Snapshots of the Fortnight (8-20 June 2012)

Sports and war, life and celebration, belief and prayer among this fortnight�s pictures

Published: Jun 22, 2012

Portugal's Joao Moutinho falls over Netherlands' Jetro Willems during their Group B Euro 201

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Portugal's Joao Moutinho falls over Netherlands' Jetro Willems during their Group B Euro 2012 soccer match at Metalist stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 17, 2012

A puppy sits between US Army soldiers of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division,

Image by : Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

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A puppy sits between US Army soldiers of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne Division, as they secure an area during a patrol in Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, June 12, 2012

Afghan boys look at a US Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to the 82nd Airborne Divisi

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Afghan boys look at a US Army soldier of 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, in the Zharay district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, June 10, 2012

Shams al-Mohamad, a 6-year-old Syrian girl, lies on a stretcher as she looks at her sister Marwa at

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Shams al-Mohamad, a 6-year-old Syrian girl, lies on a stretcher as she looks at her sister Marwa at a hospital in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, June 14, 2012. According to their mother, Shams and Marwa were wounded two days ago when a shell hit their house during fighting between Syrian troops and anti-government forces in the Syrian town of Qusair

Plain clothes police officers arrest a soccer fan during clashes before the Group A Euro 2012 soccer

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Plain clothes police officers arrest a soccer fan during clashes before the Group A Euro 2012 soccer match between Poland and Russia in Warsaw June 12, 2012

A coal miner hides behind shields, which read "miners", as he fires a home-made rocket dur

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A coal miner hides behind shields, which read "miners", as he fires a home-made rocket during a clash with Spanish national riot police inside the "El Soton" coal mine in El Entrego, near Oviedo, northern Spain, June 15, 2012

A gang member and inmate looks through a hole on a prison wall in Quetzaltepeque, on the outskirts o

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A gang member and inmate looks through a hole on a prison wall in Quetzaltepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 16, 2012. Saturday marked the 100th day of an unprecedented truce between two violent Salvadoran gangs to reduce the high rate of homicides in the Central American country, which has begun to yield the expected results, said the Catholic church. The leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang and their rival 18, decided last March to end the fighting and killing among them to reduce the alarming murder rates in the impoverished country

A woman prepares to swallow a live fish that has been dipped in homemade medicine during a camp in t

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A woman prepares to swallow a live fish that has been dipped in homemade medicine during a camp in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, June 8, 2012

An Indian Myna holds a praying mantis in its beak to feed chicks in a nest built inside the wall of

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An Indian Myna holds a praying mantis in its beak to feed chicks in a nest built inside the wall of an underpass in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi June 8, 2012

Rafael Nadal of Spain (C) celebrates with staff members and family after winning the men's singl

Image by : Francois Lenoir / Reuters

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Rafael Nadal of Spain (C) celebrates with staff members and family after winning the men's singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, June 11, 2012

Maria Sharapova of Russia poses with her trophy in the dressing room after winning the women's s

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Maria Sharapova of Russia poses with her trophy in the dressing room after winning the women's singles final match against Sara Errani of Italy during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 9, 2012

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the US side to the Canadian side over the Hor

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Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the US side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 15, 2012

Children play as seawater rushes onto the steps of the Haji Ali Shrine in Mumbai, June 13, 2012

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Children play as seawater rushes onto the steps of the Haji Ali Shrine in Mumbai, June 13, 2012

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