Glimpses of the Fortnight That Was

The first anniversary of Egypt’s uprising and the Australian Open were some of the highlights of January 2012

Feb 06, 2012, 06:28 IST1 min

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Palestinian children play in the Zeitoon neighbourhood in Gaza City

Image by Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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US President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama while making a phone call to inform John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica was rescued by US Special Operations Forces in Somalia

Image by Reuters

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Demonstrators pray at Tahrir square during a protest marking the first anniversary of Egypt's uprising in Cairo

Image by Suhaib Salem / Reuters

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Members of the Ruch Palikota Party wear masks during a vote of no confidence for health minister Bartosz Arlukowicz in Poland's parliament in Warsaw

Image by Agencja Gazeta / Reuters

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Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus to take part in a peace march in Kolkata

Image by Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

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Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing

Image by Jason Lee / Reuters

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Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones of France perform during their ice dance, free dance routine at the European Figure Skating Championships at Sheffield, northern England

Image by Phil Noble / Reuters