Snapshots of the Fortnight (April 17-May02)

May 15, 2013, 10:49 IST2 min

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US President Barack Obama makes light of his wife's new bangs with a mock pictures of himself with the same hairdo in this humorous photo created by the White House shown at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on April 27. Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite

Image by Reuters

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A Free Syrian Army fighter and a boy hold up weapons on a street at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey on April 23

Image by Hamid Khatib / Reuters

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Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one-year old daughter Roshan at a former rubber factory that now serves as their shelter, near Sittwe on April 29. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said

Image by Damir Sagolj / Reuters

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard during Monihei Carnival in Cangyuan county, Yunnan province on April 30. Ethnic Wa people throw and smear muddy water onto each other during the annual Monihei festival. Wa people consider the muddy water, which contains special plant juice, sacred and as a sign of good fortune

Image by Wong Campion / Reuters

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A schoolgirl who fell ill after smelling gas at her school, cries inside an ambulance in Kabul on May 1. Over 150 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's capital fell sick after smelling gas and drinking water and were being examined for possible poisoning, hospital officials said

Image by Mohammad Ismail / Reuters

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Injured people leave an area after an explosion in Prague on April 29. The explosion in central Prague injured about a dozen people and others were trapped in a building damaged by the blast, a Reuters witness and emergency services officials said

Image by David W Cerny / Reuters

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Workers set up dust screen on a demolition site in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on April 27. According to local media, along with the city's recent environment protection acts, construction sites are required to take measures controlling dust in order to improve air quality

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Dancers perform at an open audition to join the world famous Rockettes at New York City's Radio City Music hall on April 30. Hundreds of aspiring dancers try out each year for a spot with the dance company to star in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Image by Mike Segar / Reuters

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An Indian cricket supporter kneels in front of a wax figure of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar during a promotional event at the Sydney Cricket Ground on April 20. A group of Indian cricket supporters known as the Swami Army attended the unveiling of the wax figure, which will go on permanent display at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Sydney

Image by David Gray / Reuters