Pictures of the fortnight (May 25 - June 8)

By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published:
10/06/2015 12:00 AM

Image by : Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters

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Image by : Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal acknowledges the crowd after losing to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the men's quarter-final at French Open in Paris on June 3

Image by : Amir Cohen / Reuters

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Image by : Amir Cohen / Reuters

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Members of the African Hebrew Israelite community during the celebrations for the holiday of Shavuot in Dimona, Israel, on May 31. Identifying themselves as African Hebrew Israelites, about 300 African-Americans arrived in Dimona in 1969, claiming to be descendants of the ancient Israelites with a right to settle in the Jewish state

Image by : Rogelio V. Solis/Pool / Reuters

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Image by : Rogelio V. Solis/Pool / Reuters

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A family member cries during BB King's funeral in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 30. King, 89, who took his music from rural juke joints to the mainstream, and inspired a generation of guitarists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, died in Las Vegas on May 14

Image by : Osman Orsal / Reuters

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Image by : Osman Orsal / Reuters

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Supporters of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) cheer during a gathering to celebrate their party's victory during the parliamentary election, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on June 8. Turkey faced the possibility of weeks of political turmoil after the ruling AK Party lost its parliamentary majority, dealing a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan's ambitions to acquire sweeping powers

Image by : Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters

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Image by : Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters

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An elementary school student wearing a mask to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), receives a temperature check at an elementary school in Seoul, South Korea, on June 9. South Korea's health ministry said there were eight new cases of MERS, bringing the total to 95

Image by : Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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Image by : Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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Lightning strikes the Alpine mountains over Garmisch-Partenkirchen as balloons, made by the ‘ONE’ campaigning organisation, depicting leaders of the G7 countries are inflated on June 7.

Image by : Ruben Sprich / Reuters

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Image by : Ruben Sprich / Reuters

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FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves after a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 2. Blatter resigned as FIFA president, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term and six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials on charges of racketeering and bribery

Image by : Andrew Winning / Reuters

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Image by : Andrew Winning / Reuters

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Bradley Wiggins pedals during his attempt to break cycling's hour record at the Olympic Velodrome in East London, Britain, on June 7, 2015. Wiggins added the UCI world hour record to his extensive career honours tally when he smashed the mark set by fellow Briton Alex Dowsett last month by covering 54.526 km in the London Olympic Velodrome

Image by : Darren Staples / Reuters

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Image by : Darren Staples / Reuters

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The Barcelona team celebrates after winning the UEFA Champions League in Berlin on June 7. Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 in the final that captured the imagination of the world

Image by : Konstantinidis / Reuters

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Image by : Konstantinidis / Reuters

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before his speech at a parliamentary session to brief lawmakers over the ongoing talks with the country's lenders, in Athens, Greece, on June 5. Tsipras branded a cash-for-reforms proposal by his country's creditors an ‘absurd’ one that he cannot accept and said he hoped it would be taken back

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