A Thuringia state official wearing a protective suit searches, for dead wild birds along the shore of Stausee in Kelbra July 5, 2007. Germany is raising its assessment of the risk of bird flu after officials in France and Germany discovered more birds which had died of the H5N1 virus, the country's top state veterinary laboratory said on Thursday. She cited the news from Wednesday that more wild birds had tested positive for the lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu in Germany -- this time in the eastern state of Thuringia.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>