Snapshots of the Fortnight (April 17-May02)

Published: May 15, 2013

Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers are pictured at the scene after an eight-storey building c

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Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers are pictured at the scene after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 25. Survivors cried out to rescuers from the rubble

The 16.5-metre-tall inflatable Rubber Duck art installation is seen at the Victoria Harbour in Hong

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The 16.5-metre-tall inflatable Rubber Duck art installation is seen at the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on May 2, 2013. The inflatable duck by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman will be on display in the former British colony until June 9

A woman cries amongst collapsed houses in Ya'an, Sichuan province on April 22. Hundreds of survi

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A woman cries amongst collapsed houses in Ya'an, Sichuan province on April 22. Hundreds of survivors of an earthquake that killed nearly 200 people in southwest China pushed into traffic on a main road, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police

A customs officer checks as a vehicle of a South Korean company carrying products made in inter-Kore

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A customs officer checks as a vehicle of a South Korean company carrying products made in inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea arrives at the customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) office, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the North from South Korea in Paju, north of Seoul, on April 27. Pyongyang has rejected a call for formal talks to end a standoff that forced operations at the joint industrial complex to be halted. South Korea, in turn, has said it would pull out all its remaining workers from Kaesong

US President Barack Obama makes light of his wife's new bangs with a mock pictures of himself wi

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US President Barack Obama makes light of his wife's new bangs with a mock pictures of himself with the same hairdo in this humorous photo created by the White House shown at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on April 27. Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite

A Free Syrian Army fighter and a boy hold up weapons on a street at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, ne

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A Free Syrian Army fighter and a boy hold up weapons on a street at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey on April 23

Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one-year old daughter Roshan a

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Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one-year old daughter Roshan at a former rubber factory that now serves as their shelter, near Sittwe on April 29. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said

Paramilitary policemen stand guard during Monihei Carnival in Cangyuan county, Yunnan province on Ap

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard during Monihei Carnival in Cangyuan county, Yunnan province on April 30. Ethnic Wa people throw and smear muddy water onto each other during the annual Monihei festival. Wa people consider the muddy water, which contains special plant juice, sacred and as a sign of good fortune

A schoolgirl who fell ill after smelling gas at her school, cries inside an ambulance in Kabul on Ma

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A schoolgirl who fell ill after smelling gas at her school, cries inside an ambulance in Kabul on May 1. Over 150 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's capital fell sick after smelling gas and drinking water and were being examined for possible poisoning, hospital officials said

Injured people leave an area after an explosion in Prague on April 29. The explosion in central Prag

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Injured people leave an area after an explosion in Prague on April 29. The explosion in central Prague injured about a dozen people and others were trapped in a building damaged by the blast, a Reuters witness and emergency services officials said

Workers set up dust screen on a demolition site in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on April 27. Accordin

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Workers set up dust screen on a demolition site in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on April 27. According to local media, along with the city's recent environment protection acts, construction sites are required to take measures controlling dust in order to improve air quality

Dancers perform at an open audition to join the world famous Rockettes at New York City's Radio

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Dancers perform at an open audition to join the world famous Rockettes at New York City's Radio City Music hall on April 30. Hundreds of aspiring dancers try out each year for a spot with the dance company to star in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular

An Indian cricket supporter kneels in front of a wax figure of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar dur

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An Indian cricket supporter kneels in front of a wax figure of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar during a promotional event at the Sydney Cricket Ground on April 20. A group of Indian cricket supporters known as the Swami Army attended the unveiling of the wax figure, which will go on permanent display at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Sydney