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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
We bring you a presentation of the best photos in the last 48 hours from around the world.

World's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, poses with Vanessa Egues, who is 1 metre 52 cm (4 feet 98 inch), before a news conference in Rio de Janeiro November 18. Kosen, at 2 metres 46.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch) tall, also claims the record for the largest hands and largest feet. He attended an event to promote the Guinness World Records 2011 book

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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
Lu Yong of China reacts after a missed attempt during the men's 85kg weightlifting event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
A US Marine waits in the moonlight for a helicopter to transport them home for leave from Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
An Israeli soldier sits behind concrete blocks in the village of Ghajar on the Israeli-Lebanese border on November 17, 2010. Israel said on Wednesday that it would withdraw troops from the village straddling the Lebanese border, in a gesture to the United Nations that drew residents onto the streets protesting the division of their community

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
Muslim pilgrims arrive to cast stones at pillars symbolising Satan, which is part of a pilgrimage rite, in Meena on November 17. Muslims around the world celebrated Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
Austrian swimmer Fabienne Nadarajah dives in an aquarium with blacktip sharks at 'Haus des Meeres' (House of the Ocean) in Vienna. Nadarajah 'adopted' a blacktip shark

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
China's Ji Liping (Left), Japan's Satomi Suzuki (Centre) and South Korea's Jeong Da-rae swim their women's 100m breaststroke final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
Construction takes place on The Shard building (at rear) as visitors pose on the balcony at One New Change shopping mall in London

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
A girl dressed up with horns looks past a wall backstage during the badminton competition at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:54 IST
China's Zhang Lei (Left) and Iran's Mohammad Parash crash in the men's keirin race during track cycling at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province