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World in Pictures
November 19, 2003

Non-stop voyage around the world
日本探险家第三次环球航行

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie, who has already sailed around the world twice, launched his new yacht, the Suntory Mermaid, on Nov. 13 in preparation for another non-stop voyage around the world next year.

Paris ice ladies
巴黎冰上美人

Shizuka Arakawa of Japan performs during her ice ladies' short program at the Lalique Trophy, Friday Nov. 14 in Paris. (CT Agency)

Gangway collapses
豪华客轮舷梯倒塌

Firefighters and ambulances are seen at the bow of the Queen Mary II in France, Nov. 15. Twelve visitors died and 32 were injured when a dockside gangway to the world's biggest and most expensive cruise ship, collapsed. (CT Agency)

Green Santa Clause
绿装圣诞老人促环保

Santa Claus in green costume arrives at the Tokyo International Airport in suburban Tokyo Nov. 13 from Denmark. The green Santa will stay in Japan till Christmas Day for a promotion to protect the environment from global warming.

Artist becomes human breakfast
行为艺术家支持英传统食物

Performance artist Mark McGowan performs his artwork "Sausage, Chips and Beans" in London, Nov. 14. McGowan intends to spend 100 hours sitting in the bath of baked beans with sausages wrapped around his head and chips stuck up his nose in support of the traditional fried breakfast which he views as an important part of British culture. (CT Agency)

"Body Language" exhibit
纽约“身体语言”展览

This 2001 video installation called "The Last Minute", by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, is part of the exhibit "Corporal Identity-Body Language", at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York. The exhibit opens Nov. 14, and runs till June 4. (CT Agency)

Indonesian chocolate statue
印尼打造“巧克力人”

Indonesian chef Rahmat Kusnaedi retouches a chocolate statue of a Muslim calling for prayer at a hotel in Jakarta, Nov. 13. The statue, made of 150 kgs of pure chocolate from France, is 2.10 meters long and took one month to finish.

Korean "golden street"
汉城商业街化身“黄金大道”

A pedestrian stands on the sidewalk covered with fallen gingko leaves in a commercial business district in the center of Seoul, Nov. 11. The South Korean capital has replaced its roadside trees with gingko.

Photo source: ImagineChina