Photos of the fortnight (Oct 6 to Oct 20)

Published: Oct 21, 2015

Indonesian workers shout slogans during a protest, against the government's decision to slash mi

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Indonesian workers shout slogans during a protest, against the government's decision to slash minimum wages, in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on October 15. Indonesian manufacturers cut payroll numbers in September as industry activity contracted for a 12th straight month. President Joko Widodo had announced changes in labour rules aimed at reviving growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy

Alfredo, 69, a technician of Cuba's state-run oil company CUPET poses for a picture near an oil

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Alfredo, 69, a technician of Cuba's state-run oil company CUPET poses for a picture near an oil pump in Mayabeque province on October 15. Low commodity prices, a drought at home and Venezuela's economic crisis have created a cash shortage for Cuba's communist government

Workers walk on a road as China's oil pipeline project is seen in the background in Myanmar&rsqu

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Workers walk on a road as China's oil pipeline project is seen in the background in Myanmar’s Kyaukpyu township on October 7. China is taking steps to protect its strategic investments in Myanmar ahead of an unpredictable election in the Southeast Asian nation next month. Kyaukpyu is at the heart of China's drive for new trade routes as new oil and gas pipelines from the fishing town connect China's Yunnan province directly with the Indian Ocean, bypassing the narrow Malacca Strait, where a strong US naval presence has long worried Chinese policymakers

A man walks past long-distance passenger buses queuing for fuel in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 16. T

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A man walks past long-distance passenger buses queuing for fuel in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 16. The Himalayan nation has faced problems bringing in supplies of food and fuel as routes from India have been blocked by protesters opposing Nepal’s new constitution

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) looks at a Ukrainian flag brought from an eastern regio

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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) looks at a Ukrainian flag brought from an eastern region of the country where a military conflict took place, during his visit to an exhibition of new Ukrainian military equipment in Kiev, Ukraine on October 14

China's President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People i

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China's President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 14. Xi heaped praise on Britain for what he called a "visionary and strategic choice" to strengthen commercial ties with China, ahead of his state visit to the United Kingdom

A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany on October 16

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A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany on October 16. On the verge of collapse a decade ago, Sweden's Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has emerged as the market leader in a booming industry set to supply billions of touch fingerprint sensors for smartphones, tablets and credit cards in the years ahead

A man walks past Ferrari cars during an annual fall drive, organised by a Ferrari club, in Fishkill,

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A man walks past Ferrari cars during an annual fall drive, organised by a Ferrari club, in Fishkill, New York on October 18. The Italian luxury carmaker’s initial public offering (IPO) raised $893 million on October 20, valuing the company at almost $10 billion, as enthusiasts snapped up the shares alongside institutional investors

Yemeni soldiers trained by Saudi Arabia drive past empty gas tankers near the Marib oil fields, Yeme

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Yemeni soldiers trained by Saudi Arabia drive past empty gas tankers near the Marib oil fields, Yemen on October 15. Marib is a city that is heavily armed even by Yemeni standards, where the ready availability of weapons helped start a civil war and is now preventing anyone coming out on top. Yemenis often say there are three guns for every person in the country

A view of the cityscape of Athens, Greece on October 18. Experts from the European Union and the Int

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A view of the cityscape of Athens, Greece on October 18. Experts from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund have identified the lack of legal certainty about property rights as a major barrier to investment, proper taxation and economic development. Greece is on its third EU-IMF bailout. Each of those programmes has made a priority of completing a land register, which is still less than half done despite spending hundreds of millions of euros

A worker separates casting joints of gearboxes inside a small-scale automobile manufacturing unit in

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A worker separates casting joints of gearboxes inside a small-scale automobile manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad on October 12. India’s industrial output grew a better-than-expected 6.4 percent in August compared with a downwardly revised 4.1 percent growth a month ago, government data showed

A crane is seen at a construction site for a new commercial building in Beijing, China on October 15

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A crane is seen at a construction site for a new commercial building in Beijing, China on October 15. China’s economic growth is expected to slow to 6.5 percent in 2016 from an expected 6.8 percent in 2015, even as the central bank eases policy further to ward off a sharper slowdown, a Reuters poll showed

A general view of old buildings in Cairo, Egypt on October 7. When Abu Dhabi-run contractor Arabtec

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A general view of old buildings in Cairo, Egypt on October 7. When Abu Dhabi-run contractor Arabtec signed a deal with the Egyptian government for a high-profile housing project it was seen as a sign of the Gulf Arab state’s support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. But the project announced in March 2014 and a pillar of Sisi's election campaign, has stalled, possibly risking his reputation and highlighting Egypt's habit of promising grandiose ventures and then struggling to deliver