Photos of the fortnight (July 20 to Aug 18)

Published: Aug 19, 2015

Benjamin Aceituno reaches for a photo frame of his son, Juan Carlos Aceituno, who disappeared during

Image by : Jorge Cabrera / Reuters

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Benjamin Aceituno reaches for a photo frame of his son, Juan Carlos Aceituno, who disappeared during his journey through Mexico to reach the US, in a town in Honduras, on August 12. A group of Argentine forensic scientists has gathered in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, hoping to help provide answers about the fate of the missing by building a DNA database from their family members

An Afghan boy plays on a merry-go-round on a hill top in Kabul on July 20. Kabul was rocked by separ

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An Afghan boy plays on a merry-go-round on a hill top in Kabul on July 20. Kabul was rocked by separate explosions near the police academy in the first week of August which left at least 35 people dead and over a hundred injured

Boys help members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to load parcels of medical and humanitarian aid in

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Boys help members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to load parcels of medical and humanitarian aid in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, on July 23. Damascus should allow greater humanitarian access to people in need inside Syria, United Nations’ aid chief Stephen O’Brien said after his first visit to the country on August 17

Mitsuro Sudo, 66, poses for a photograph during a protest near Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nu

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Mitsuro Sudo, 66, poses for a photograph during a protest near Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, on August 8. Japan on August 13 restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011 which resulted in a series of meltdowns. The plant’s second reactor could be restarted in October. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe reassured the citizens that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe. The head of Japan's atomic watchdog also said that the new safety regime meant a repeat of the Fukushima disaster would not happen, but protesters outside the Sendai plant were not convinced

People gather at Tahrir Square to celebrate the opening of the New Suez Canal in Cairo, Egypt, on Au

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People gather at Tahrir Square to celebrate the opening of the New Suez Canal in Cairo, Egypt, on August 7. Egypt received massive international support as it inaugurated a major extension of the Suez Canal which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hopes will power an economic turnaround in the Arab world's most populous country

Businessmen are reflected in a fountain outside an office building in Tokyo, Japan, on August 14. Be

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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

A drone operated by paramilitary police flies over the site of explosions in Binhai new district in

Image by : Kim Kyung-Hoon / 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

A woman walks past a stranded car as she tries to cross a flooded tunnel in Wuhan, Hubei province, C

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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

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos reacts as deputies disrupt his speech during a night parlia

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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

A grouse sits on Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's head as he visits a facility in Rize, Turkey

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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 Party and the main opposition CHP broke down, making an autumn election almost inevitable and leaving the ruling party having to turn to the nationalist MHP for support

The police use water cannons to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Srinagar on August 10.

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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

Gamers play the ‘StarCraft II’, developed by Blizzard Entertainment during the Gamescom

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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.

A female boar and her piglets cross a street in Gdynia, Poland, on July 25. Poland’s wild boar

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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