Photos of the fortnight (Oct 6 to Oct 20)

Workers walk on a road as China's oil pipeline project is seen in the background in Myanmar’s Kyaukpyu township on October 7. China is taking steps to protect its strategic investments in Myanmar ahead of an unpredictable election in the Southeast Asian nation next month. Kyaukpyu is at the heart of China's drive for new trade routes as new oil and gas pipelines from the fishing town connect China's Yunnan province directly with the Indian Ocean, bypassing the narrow Malacca Strait, where a strong US naval presence has long worried Chinese policymakers