on June 21. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott) © KEYSTONE / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

A man attending the rock and heavy metal Greenfield Festival in Interlaken, bares his monkey at the event on June 7. (KEYSTONE/Anthony Anex) Keystone

The world's fastest e-boat creates ripples on Lake Zurich. Weighing just 400kg with a maximum speed of 50 knots or 93 km/h, the SAY29E Runabout Carbon is the fastest of its kind. (KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza) © KEYSTONE / ENNIO LEANZA

A monumental bronze sculpture was installed on Zurich's banking street Paradeplatz. The upside-down elephant is intended to draw attention to the summer exhibition "New North Zurich". © KEYSTONE / WALTER BIERI

Alpine Mining co-founder Theo Martinet stands in one of his 'mines' in the alpine village of Gondo on May 7. The former gold mining village is now the home to cryptocurrency computing centres since it has among the lowest electricity prices in Switzerland. (KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud) Keystone

Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga talks to a worker at the Laederach chocolate factory on Labour Day, May 1. (KEYSTONE/Gian Ehrenzeller) Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone)

Swiss President Alain Berset (left) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a visit to "NeighborHub", a solar house, during Steinmeier's two-day state visit to Switzerland on April 26. (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer) Keystone

A lighthouse was transported up to mount Guschakopf in Bad Ragaz as part of an outdoor art exhibition. (Keystone) Keystone

A cow scratches itself on the sidelines of an April 12 press conference about the state of organic farms in Switzerland, which revealed that the Swiss remain the world's leading purchasers of organic food (KEYSTONE/Peter Schneider) © KEYSTONE / PETER SCHNEIDER

Fishermen try their luck on Lake Pfäffikon in canton Zurich on April 3, 2018 Keystone

In a vineyard in the canton of Graubünden, so-called frost candles are lit on 22 March 2018 to protect the vines from the icy nights. (EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER) Keystone

Stranded boats on the dried out shore of artificial Lake Gruyere show how the reservoir has been drained to make room for water from the end of winter snow melt. The photo was taken on March 14. (KEYSTONE/Valentin Flauraud) KEYSTONE/ VALENTIN FLAURAUD

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In this series, swissinfo.ch picture editors choose an image highlighting a news event of the past seven days.