Snapshots of the Fortnight (February 21 - March 6)

By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published:
08/03/2013 12:00 AM

Image by : Muzaffar Salman / Reuters

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Image by : Muzaffar Salman / Reuters

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A dejected man sits in the midst of rubble at a site hit by what activists said was a Scud missile in Aleppo's Ard al-Hamra neighbourhood on February 23. Rockets struck eastern districts of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city the day before, killing at least 29 people and trapping a family of 10 in the ruins of their home

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Image by : Getty Images

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This picture taken on February 22 shows an employee wearing a panda suit talking to a woman at a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain in Emeishan in southwest China's Sichuan province. The hotel is reportedly the first panda-themed hotel in the world

Image by : Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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Image by : Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez react to the announcement of his death on March 5 outside the hospital in Caracas where he was being treated. Chavez died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader's 14-year rule of the South American country, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised speech

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Image by : Alex Wong / Getty Images

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Neil Heslin, father of six-year-old Jesse Lewis (Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim), holds a picture of him with Jesse as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 27. The committee held a hearing on The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Image by : Benoit Tessier / Reuters

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Image by : Benoit Tessier / Reuters

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Models present creations by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel as a part of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris Fashion Week on March 5

Image by : Krishna Murari Kishan / Reuters

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Image by : Krishna Murari Kishan / Reuters

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Police wield their batons against teachers during a protest in the Indian city of Patna on March 5. Dozens of teachers, who work on contract, held a protest demanding the regularisation of their jobs and increase in their wages

Image by : Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

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Image by : Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

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Police troopers stand guard outside a holding cell where Al-Qaeda suspects were held during a hearing at the court room of a state security court in Sanaa on March 4

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Image by : Getty Images

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On February 27, a youngster jumped from Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province into the river following another person who committed suicide minutes before. Police said there was little chance for them to survive

Image by : Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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Image by : Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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A man walks between glass facades of the Bonn Post Tower, the headquarters of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL in Bonn on March 5

Image by : Max Rossi / Reuters

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Image by : Max Rossi / Reuters

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Napoli's Camilo Zuniga (L) and Juventus' Sebastian Giovinco fight for the ball during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples on March 1

Image by : Ellen Ozier / Reuters

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Image by : Ellen Ozier / Reuters

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The University of Miami's Durand Scott looks to make an in-bounds pass as he is taunted by Duke University fans during their NCAA basketball game in Durham, North Carolina on March 2

Image by : Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

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Image by : Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

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Pope Benedict XVI waves from his Popemobile as he rides through a packed Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican during his last general audience on February 27. The weekly event, which is normally held in a vast auditorium in winter, was moved outdoors to St. Peter's Square such that more people
could attend. The Pope took the historic step of becoming the first pontiff in some six centuries to step down on February 28 instead of ruling for life

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Image by : Beawiharta / Reuters

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A Sumatran tiger plays with a pig before killing it at the Sumatra Tiger Rescue Centre compound, inside the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC) near Bandar Lampung, the southern tip of Sumatra Island on February 24. The rescue centre has released five tigers since 2009 on the 45,000 hectares of the TWNC jungle while eight are still under their care. On a monthly basis, the eight tigers eat a total of 80 living pigs, each weighing between 10-12 kgs. The Sumatran tiger is a rare tiger subspecies that inhabits the Indonesian island of Sumatra

Image by : Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

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Image by : Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

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A tamed golden eagle attacks a fox during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Almaty in Kazakhstan on February 23

Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters

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Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters

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Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke listens with his staff while he testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services while at Capitol Hill in Washington on February 27

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