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A young man dressed as Belgium comics hero Spirou poses during the unveiliing of a mural celebrating Spirou, during the “Fete de la BD” (Illustrated Comics Festival) in Brussels.
Comic display
A young man dressed as Belgium comics hero Spirou poses during the unveiliing of a mural celebrating Spirou, during the “Fete de la BD” (Illustrated Comics Festival) in Brussels. The annual weekend festival celebrates comic strips via exhibitions, book signings, workshops and a Balloon's Day Parade with helium-inflated comic-strip heroes, life-size comic-strip characters and authors in the city’s parks.

A giant wooden hippopotamus created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman floats in the Thames in London.
Totally Thames
A giant wooden hippopotamus created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman floats in the Thames in London. The sculpture named HippopoThames is 21-metre-long (69 feet) is on display until September 28 as part of the Totally Thames Festival. Photos: AFP

One of several graffiti covering abandoned houses is seen on a house wall in Halle, Germany.
All You Can Paint
One of several graffiti covering abandoned houses is seen on a house wall in Halle, Germany. The legal graffiti is part of the AYCP (All You Can Paint) Urban Art Festival with 50 participants that turns abandoned houses into an open gallery for graffiti artists.





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