Snapshots of the Fortnight (July 18 - August 01, 2012)

Published: Aug 3, 2012

Rings representing both the Olympics and the Industrial Revolution are lit and lifted during the Ope

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Rings representing both the Olympics and the Industrial Revolution are lit and lifted during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium

North Korea's Un Guk Kim reacts after a successful lift in the men's 62 kg Group A weightlif

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North Korea's Un Guk Kim reacts after a successful lift in the men's 62 kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Nordine Oubaali of France (L) fights against Afghanistan's Ajmal Faisal in the men's Fly (52

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Nordine Oubaali of France (L) fights against Afghanistan's Ajmal Faisal in the men's Fly (52 kg) Round of 32 boxing match at the ExCeL venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games

South Korea’s Shin A Lam reacts after being defeated by Germany’s Britta Heidemann (not

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South Korea’s Shin A Lam reacts after being defeated by Germany’s Britta Heidemann (not seen) during their women’s épée individual semi final fencing competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Denise Paba, who lost her six-year-old niece Veronica Moser, cries during a memorial for victims beh

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Denise Paba, who lost her six-year-old niece Veronica Moser, cries during a memorial for victims behind the theatre where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora, Colorado. The gunman killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie

James Eagan Holmes, the man accused of shooting dead 12 people in a Colorado movie theatre during t

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James Eagan Holmes, the man accused of shooting dead 12 people in a Colorado movie theatre during the midnight screening of the new Batman movie, made his first appearance in court, sitting silently in a red jailhouse jump suit and with his hair dyed bright red

A member of the group Traffic Psychologists fixes his clown nose in a toilet of a petrol station in

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A member of the group Traffic Psychologists fixes his clown nose in a toilet of a petrol station in preparation for his performance at a traffic light in Sao Paulo July 23, 2012. Traffic Psychologists is a non-profit non-governmental organisation which aims to humanise traffic and reduce the level of stress caused to drivers

Performers of a mobile Ukrainian circus promote their show with the main attraction, a two-year-old

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Performers of a mobile Ukrainian circus promote their show with the main attraction, a two-year-old brown bear cub, on the streets of Lutsk, about 400 km east of Kiev, on July 24, 2012

Police and wildlife rangers stand next to a dead humpback whale lying in a rock pool at Newport beac

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Police and wildlife rangers stand next to a dead humpback whale lying in a rock pool at Newport beach in Sydney August 1, 2012. The 30-tonne whale was washed up in the ocean swimming pool

A Kayapo Indian takes a dip in the Sao Miguel River during the ‘Meeting of Traditional Culture

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A Kayapo Indian takes a dip in the Sao Miguel River during the ‘Meeting of Traditional Cultures of Chapada dos Veadeiros’ in a multi-ethnic village in Goias. The annual event, currently in its 12th edition, celebrates Brazilian popular culture and the intersection between the various manifestations of traditional culture around the Midwest and across the country. It lasts from July 20-28

A man takes a nap on an inflatable sofa floating on a flooded street near the Yangtze River in China

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A man takes a nap on an inflatable sofa floating on a flooded street near the Yangtze River in China's southwest Chongqing municipality. Torrential rain has swept through 17 provincial areas since July 20, leaving 95 dead and another 45 missing

A member of Australian Dance Company Chunky Move performs during a rehearsal of their show Glow in S

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A member of Australian Dance Company Chunky Move performs during a rehearsal of their show Glow in Sao Paulo on July 27, 2012. The spectacle was created by Australian choreographer Gideon Obarzanek and German interactive software creator Frieder Weiss, utilising interactive video technologies which is generated in real time in response to the dancer’s movement

Jessica Stansfield poses for a photo below an enormous uprooted tree in Elmira, New York, after the

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Jessica Stansfield poses for a photo below an enormous uprooted tree in Elmira, New York, after the town was hit by a tornado. Severe thunderstorms unleashed heavy rain and strong winds across parts of the Midwest and Northeast on July 26, grounding hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. The storms spawned a tornado that touched down in Elmira, New York, damaging a mall and a
local country club

People ride with their belongings on a wooden bicycle as they flee from renewed fighting between Co

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People ride with their belongings on a wooden bicycle as they flee from renewed fighting between Congolese army and M23 rebels near the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Congolese rebels and government forces traded heavy weapons fire around two eastern villages, forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the provincial capital days ahead of a regional summit due to tackle the rebellion

An inmate spends time with her child at the courtyard of a “children’s home” locat

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An inmate spends time with her child at the courtyard of a “children’s home” located inside a female prison camp, in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The children of female offenders that were born when their mothers were in pre-trial detention or in prison camps, live in the “children’s home” under the care of civilian tutors and officers of the regional penitentiary system up till the age of about three, after which they are released to their relatives or sent to a civilian orphanage. The mothers also receive exemption from some of their usual duties and tasks in order to have daily contact with their children, according to the camp’s administration

Maria Delgado (C), who lost three children, all victims of violence, poses next to volunteers holdin

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Maria Delgado (C), who lost three children, all victims of violence, poses next to volunteers holding a picture of her in front of their faces, during a protest in Caracas on July 28, 2012. The protest is part of a project called “Esperanza” (hope) that makes a call for peace through art

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