Fortnight in pictures: (December 1 – December22)

Demonstrators attend a protest calling for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo on December 13. Brazil’s opposition alleges that Rousseff violated budget laws to increase spending during her 2014 re-election campaign. Many Brazilians are also upset about the country’s economic recession and a corruption scandal at state-run oil firm Petrobras