Snapshots of the Fortnight (May 12 to 24)

May 29, 2012, 03:20 IST2 min
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A baby cries as Pope Benedict XVI strokes his cheeks after the weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 16, 2012
Image by Giampiero Sposito / Reuters
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Yawalapiti children climb a tree to jump into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, May 7, 2012. In August the Yawalapiti tribe will hold the Quarup, which is a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them. This year the Quarup will be honouring two people - a Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil
Image by Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
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Samuel Pizzetti of Italy competes in the men's 1500m freestyle final during the 2012 European Swimming Championship in Debrecen May 23, 2012
Image by Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
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Military cadets march during a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22, 2012. Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield by the president, in a show of defiance one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal
Image by Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi / Reuters
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An Afghan boy pushes a wheelbarrow next to U.S. Army soldiers of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division who are securing an area during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army in the town of Senjaray, Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan
Image by Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
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Jake Vold of Ponoka, Alberta rides a bronco during the 94th Annual Falkland Stampede in Falkland, British Columbia May 20, 2012. The stampede began as a community picnic to celebrate the end of the First World War in 1919 and eventually grew and became a professional rodeo in 1970
Image by Andy Clark / Reuters
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Visitors walk on a new elevated walkway as they pass by a rescued tiger at The Wild Animal Sanctuary on the prairie near Keenesburg, Colorado May 22, 2012. The 720 acre (291 hectares) sanctuary is a refuge for large carnivores such as tigers, bears and lions that have been seized from illegal or abusive cases around the world
Image by Rick Wilking / Reuters
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Unidentified people beat Svyatoslav Sheremet (L, bottom), head of Gay-Forum of Ukraine public organization, in Kiev, May 20, 2012. Sheremet was attacked after meeting with members of the media to inform them that a scheduled gay parade was cancelled. The attackers ran off when they realised members of the media were documenting the attack
Image by Anatolii Stepanov / Reuters
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Students show emotions at the 2012 Joplin High School commencement ceremony inside the Leggett and Plant Athletic Center at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri
Image by Larry Downing / Reuters

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