Photos of the fortnight (June 9 to 22 June 2015)

Published: Jun 25, 2015

Riot policemen stand between anti-austerity and pro-European Union protesters in front of the parlia

Image by : Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

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Riot policemen stand between anti-austerity and pro-European Union protesters in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, during a rally on June 22, calling on the government to clinch a deal with international creditors and secure Greece’s future in the Eurozone. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is holding emergency talks with the nation’s lenders to avert the common-currency region’s first default

Men hold children rescued from under the rubble at a site hit by, what activists said, was heavy she

Image by : Bassam Khabieh / Reuters

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Men hold children rescued from under the rubble at a site hit by, what activists said, was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus on June 16. More than four years after it began, the Syrian civil war has killed or displaced millions, triggering a major humanitarian crisis

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) waves to his supporters at the airport in the capital city of

Image by : Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) waves to his supporters at the airport in the capital city of Khartoum on June 15, on arrival after attending an African Union conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Al-Bashir flew out of South Africa in defiance of a Pretoria court that later said he should have been arrested to face genocide charges at the International Criminal Court. Despite a legal order for him to stay in the country ahead of the ruling on his detention, the government let Bashir leave unhindered, with South Africa’s ruling party accusing the ICC of being biased against Africans and “no longer useful”

A worker in full protective gear disinfects the interior of a karaoke establishment in Seoul, South

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A worker in full protective gear disinfects the interior of a karaoke establishment in Seoul, South Korea on June 16. Two South Korean hospitals are conducting experimental treatment on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients, injecting them with blood plasma from recovering patients, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as four new cases were reported

A hippopotamus walks across a flooded street in Tbilisi on June 14. Animals from the Georgian capita

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A hippopotamus walks across a flooded street in Tbilisi on June 14. Animals from the Georgian capital city’s zoo, including tigers, lions, bears and wolves, escaped from cages damaged by heavy rainfall and flash floods. The Tbilisi Zoo lost nearly half of its inhabitants: The majority was killed by flooding. A police unit was employed to round up the animals that were on the loose

People walk through flooded roads as vehicles are seen caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic after heav

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People walk through flooded roads as vehicles are seen caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic after heavy rains in Mumbai on June 19. India’s financial capital came to a standstill as several parts of the city were flooded following heavy rain. The flood also triggered a debate on the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) preparedness for the monsoon

French President Francois Hollande looks at a flying display with Airbus Group Chief Strategy and Ma

Image by : Pascal Rossignol / Reuters

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French President Francois Hollande looks at a flying display with Airbus Group Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Marwan Lahoud (L), Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (2nd R) and Dassault Group Chairman Serge Dassault (R) during the 51st Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris on June 15. Aerospace companies from across the globe showed off their latest jets and cutting-edge technology at the event, that was dominated by industry heavy weights Airbus and Boeing

Republican US presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush acknowledges supporters wh

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Republican US presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush acknowledges supporters while formally announcing his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination during a kickoff rally in Miami, Florida on June 15

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a yoga session to mark International Day

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a yoga session to mark International Day of Yoga, in New Delhi on June 21. Modi led tens of thousands of people in the yoga session in the centre of the capital to showcase the country’s signature cultural export. The session also prompted criticism of fomenting social divisions at home

A race-goer poses as she arrives at the Royal Ascot horse racing festival, in Ascot, England on June

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A race-goer poses as she arrives at the Royal Ascot horse racing festival, in Ascot, England on June 16. Ascot is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting nine of Britain’s 32 annual Group 1 horse races

A man poses with a Zimbabwean bank note at a bank in central Harare on June 15, 2015. Zimbabweans ar

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A man poses with a Zimbabwean bank note at a bank in central Harare on June 15, 2015. Zimbabweans are exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe’s government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the US dollar and South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean dollar was ruined by hyper-inflation, which hit 500 billion percent in 2008

A man cools off from a public tap after filling bottles in Karachi on June 23. Intense heat waves in

Image by : Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

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A man cools off from a public tap after filling bottles in Karachi on June 23. Intense heat waves in Pakistan’s southern city have killed over 400 people, health officials said. The harsh weather has come at a time when citizens in the predominantly Muslim country are observing Ramadan: a month of fasting

A Muslim woman uses a theodolite to perform ‘rukyah’, the sighting of the new moon which

Image by : Olivia Harris / Reuters

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A Muslim woman uses a theodolite to perform ‘rukyah’, the sighting of the new moon which signals the start of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 16. For 30 days, Muslims are expected to fast during daylight hours