PHOTOS: Guinness on their mind, New Yorkers strip down

More than 800 people dared to bare in New York’s Times Square earlier this week to break the Guinness World Record of ‘world’s largest gathering of people in their underwear’.

However, the semi-naked revellers were miles behind the Utah Undie Run in 2011, where 2,270 people in underwear clogged the roads. Nevertheless, it was quite a spectacle for some and an utter nuisance for others.

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In this photograph, people dance while attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records for 'the most amount of people gathered in their underwear' in Times Square, New York, on Monday.

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People wearing their underwear arrive during an event in attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records' for 'the most amount of people gathered in their underwear' in Times Square, New York.

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People scream during the underwear rally at New York’s Times Square.

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A woman strips down to her underwear during  the event at New York’s Times Square.

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People attend the event in attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records' for 'the most amount of people gathered in their underwear' in Times Square, New York.

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Pedestrians take pictures during the event at New York’s Times Square.

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A man wears a mask of New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner during the underwear event at New York’s Times Square.

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A man in his underwear joins an event in attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records' for 'the most amount of people gathered in their underwear' in Times Square, New York.

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A woman in her underwear takes part in the event at New York’s Times Square on Monday.

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