WEEK IN PHOTOS: Flaming Bull, Greased-Pole Climb, More

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Flaming Bull, Greased-Pole Climb, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Flaming Bull, Greased-Pole Climb, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Flaming Bull, Greased-Pole Climb, More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Flaming Bull, Greased-Pole Climb, More
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Jakarta, Indonesia, August 17, 2009--Competitors climb greased poles to reach prizes such as bicycles and rice cookers during 64th anniversary celebrations of the Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule.

The day was also a record breaker for Indonesia divers, who staged a mass dive of 2,861 people in North Sulawesi Province and made it into the Guinness World Records, the Jakarta Post reported.
— Photograph by Achmad Ibrahim/AP
 

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