Ampelmännchen (little traffic light man) by Karl Peglau (1927–2009), Berlin, Germany

This photo was taken in Berlin, Germany, and represents the Ampelmännchen (little traffic light man). This is the symbolic person shown on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR -East Germany). Prior to the German reunification in 1990, the two German states had different forms for the Ampelmännchen, with a generic human figure in West Germany, and a