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Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)

May 29, 2015, 06:01 IST5 min
 US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a news conference with Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on May 12, 2015 <br />
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US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a news conference with Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on May 12, 2015
Image by Joshua Roberts / Reuters
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Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza kicks the ball during a soccer game with his friends in Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 20, 2015. Nkurunziza on Wednesday urged more than 110,000 people who have fled political violence in the last month to return home, saying "99.9 percent" of the impoverished East African nation was peaceful and safe. Conflict has been brewing in Burundi after President
Image by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
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Honda Motor Co Chairman and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) head Fumihiko Ike (centre) is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo on May 21, 2015. Ike said he hopes for an interim report on the cause of Takata Corp's air bag problems by the end of the year from any one of the teams investigating the issue
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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
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A student of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college prepares backstage before a dress rehearsal of a performance by graduates of the college at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on May 12, 2015. The annual performance showcases the work of students from across Russia who study or have studied at the well-known school
Image by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
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Brazil's Corinthians fans cheer their team during Copa Libertadores soccer match against Paraguay's Guaraní in Sao Paulo on May 13, 2015
Image by Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
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An Iraqi Sunni displaced woman, who fled from the violence in the city of Ramadi, carries her child on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2015. Iraqi security forces on Tuesday deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters, who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers
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A large banner supporting a &lsquoYes&rsquo vote to legalise same sex marriage hangs from a building in the Quays area of Dublin in Ireland on May 19, 2015. The poll result on May 23 indicated that 62 percent voters said &lsquoyes&rsquo to the move. Irish voters backed the introduction of gay marriage by a margin of as much as two-to-one and became the first country to approve the policy
Image by Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
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Alexei Samokhin (centre), a 90-year-old World War II veteran and companion of the Order of Glory, watches an honour guard from the youth's patriotic organisation marching at a memorial for victims of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia on May 7, 2015. The Order of Glory is the Soviet Army's highest acknowledgement for bravery in the face of the en
Image by Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
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A man feeds pigeons near the debris of a collapsed temple on May 14, 2015, after a massive earthquake in Kathmandu which killed over 8,500 people. Three-hundred people are reported to be missing after the tragedy
Image by Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

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