Snapshots of the Fortnight (September28 - October09, 2012)

Published: Oct 12, 2012

Residents dressed as wrestlers stand outside a house during festivities for Saint Michael the Archan

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Residents dressed as wrestlers stand outside a house during festivities for Saint Michael the Archangel in the town of Zacualpan de Amilpas, on the outskirts of Cuernavaca, on September 30, 2012. According to local media, the community held a carnival in honour of their patron, Saint Michael the Archangel, to thank him for the autumn harvest

A dog looks back at a competitor as it catches a wave during the Surf City Surf Dog contest in Hunti

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A dog looks back at a competitor as it catches a wave during the Surf City Surf Dog contest in Huntington Beach held on September 30, 2012

A Belarusian interior ministry officer jumps over an obstacle with his guard dog as they take

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A Belarusian interior ministry officer jumps over an obstacle with his guard dog as they take part in a show of skills competition on October 4, 2012, ahead of the ministry's 60th anniversary, at their base near the village of Gorany, some 32 km (20 miles) west of Minsk

A fighter of the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade holds his weapon as he gets a haircut inside a b

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A fighter of the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade holds his weapon as he gets a haircut inside a barber's kiosk in the central market area of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, about 500 km (310 miles) south of Mogadishu, in this October 7, 2012 handout photo taken and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team

Amazonian Indians, fishermen and local residents react as a helicopter flies over them as they block

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Amazonian Indians, fishermen and local residents react as a helicopter flies over them as they block heavy machinery being used to construct the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in protest against the violation of their rights, in Vitoria do Xingu near Altamira on October 9, 2012

Juan Carlos Castano, 43, turns on the TV in his emptied-out bedroom as he waits for the judicial com

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Juan Carlos Castano, 43, turns on the TV in his emptied-out bedroom as he waits for the judicial commission to carry out his eviction in Madrid on September 28, 2012. Castano, a Spanish national who came from his native Colombia to Spain in 2000, stopped making mortgage payments after becoming unemployed in late 2009

Chris Gayle of the West Indies cricket team celebrates winning the ICC World Twenty20 2012 final aga

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Chris Gayle of the West Indies cricket team celebrates winning the ICC World Twenty20 2012 final against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 7, 2012

Tourists gather on the Great Wall of China outside Beijing on October 3, 2012. Major tourist destina

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Tourists gather on the Great Wall of China outside Beijing on October 3, 2012. Major tourist destinations around China are witnessing travel peaks during the eight-day mid-autumn Festival and National Day holidays that run through until Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported

Christian pilgrims take part in a group baptism exercise in the waters of the Jordan River on Octobe

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Christian pilgrims take part in a group baptism exercise in the waters of the Jordan River on October 3, 2012 at Yardenit in northern Israel. An estimated 100,000 Christian worshippers make their pilgrimage to the Holy Land each year and one of their most sacred rituals is being immersed in the biblical river where, according to Christian beliefs, Jesus Christ was baptised by John the Baptist

Judges congregate in Westminster Abbey before their Annual Service of Thanksgiving on October 1, 201

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Judges congregate in Westminster Abbey before their Annual Service of Thanksgiving on October 1, 2012, in London. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional religious service; judges arrive from the Royal Courts of Justice and afterwards proceed to The Houses of Parliament where the Lord Chancellor hosts a reception

The installation 'Sheltered Position' of German artist Sabine Reyer shows 100 Barbie dolls d

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The installation 'Sheltered Position' of German artist Sabine Reyer shows 100 Barbie dolls draped in burkas at the Ruhr-Biennale in Dortmund on October 7, 2012. The second Ruhr Biennale will host the exhibition from October 7 until December 12

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