Pictures of the fortnight (May 25 - June 8)

Jun 10, 2015, 06:31 IST1 min
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Lightning strikes the Alpine mountains over Garmisch-Partenkirchen as balloons, made by the ‘ONE’ campaigning organisation, depicting leaders of the G7 countries are inflated on June 7.
Image by Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves after a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 2. Blatter resigned as FIFA president, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term and six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials on charges of racketeering and bribery
Image by Ruben Sprich / Reuters
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Bradley Wiggins pedals during his attempt to break cycling's hour record at the Olympic Velodrome in East London, Britain, on June 7, 2015. Wiggins added the UCI world hour record to his extensive career honours tally when he smashed the mark set by fellow Briton Alex Dowsett last month by covering 54.526 km in the London Olympic Velodrome
Image by Andrew Winning / Reuters
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The Barcelona team celebrates after winning the UEFA Champions League in Berlin on June 7. Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 in the final that captured the imagination of the world
Image by Darren Staples / Reuters
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before his speech at a parliamentary session to brief lawmakers over the ongoing talks with the country's lenders, in Athens, Greece, on June 5. Tsipras branded a cash-for-reforms proposal by his country's creditors an ‘absurd’ one that he cannot accept and said he hoped it would be taken back
Image by Konstantinidis / Reuters

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