Snapshots of the Fortnight (June 20 � July 03, 2012)

Published: Jul 9, 2012

A boy enjoys lying down in mud while celebrating the Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west o

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A boy enjoys lying down in mud while celebrating the Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields

A rider rears up on his horse surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Jo

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A rider rears up on his horse surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca. The riders of the horses represent the different classes of ancient Ciutadella society—nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers

A crane removes the carcass of a 40-year-old elephant called Chanchal after it was hit by a truck an

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A crane removes the carcass of a 40-year-old elephant called Chanchal after it was hit by a truck and killed at the Noida expressway on the outskirts of New Delhi on June 29, 2012. Chanchal was a pet kept by a resident

Guests enjoy a ‘Dinner in the Sky’ on a platform hanging in front of the Cinquantenaire

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Guests enjoy a ‘Dinner in the Sky’ on a platform hanging in front of the Cinquantenaire park in Brussels. Dinner in the Sky accommodates 22 guests, seated at a table suspended from a crane at a height of 40 metres

People wave during the inauguration trip of the world’s first open-air double-decker cable car

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People wave during the inauguration trip of the world’s first open-air double-decker cable car system, the newly-built ‘Cabrio’, on the Stanserhorn mountain, near Lucerne, Switzerland. The lake and the city of Lucerne are seen in the background

Around 1,700 naked volunteers pose for American artist Spencer Tunick in downtown Munich

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Around 1,700 naked volunteers pose for American artist Spencer Tunick in downtown Munich

People in their underwear queue up as they wait to get clothes for free, outside a clothing store in

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People in their underwear queue up as they wait to get clothes for free, outside a clothing store in Madrid. A clothing brand marked the start of sales in Madrid by offering the first 100 customers clothes for free as long as they showed up in their underwear

Spain’s national team soccer players celebrate on top of a bus with their supporters a day aft

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Spain’s national team soccer players celebrate on top of a bus with their supporters a day after their victory at the Euro 2012 in central Madrid on July 2, 2012. Spaniards seized on their Euro 2012 triumph as a source of restored national pride after months of economic anxieties, as celebrations were set to reach fever pitch on Monday with a victory parade in the capital

A supporter celebrates with the horse after jockey Luigi Bruschelli of the Onda (Wave) parish won th

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A supporter celebrates with the horse after jockey Luigi Bruschelli of the Onda (Wave) parish won the Palio race in Siena on July 2, 2012. Almost every year without fail since the mid-1600s, 10 riders compete bareback on July 2 and August 16, around Siena's shell-shaped central square in a bid to win the Palio, a silk banner depicting the Madonna and child

Support and medical personnel carry International Space Station (ISS) crew member Flight Engineer Do

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Support and medical personnel carry International Space Station (ISS) crew member Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA (centre, front) shortly after the landing of Soyuz TMA-03M capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan on July 1, 2012. Pettit, together with Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency, completed their six-and-a-half-month mission on the International Space Station, according to NASA

A 49-year-old electric bike mechanic who identified himself only as Wu welds a component to fit onto

Image by : Sheng Li / Reuters

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A 49-year-old electric bike mechanic who identified himself only as Wu welds a component to fit onto his newly-made robot (right) at his repair shop in Shenyang, in China. Wu spent 10 days to make this robot which can walk and pump up tires by itself

A man is seen photographing the full moon in Brasilia, Brazil

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A man is seen photographing the full moon in Brasilia, Brazil

The sun reflects off the club as Tiger Woods hits off on the seventh tee during the final round of t

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The sun reflects off the club as Tiger Woods hits off on the seventh tee during the final round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland on July 1, 2012