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The world’s most powerful woman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has a lot on her mind these days: Mediterranean migrants, Russian sanctions, homegrown spying scandals, Eurozone stability and the Germanwings crash, to name a few pressing issues.
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1: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is the most powerful woman in the world right now, according to the latest ranking from Forbes. The ranking is a combination of two scores: visibility--by press mentions--and the size of the organization or country the women lead. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet
2: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is second. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
3: Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
4: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
5: General Motors chief executive Mary Barra. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/Pool
6: International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
7: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is third. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
11: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
15: PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi. REUTERS/Mike Segar
16: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
17: Mondelez International Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
18: Santander Group chair Ana-Patricia Botin REUTERS/Paul Hackett
19: President and CEO of Fidelity Investments Abigail Johnson. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
20: Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Marillyn A. Hewson. REUTERS/Neil Hall
23: UN Development Program Administrator Helen Clark. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino