Snapshots of the Fortnight (May 31- Jun 13)

Published: Jun 20, 2013

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Protesters run as the riot police fires teargas during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 11. Turkish riot police fired volleys of teargas canisters into Istanbul's Taksim Square, centre of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, driving thousands into narrow side streets, witnesses said

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Tens of thousands of people participate in a candlelight vigil under heavy rain at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4 to mark the 24th anniversary of the military crackdown of the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989

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Melisa Dohl watches a wall of flame as it rages through Black Forest, Colorado on June 12. Fire crews battled a wind-whipped wildfire that burnt at least 80 homes near Colorado Springs, while another blaze shut one of the state's top tourist attractions and forced the evacuation of more than 900 inmates from a prison

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Seven-year-old Floyd Kerr Jr of Colorado Springs is watching the smoke cover Black Forest area on June 8. The fire is about 15 acres near the 12600 block of Peregrine Way near Black Forest Regional Park in Colorado

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Angelina Jolie attends the premiere of 'World War Z' at Sony Centre in Berlin, Germany on June 4

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Women ride a float at the 43rd LA Pride Parade on June 9 in West Hollywood, California. More than 400,000 people are expected to attend the parade in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities

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A garden with a swimming pool is inundated by the waters of the Elbe River during floods near Magdeburg in the federal state of Saxony Anhalt on June 10. Tens of thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuated from their homes as soldiers raced to pile up sandbags to hold back rising waters in the region's worst floods in a decade

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An aerial view shows the flooded city of Kralupy nad Vltavou on June 4. The worst floods to hit the Czech Republic in a decade forced the evacuation of almost 2,700 people from low-lying areas while the rising water threatened Prague's historic centre, forced school closures and disrupted public transport

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People throw mud onto each other at a crop field during the Hucang Festival at Zhangjiajie, Hunan province on June 5. Hucang Festival is a traditional celebration among local ethnic Tujia people, who believe the muddier a person is after the celebration, the better the harvest he or she will enjoy

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A flying sushi service tray known as the ‘itray’, created using miniature remote-controlled helicopter rotor blades, is demonstrated by staff at a Yo! Sushi restaurant in London on June 10

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Journalists attend a presentation of a flying bicycle, carrying a dummy, at Letnany's fair hall in Prague on June 12. The flying bicycle, which was created by Czech designers, is kept aloft by six electrically-powered propellers

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Munduruku Indians stand guard at the offices of the Brazil's Indian affairs bureau (FUNAI) headquarters after storming the building in Brasilia on June 10. The Indians from the Amazon Basin are demonstrating against violations of indigenous rights and calling for the suspension of the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the Xingu, Teles Pires and Tapajos rivers, a huge project aimed at feeding Brazil's fast-growing demand for electricity

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A radical Orthodox believer (R) throws an egg at gay rights activists during a protest against a proposed new law termed by the State Duma as "against advocating the rejection of traditional family values" in central Moscow on June 11. Russian police detained more than 20 gay rights activists involved in a "kissing protest" outside parliament where lawmakers were preparing to pass a bill banning homosexual "propaganda"

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Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating compatriot David Ferrer in their men's singles final match to win the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on June 9. Nadal won a record-extending eighth French Open title when he beat fellow Spaniard Ferrer 6-3 6-2 6-3 in the final

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A cat sits behind a window covered in raindrops in Berlin on May 31. Meteorologists forecast further rainfall in wide parts of the country

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