Snapshots of the Fortnight (May 12 to 24)

By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published:
29/05/2012 12:00 AM

Image by : Gleb Garanich / Reuters

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Image by : Gleb Garanich / Reuters

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A girl walks on a disused railway track through what is known locally as the "Tunnel of Love" in small town Kleven, some 350 km off western Kiev

Image by : Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters

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Image by : Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters

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Women stand on a performer who calls himself 'The Human Floor' as he lays on a bed of broken glass at the Watch City Festival celebrating Steampunk in Waltham, Massachusetts on May 13. Steampunk is a movement that explores the notion of what the world might look like had modern technology been available at the turn of the twentieth century

Image by : Keith Bedford / Reuters

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Image by : Keith Bedford / Reuters

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Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch helps a student through a yoga hand stand in her yoga class in Hartsdale, New York on May 14, 2012. At 93 years old, Porchon-Lynch was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records

Image by : Damir Sagolj / Reuters

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Image by : Damir Sagolj / Reuters

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A girl plays with her brother as they search for usable items at junkyard near the Danyingone station in Yangon's suburbs

Image by : Giampiero Sposito / Reuters

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Image by : Giampiero Sposito / Reuters

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A baby cries as Pope Benedict XVI strokes his cheeks after the weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 16, 2012

Image by : Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters

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Image by : Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters

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Yawalapiti children climb a tree to jump into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, May 7, 2012. In August the Yawalapiti tribe will hold the Quarup, which is a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them. This year the Quarup will be honouring two people - a Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil

Image by : Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

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Image by : Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

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Samuel Pizzetti of Italy competes in the men's 1500m freestyle final during the 2012 European Swimming Championship in Debrecen May 23, 2012

Image by : Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi / Reuters

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Image by : Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi / Reuters

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Military cadets march during a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22, 2012. Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield by the president, in a show of defiance one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal

Image by : Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

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Image by : Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

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An Afghan boy pushes a wheelbarrow next to U.S. Army soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division who are securing an area during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan

Image by : Andy Clark / Reuters

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Image by : Andy Clark / Reuters

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Jake Vold of Ponoka, Alberta rides a bronco during the 94th Annual Falkland Stampede in Falkland, British Columbia May 20, 2012. The stampede began as a community picnic to celebrate the end of the First World War in 1919 and eventually grew and became a professional rodeo in 1970

Image by : Rick Wilking / Reuters

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Image by : Rick Wilking / Reuters

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Visitors walk on a new elevated walkway as they pass by a rescued tiger at The Wild Animal Sanctuary on the prairie near Keenesburg, Colorado May 22, 2012. The 720 acre (291 hectares) sanctuary is a refuge for large carnivores such as tigers, bears and lions that have been seized from illegal or abusive cases around the world

Image by : Anatolii Stepanov / Reuters

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Image by : Anatolii Stepanov / Reuters

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Unidentified people beat Svyatoslav Sheremet (L, bottom), head of Gay-Forum of Ukraine public organization, in Kiev, May 20, 2012. Sheremet was attacked after meeting with members of the media to inform them that a scheduled gay parade was cancelled. The attackers ran off when they realised members of the media were documenting the attack

Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters

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Image by : Larry Downing / Reuters

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Students show emotions at the 2012 Joplin High School commencement ceremony inside the Leggett and Plant Athletic Center at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri

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