Snapshots of the Fortnight (August 29-September 12, 2012)

Published: Sep 14, 2012

A diver takes part in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Competition at the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy near St

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A diver takes part in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Competition at the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy near St David's in Pembrokeshire, Wales on September 7, 2012. Competitors dive from a platform 27 metres above the sea level and enter the water at 85-90kph during this two-day international competition, which is being hosted by the United Kingdom for the first time

A youth jumps during a Parkour practice from the top of a seven-floor building in Taizhou, Zhejiang

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A youth jumps during a Parkour practice from the top of a seven-floor building in Taizhou, Zhejiang province on September 2, 2012. Parkour is a method of movement, originally from France, whose practitioners use techniques of vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping to leap over or move around obstacles

A member of the Edmonton Eskimos cheer squad flies through the air during the first half of their CF

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A member of the Edmonton Eskimos cheer squad flies through the air during the first half of their CFL football game against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Alberta on September 3, 2012

Models present creations by designer Guillermina Baeza at the Mercedes-Benz Spring/Summer 2013 Fashi

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Models present creations by designer Guillermina Baeza at the Mercedes-Benz Spring/Summer 2013 Fashion Week in Madrid on September 3, 2012

Models present creations from the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion

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Models present creations from the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week on September 10, 2012

Britain's Jonnie Peacock (R) wins the Men's 100m T44 classification final at the Olympic Sta

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Britain's Jonnie Peacock (R) wins the Men's 100m T44 classification final at the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Paralympic Games on September 6, 2012

Natalia Partyka of Poland serves during her Women's Singles C10 table tennis classification matc

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Natalia Partyka of Poland serves during her Women's Singles C10 table tennis classification match against Umran Ertis of Turkey at the London 2012 Paralympic Games on August 30, 2012. The world number one who was a gold medallist both in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics, is also the only female athlete to be competing in both the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

A boy swims in the Triveni River at Panauti in Kavre, on the outskirts of Nepal's capital Kathma

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A boy swims in the Triveni River at Panauti in Kavre, on the outskirts of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on September 1, 2012

Serena Williams of the US poses with her trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in thei

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Serena Williams of the US poses with her trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in their women's singles finals match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York on September 9, 2012

Britain's Prince Harry laughs during the WellChild awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hote

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Britain's Prince Harry laughs during the WellChild awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in London on September 3, 2012. Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself on Monday when he made his first official public appearance, since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a crane as he sits in a motorised deltaplane at Yamalo-Nen

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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a crane as he sits in a motorised deltaplane at Yamalo-Nenets district on September 5, 2012. Putin, who has tracked a Siberian tiger and posed with a polar bear, on Wednesday, took his love for wildlife to new heights by flying with cranes - to lead them on a migration route

The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky over Lower Manhattan in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on

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The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky over Lower Manhattan in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on the 11th anniversary in New York on September 11, 2012

A protester reacts as the US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed gr

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A protester reacts as the US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group, said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States, on September 11, 2012. An American staff member of the US Consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound. Armed gunmen clashed with Libyan security forces on Tuesday evening before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire

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