Fortnight in pictures - April 10 - April 24

Published: Apr 27, 2015

Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, is seen in silhouette after delivering the keyno

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Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, is seen in silhouette after delivering the keynote address at the Women in the World summit in New York April 23, 2015

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the opening ceremony of the world's lar

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the opening ceremony of the world's largest industrial technology fair, the Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany on April 12, 2015

From left: European Council President Donald Tusk, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, EU C

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From left: European Council President Donald Tusk, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, EU Council General Secretary Uwe Corsepius, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė observe a minute of silence during a European Union extraordinary summit seeking for a solution to the migrants crisis, in Brussels on April 23, 2015. EU leaders reversed a cutback in rescue operations in the Mediterranean on Thursday to prevent record numbers of people drowning as they try to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa

A foreign woman from Zimbabwe fetches dry clothes from the fence at a camp set up to house those aff

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A foreign woman from Zimbabwe fetches dry clothes from the fence at a camp set up to house those affected by anti-immigrant violence in Chatsworth, north of Durban on April 17, 2015. South Africa sought diplomatic support from countries across the continent on Friday to defeat the "demon" of anti-immigrant violence in which at least four people have been killed over the past fortnight. Foreign nationals have complained that the South African police are failing to protect them, raising the prospect of a row between Pretoria and its neighbours, as well as stirring hostility to South Africans working abroad

Boys stand in front of an artillery shell partially buried in the ground a day after the street was

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Boys stand in front of an artillery shell partially buried in the ground a day after the street was damaged by an air strike on April 20, 2015 that hit a nearby army weapons depot, in Sana'a

Patients and companions are seen at the Cholera Treatment Center run by the Haitian Ministry of Publ

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Patients and companions are seen at the Cholera Treatment Center run by the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Port-au-Prince on April 17, 2015. Haitian officials are reporting a spike in cholera cases starting late last year and carrying over into the first three months of 2015 as an early start to the rainy season has public health workers worried. As of March 28, the Haitian Ministry of Health confirmed at least 11,721 cases of cholera, more than a 300 percent increase from the same period last year

Protesters participate in a "die in" in front of a McDonald's restaurant during demons

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Protesters participate in a "die in" in front of a McDonald's restaurant during demonstrations asking for higher wages in the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 15, 2015. Fast-food workers rallied on Wednesday for higher pay, using the April 15 tax deadline to publicise their claims that they cannot survive on the hourly wages paid by many US corporations

Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) watch as others try to rescue a farmer who hung him

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Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) watch as others try to rescue a farmer who hung himself from a tree during a rally organized by AAP, in New Delhi, April 22, 2015. The farmer hanged himself from a tree during a political rally in New Delhi on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a desperate protest against the hardship felt by many people scratching a living in rural India. Four people climbed the tree to try to save the man after he was seen hanging. They released his body to a crowd below where people tried to catch it in plastic sheets, a Reuters’s photographer at the scene witnessed.

Windows of various apartments of a high-rise residential building are seen in the western suburb of

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Windows of various apartments of a high-rise residential building are seen in the western suburb of Mumbai February 8, 2014. The cost for buying a 269 square feet (25 square meters) one-bedroom apartment in this building is around 9,293 Indian rupees ($ 150) per square feet or 2,500,000 Indian rupees ($ 40,000). The rent for an apartment in the same building is around 10,000 Indian rupees ($ 160) per month

Women wearing sevillana dresses are seen during the traditional Feria de Abril (April fair) in the A

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Women wearing sevillana dresses are seen during the traditional Feria de Abril (April fair) in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 23, 2015. The fair will run until April 26

The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background as Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills d

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The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background as Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills during Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City April 10, 2015

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