Snapshots of the Fortnight (March 7-20)

Published: Mar 22, 2013

Egyptian Al-Ahly football team supporters light flares as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, after

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Egyptian Al-Ahly football team supporters light flares as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said that killed 74 people last year. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated

A Balinese man kicks up fire during the Perang Api ritual ahead of Nyepi Day in Gianyar on the Indon

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A Balinese man kicks up fire during the Perang Api ritual ahead of Nyepi Day in Gianyar on the Indonesian island of Bali on March 11. Nyepi is a day of silence for self-reflection to celebrate the Balinese Hindu New Year, where Hindus in Bali observe meditation and fasting, but are not allowed to work, cook, light lamps or conduct any other activities

Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was burnt by a mob two days earlie

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Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was burnt by a mob two days earlier, in Badami Bagh, Lahore on March 11. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country, demanding better protection after a Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore in connection with the country’s controversial anti-blasphemy law

Parents of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injure

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Parents of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, sit inside their house in New Delhi on March 11. Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl here, hanged himself from the grill of his cell in Jail No. 3 using his clothes early that morning, according to jail officials

Cross-country skiers start during the Engadin Ski Marathon on the frozen Lake Sils near the village

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Cross-country skiers start during the Engadin Ski Marathon on the frozen Lake Sils near the village of Maloja on March 10. More than 12,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz

Tons of dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon at the foothills of Corcovado

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Tons of dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon at the foothills of Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13

Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer

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Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer (who served with the US Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan) at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on March 11. Coyer died of complications from an injury sustained in Afghanistan

A member of the media takes pictures of the parabolic antennas of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre

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A member of the media takes pictures of the parabolic antennas of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array) project at the El Llano de Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert, some 1730 km (1074 miles) north of Santiago, Chile and 5000 metres above the sea level, on March 12. ALMA has been constructed by the ESO (European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) with its partners NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) and NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory). It was inaugurated on March 13

Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli police during clashes on March 8, after Friday praye

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Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli police during clashes on March 8, after Friday prayers at a compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who had thrown rocks and firebombs at them after prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, police said

People sunbathe by the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia on March 10

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People sunbathe by the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia on March 10

Adelina Sotnikova of Russia performs during the ladies free skating at the ISU World Figure Skating

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Adelina Sotnikova of Russia performs during the ladies free skating at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario on March 16

A woman cycles as she carries baskets to sell in a market near Lapdaung Mountain in Sarlingyi Townsh

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A woman cycles as she carries baskets to sell in a market near Lapdaung Mountain in Sarlingyi Township, Burma on March 13

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