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09:43 GMT, Thursday, 12 February 2009

The Big Picture: Carrying

Wife carrying competition

Contestants take part in a wife carrying competition at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, 12 February 2009. The event in which a male contestant carries his "wife" through an obstacle race in the shortest possible time originated in Finland in the 19th century.

Photo by Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images

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