Snapshots of the fortnight (July 07 - July 21)

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Members of the Ku Klux Klan yell as they fly Confederate flags during a rally at the statehouse in C

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Members of the Ku Klux Klan yell as they fly Confederate flags during a rally at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, on July 18. A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group planned overlapping demonstrations after state officials removed the Confederate flag last week

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin (right) and chairman of Essar Global Directors' Board Shashi Ruia in Ufa

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Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin (right) and chairman of Essar Global Directors' Board Shashi Ruia in Ufa, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summits on July 8. Essar Oil is selling 49 percent stake to Rosneft For around $3.2 billion

(Left to right) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his French and German counterparts Laurent Fab

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(Left to right) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his French and German counterparts Laurent Fabius and Frank Walter Steinmeier along with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry (L-R) after the last plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, on July 14. Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East. The agreement limits Iran's nuclear capabilities for a decade and puts in place a tighter inspection regime in return for lifting financial and military sanctions. Indian oil firms, especially players such as ONGC and Oil India, could be in for big gains as Iran is likely to pump more crude oil into an already surplus market, pushing prices even lower

Investors have a meal in front of screens showing stock information, at a brokerage house in Hefei,

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Investors have a meal in front of screens showing stock information, at a brokerage house in Hefei, China, on July 8. The business plans and overseas ambitions of Chinese brokerages are being shelved as Beijing pushes them to use their resources to arrest a dramatic plunge in domestic equity markets that is threatening China's economic stability

Cyclists in Burundi hang on to the back of a truck outside the capital Bujumbura on July 19, as the

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Cyclists in Burundi hang on to the back of a truck outside the capital Bujumbura on July 19, as the country awaits next week's presidential elections. Each day, scores of cyclists make the 45 kilometre-downhill journey at breakneck speed from Bugarama to sell bananas, often hanging from the back of trucks for the return uphill trip

A boy walks on a street littered with cooking gas cylinders after a fire and explosions destroyed a

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A boy walks on a street littered with cooking gas cylinders after a fire and explosions destroyed a nearby gas storage during clashes between fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees and Houthi fighters in Taiz, Yemen, on July 19

A woman cries near the coffin of her relative who was among the 136 newly identified victims of the

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A woman cries near the coffin of her relative who was among the 136 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre lined up for a joint burial in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 9. The bodies of the 136 victims were transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they were buried on July 11, the anniversary of the massacre when Bosnian Serb forces slaughtered 8,000 men and boys, and buried them in mass graves. It was Europe's worst massacre since World War II

A motorcycle modified to run on rails is seen inside a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Pen

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A motorcycle modified to run on rails is seen inside a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary. It was used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, on July 15. US law enforcement officials met with agents of the Mexican attorney general's office to share information related to the Guzman’s escape from prison and coordinate efforts to apprehend him

Marylebone Cricket Club members wait for gates to open before the second Ashes Test match between Au

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Marylebone Cricket Club members wait for gates to open before the second Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Lord’s on July 16. Australia won the Test by 405 runs to level the five-match series 1-1

People relax at the public swimming pool of Schoenbrunner Bad on a sunny day in Vienna, Austria, on

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People relax at the public swimming pool of Schoenbrunner Bad on a sunny day in Vienna, Austria, on July 19. Temperatures crossed the 37 degree Celsius-mark in parts of Austria during the last weekend

Serena Williams of the US celebrates after winning the Wimbledon women’s singles final by defe

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Serena Williams of the US celebrates after winning the Wimbledon women’s singles final by defeating Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 on July 11. It was her sixth Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam win of her career

Groundstaff remove water from the course after torrential rain forced play to be suspended during th

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Groundstaff remove water from the course after torrential rain forced play to be suspended during the second round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course in S. Andrews, Scotland, on July 17

A cosplay enthusiast poses as Serasu Vikutoria of the Hellsing anime series during the "Anime F

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A cosplay enthusiast poses as Serasu Vikutoria of the Hellsing anime series during the "Anime Friends" annual event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 19. Anime Friends is one of Brazil's biggest events related to anime, manga and Japanese culture

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does her make-up before speaking at the Iowa De

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does her make-up before speaking at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, on July 17. Clinton recently said that her morning beauty routine is a daily challenge