Snapshots of the Fortnight (Jun 13-27)

Jun 29, 2013, 06:38 IST3 min
 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 golfing resort of Lough Erne. World leaders were close to striking a deal on pushing for peace in Syria at the G8 summit as they also tried to reach an agreement on cracking down on tax evasion <br /><br />
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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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US President Barack Obama (L) in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
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Ukrainian Internet Party activists hold a ‘tap the phone and internet lines’ protest outside the US Embassy in Kiev to attract public attention to the violation of rights following the Unit...
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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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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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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
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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
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Free Syrian Army fighters look at photos on a camera in Mouazafeen neighbourhood in Deir al-Zor
Image by Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
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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’s 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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