Fortnight in pictures: (December 1 – December22)

Bolivian student Esteban Quispe, 17, walks on a rubbish dump as a replica of his Wall-E robot is seen in Patacamaya, south of La Paz on December 10. Quispe built the Wall-E robot using materials he obtained from a rubbish dump in the town located in the highland Andean region. He hopes to mechanise agriculture in Patacamaya by making use of robots that operate on solar energy