Snapshots of the Fortnight (September28 - October09, 2012)

Oct 12, 2012, 06:29 IST1 min
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Amazonian Indians, fishermen and local residents react as a helicopter flies over them as they block heavy machinery being used to construct the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in protest against the violation of their rights, in Vitoria do Xingu near Altamira on October 9, 2012
Image by Lunae Parracho / Reuters
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Juan Carlos Castano, 43, turns on the TV in his emptied-out bedroom as he waits for the judicial commission to carry out his eviction in Madrid on September 28, 2012. Castano, a Spanish national who came from his native Colombia to Spain in 2000, stopped making mortgage payments after becoming unemployed in late 2009
Image by Susana Vera / Reuters
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Chris Gayle of the West Indies cricket team celebrates winning the ICC World Twenty20 2012 final against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 7, 2012
Image by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images
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Tourists gather on the Great Wall of China outside Beijing on October 3, 2012. Major tourist destinations around China are witnessing travel peaks during the eight-day mid-autumn Festival and National Day holidays that run through until Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported
Image by Reuters
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Christian pilgrims take part in a group baptism exercise in the waters of the Jordan River on October 3, 2012 at Yardenit in northern Israel. An estimated 100,000 Christian worshippers make their pilgrimage to the Holy Land each year and one of their most sacred rituals is being immersed in the biblical river where, according to Christian beliefs, Jesus Christ was baptised by John the Baptist
Image by Uriel Sinai / Getty Images
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Judges congregate in Westminster Abbey before their Annual Service of Thanksgiving on October 1, 2012, in London. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional religious service judges arrive from the Royal Courts of Justice and afterwards proceed to The Houses of Parliament where the Lord Chancellor hosts a reception
Image by Oli Scarff / Getty Images
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The installation 'Sheltered Position' of German artist Sabine Reyer shows 100 Barbie dolls draped in burkas at the Ruhr-Biennale in Dortmund on October 7, 2012. The second Ruhr Biennale will host the exhibition from October 7 until December 12
Image by Ina Fassbender / Reuters

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