Photos of the fortnight (July 20 to Aug 18)

Aug 19, 2015, 14:20 IST2 min

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Businessmen are reflected in a fountain outside an office building in Tokyo, Japan, on August 14. Between April and June, Japan’s economic growth contracted by 0.4 percent compared to the previous quarter, which is likely to put pressure on PM Shinzo Abe to revamp his monetary policies

Image by Thomas Peter / Reuters

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A drone operated by paramilitary police flies over the site of explosions in Binhai new district in Tianjin, China, on August 17. Many operations have resumed at China's Tianjin port after the August 12 explosions killed over 110 people and left more than 700 injured apart from disrupting business at what is an important oil, gas and bulk import harbour for Asia's biggest economy

Image by Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

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A woman walks past a stranded car as she tries to cross a flooded tunnel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on July 23. China was hit by Typhoon Soudelor which left 17 people dead. A heavy downpour also meant that several streets were flooded and public transport badly disrupted, causing inconvenience to citizens

Image by Reuters

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Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos reacts as deputies disrupt his speech during a night parliamentary session in Athens, Greece, on August 14. Greek lawmakers debated a draft bill on the latest bailout deal, which the government hopes will be approved ahead of a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels

Image by Christian Hartmann / Reuters

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A grouse sits on Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's head as he visits a facility in Rize, Turkey, on August 14. Turkey's nationalist opposition made it clear that it would not roll over and back a minority government, making Erdogan's aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look increasingly difficult. Talks on forming a grand coalition between the AK

Image by Reuters

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The police use water cannons to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Srinagar on August 10. Dozens of government employees who were demanding their long-pending arrears and a regularisation of temporary jobs were detained

Image by Danish Ismail / Reuters

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Gamers play the ‘StarCraft II’, developed by Blizzard Entertainment during the Gamescom 2015 fair in Cologne, Germany, on August 5. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, was held from August 5 to August 9.

Image by Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

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A female boar and her piglets cross a street in Gdynia, Poland, on July 25. Poland’s wild boar numbers have soared by 150 percent in the last decade, thanks to a series of mild winters and increasing number of farmers growing more cord, reports stuff.co.nz. This year’s wild boar-hunting season will run for seven months instead of the usual three

Image by Radu Sigheti / Reuters