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Snapshots of the Fortnight (May 15-30)

Jun 01, 2013, 07:53 IST4 min
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This photo shows the approaching tornado in Moore, Oklahoma on May 20. Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb after the monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Nine children were among the dead and entire neighbourhoods vanished, with often the foundations being the only thing left of what used to be hou
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An aerial view shows the path of destruction in the aftermath of a tornado, at a neighbourhood in Moore, Oklahoma. Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out blocks of houses and killing at least 24 people
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June Simson embraces her cat Sammi after she found him standing on the rubble of her destroyed home in Moore, Oklahoma on May 21
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Sarah Dick reads a Doctor Seuss book to her three-year-old daughter Jadyn at the driveway of her tornado-destroyed house in Oklahoma City on May 22. Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings
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A child watches jellyfish swim in a large tank at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 16. The tank contains around 2,000 spotted jellyfish and is part of a major display of 15 various species from around the world
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This frame grab taken from AFPTV footage received on May 28 shows rescue workers breaking away bits of a pipe to remove a newborn baby boy stuck inside in the city of Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang. The newborn baby boy was rescued from a sewage pipe in a Chinese apartment building after being flushed down a toilet, state media said, provoking online outrage on May 28 
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits in a bus as she arrives for a visit to Cambridge on May 23
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Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members wait in the queue outside the ground before the fourth day of the first test cricket match between England and New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London on May 19
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Children run away after an explosion in Kabul on May 24. Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the centre of the Afghan capital
Image by Omar Sobhani / Reuters
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The Backstreet Boys (from 2nd L to 2nd R) Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean hold giant panda cubs as they pose for photographs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province on May 30. The band is currently on a tour in China, including stops in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu, local media reported  
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