Snapshots of the Fortnight (Jun 13-27)

Jun 29, 2013, 06:38 IST3 min

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Protesters from anti-hunger charity Oxfam wearing masks depicting leaders of G8 countries pose on a golf course in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland near the venue of the G8 summit at the golfing resort of Lough Erne. World leaders were close to striking a deal on pushing for peace in Syria at the G8 summit as they also tried to reach an agreement on cracking down on tax evasion

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2/11

US President Barack Obama (L) in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

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3/11

Ukrainian Internet Party activists hold a ‘tap the phone and internet lines’ protest outside the US Embassy in Kiev to attract public attention to the violation of rights following the United States Internet surveillance programme exposed by former spy Edward Snowden (on photo at R). Under the so-called PRISM programme, the US National Security Agency can issue directives to internet firms like Google or Facebook to gain access to emails, online chats, pictures, files and videos that have been uploaded by foreign users

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4/11

People take to the city centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during protests against rising rates in public transportation and the cost of staging international football tournaments

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5/11

A demonstrator is shot by rubber bullets as anti-riot police officers charge after clashes erupted during a protest against corruption and price hikes in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilians took to the streets again in several cities on a new day of mass nationwide protests, demanding better public services and bemoaning massive spending to stage the World Cup

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6/11

A demonstrator jumps over trash set afire during protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. President Dilma Rousseff sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country

Image by Victor Moriyama / Reuters

7/11

A woman is attacked by water cannon during protests in Kizilay square in central Ankara, Turkey. The unrest, in which police fired teargas and water cannon at stone-throwing protesters night after night in cities including Istanbul and Ankara, left four people dead and about 5,000 injured, according to the Turkish Medical Association

Image by Dado Ruvic / Reuters

8/11

Free Syrian Army fighters look at photos on a camera in Mouazafeen neighbourhood in Deir al-Zor

Image by Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

9/11

Palestinians watch the result of Arab Idol in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A 22-year-old singer Mohammed Assaf, from the Gaza Strip, was named the winner of Arab Idol in a TV talent contest in Beirut

Image by Mohamad Torokman / Reutes

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Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican

Image by Stefano Rellandini / Reuters