Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)

Published: May 29, 2015
Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)

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  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
  • Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)
Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen calls for final bids before dropping the gavel as he sells Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O')" (Women of Algiers) at Christie's Auction House in the Manhattan borough of New York on May 11, 2015. The auction house had estimated the 1955 cubist oil, "Les femmes d'Alger (Version "O")", would sell for about $140 million, but several bidders competing via telephone drove the winning bid to $160 million, for a final price of $179,365,000, including Christie's commission of just over 12 percent