Snapshots of the Fortnight (November 16 - November 30)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif (second right) in the presence of Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala (centre) during the closing session of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu on November 27, 2014. A brief meeting between Modi and his Pakistani counterpart appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid