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No handicap: German star-violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter (L) and host Nina Eichinger (R) look on as hornist Felix Klieser, born without arms, plays his instrument in Munich, southern Germany, during a press conference on the “Echo Klassik” classical music award. The “Echo Klassik” prizes will be awarded in the Bavarian capital.
No handicap: German star-violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter (L) and host Nina Eichinger (R) look on as hornist Felix Klieser, born without arms, plays his instrument in Munich, southern Germany, during a press conference on the “Echo Klassik” classical music award. The “Echo Klassik” prizes will be awarded in the Bavarian capital. Photo: AFP/ URSULA DUEREN

Gum homage: A picture shows pieces of chewing-gum stuck on a tree near the grave of US singer Jim Morrison at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. From flowers and portraits of Morrison to chewed chewing-gum stuck on a nearby tree, homages of all sorts are laid at the tomb of The Doors’ singer, who died at 27 in Paris on July 3, 1971.
Gum homage: A picture shows pieces of chewing-gum stuck on a tree near the grave of US singer Jim Morrison at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. From flowers and portraits of Morrison to chewed chewing-gum stuck on a nearby tree, homages of all sorts are laid at the tomb of The Doors’ singer, who died at 27 in Paris on July 3, 1971. Photo: AFP/ JOEL SAGET

Robot dance: Children enjoy as a dancer dressed as a robot with LED lights on his legs, arms, head and body performs during an electronic dance music party at a night club in New York. The music’s thumping, the dance floor’s packed and the bar’s busy. Welcome to one of New York’s hottest nightclubs and a new generation of clubbers: six-year-olds. The VIP Room threw open its doors to children aged six to 12 to give them a taste of the nightclub, electronic music and dance scene New York’s uber trendy Meatpacking District.
Robot dance: Children enjoy as a dancer dressed as a robot with LED lights on his legs, arms, head and body performs during an electronic dance music party at a night club in New York. The music’s thumping, the dance floor’s packed and the bar’s busy. Welcome to one of New York’s hottest nightclubs and a new generation of clubbers: six-year-olds. The VIP Room threw open its doors to children aged six to 12 to give them a taste of the nightclub, electronic music and dance scene New York’s uber trendy Meatpacking District. Photo: AFP /Jewel Samad






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