STRUNG OUT: A model presents a creation by US designer Jeremy Scott during the Autumn/Winter 2007/2008 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. (Pierre Verdy, AFP)
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TALL ORDER: Pakistani national, and possibly the world's tallest man, Haq Nawaz (19) touches the ceiling of a hotel lobby outside Kuala Lumpur. (Tengku Bahar, AFP)
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IN THEIR PLACE: Indian men protect themselves with leather shields as women beat them with wooden sticks during the Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana, India. (AFP)
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BLACK AND WHITE: Five-thousand amateur chorus members, along with an orchestra conducted by Shunji Aratani, perform Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No 9 at the 23rd annual concert at Kokugikan hall in Tokyo. (Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP)
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A HAIRY TALE: A model presents a creation by Russian designer Alena Akhmadullina during the Autumn/Winter 2007/2008 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. (Francois Gulliot, AFP)
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MORE THAN FRIENDS: Protesters wearing masks of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush kiss during the Anti-War march through the streets of Central London. (Leon Neal, AFP)
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EASY ON: A condom applicator, designed by the Cape Town design company, XYZ's Roelf Mulder, is shown at the Design Indaba Expo. (Roger Bosch, AFP)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR: A Chinese man wears a piggy hat to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a carnival in Beijing. (AFP)
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COOL CHARACTER: Blondie the dog holds an Oscar statue waiting for tourists' tips in a bar at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. (AFP)
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WHAT A TOSS: Participants in the 2007 Parliamentary pancake race undertake a practice session on College Green in aid of charity early on Shrove Tuesday morning outside the Houses of Parliament in London. (Adrian Dennis, AFP)
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