Glimpses of the Fortnight That Was

The first anniversary of Egypt’s uprising and the Australian Open were some of the highlights of January 2012

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  • 06/02/2012 12:00 AM

Image by : Tobias Schwarz / Reuters

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Image by : Tobias Schwarz / Reuters

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A model getting ready for the Patrick Mohr show at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2012 

Image by : Reuters

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Image by : Reuters

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final match at the Australian Open 

Image by : Roosevelt Cassio/ Reuters

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Image by : Roosevelt Cassio/ Reuters

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Residents of the Pinheirinho slum walk away from a fire set by other residents, who are resisting eviction by the police following a court order, in Sao Jose dos Campos near Sao Paulo in Brazil

Image by : Andrew Biraj / Reuters

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Image by : Andrew Biraj / Reuters

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Commuters ride on the roof of a train as they come back to the city after attending the final prayer of Biswa Ijtema in Dhaka 

Image by : Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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Image by : Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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Palestinian children play in the Zeitoon neighbourhood in Gaza City 

Image by : Reuters

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Image by : Reuters

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US President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama while making a phone call to inform John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica was rescued by US Special Operations Forces in Somalia

Image by : Suhaib Salem / Reuters

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Image by : Suhaib Salem / Reuters

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Demonstrators pray at Tahrir square during a protest marking the first anniversary of Egypt's uprising in Cairo 

Image by : Agencja Gazeta / Reuters

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Image by : Agencja Gazeta / Reuters

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Members of the Ruch Palikota Party wear masks during a vote of no confidence for health minister Bartosz Arlukowicz in Poland's parliament in Warsaw 

Image by : Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

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Image by : Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

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Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus to take part in a peace march in Kolkata 

Image by : Jason Lee / Reuters

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Image by : Jason Lee / Reuters

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Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius  during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing 

Image by : Phil Noble / Reuters

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Image by : Phil Noble / Reuters

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Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones of France perform during their ice dance, free dance routine at the European Figure Skating Championships at Sheffield, northern England