Snapshots of the Fortnight (Jun 13-27)

Jun 29, 2013, 06:38 IST4 min
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A stranded Indian pilgrim is transported across a river using a rope rescue system by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in Govind Ghat. Bad weather hampered rescue operations in n...
Image by Getty Images
2/15
Indian army personnel help stranded people cross a flooded river after heavy rains in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Flash floods and landslides unleashed by early monsoon rains have k...
Image by Reuters
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Soldiers rescue stranded people after heavy rains in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. India's monsoon rains could ease soon after hitting 89 percent over averages in three weeks until Ju...
Image by Reuters
4/15
The Bow River overflows its banks into the downtown core and residential areas in Calgary, Alberta. The heaviest floods in decades shut down the Canadian oil capital of Calgary, forcing the...
Image by Andy Clark / Reuters
5/15
Protesters from anti-hunger charity Oxfam wearing masks depicting leaders of G8 countries pose on a golf course in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland near the venue of the G8 summit at the gol...
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6/15
US President Barack Obama (L) in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen,  Northern Ireland
Image by Kevin Lamarque / Reuiters
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Ukrainian Internet Party activists hold a &lsquotap the phone and internet lines&rsquo protest outside the US Embassy in Kiev to attract public attention to the violation of rights followin...
Image by Reuters
8/15
People take to the city centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during  protests against rising rates in public transportation and the cost of staging international football tournaments  ...
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9/15
A demonstrator is shot by rubber bullets as anti-riot police officers charge after clashes erupted during a protest against corruption and price hikes in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilians took to ...
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10/15
A demonstrator jumps over trash set afire during protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. President Dilma Rousseff sought to d...
Image by Victor Moriyama / Reuters
11/15
A woman is attacked by water cannon during protests in Kizilay square in central Ankara, Turkey. The unrest, in which police fired teargas and water cannon at stone-throwing protesters nigh...
Image by Dado Ruvic / Reuters
12/15
Free Syrian Army fighters look at photos on a camera in Mouazafeen neighbourhood in Deir al-Zor
Image by Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
13/15
Palestinians watch the result of Arab Idol in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A 22-year-old singer Mohammed Assaf, from the Gaza Strip, was named the winner of Arab Idol in a TV talent cont...
Image by Mohamad Torokman / Reutes
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Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter&rsquos Square at the Vatican
Image by Stefano Rellandini / Reuters
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Michael Knaapen (L) and his husband John Becker, both of Wisconsin, react to the 5-4 ruling striking down as unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act at the US Supreme Court in Washingt...
Image by James Lawler Duggan / Reuters

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