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September 9, 2009 | (Use j/k keys to navigate) ![]() ![]() |
Kayaks, kitesurfing, and cup qualifiers
This week Big Shots dives underwater in Beijing in a homemade submarine, then sneaks on top of Kuala Lumpur's Petronas towers with daredevil climber Alain Robert. In between there's the South American Freeskiing championships in La Parva, Chile, and a quarter of a million rubber ducks bobbing down the Thames in London. In a later post I'll look at the cycling season's third Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana. ( 31 photos total)

Monks play volleyball at Rabdey Dratsang in the southeastern district of Samdrup Jongkhar in Bhutan September 3. Five decades ago, Bhutan was a feudal, medieval place with no roads, proper schools or hospitals and scarcely any contact with the outside world. Today education and healthcare are free and life expectancy has risen to 66 years from less than 40. (REUTERS/Singye Wangchuk)

Amateur inventor Tao Xiangli operates his homemade submarine in a lake on the outskirts of Beijing September 3. He made the fully functional submarine, which has a periscope, depth control tanks, electric motors, manometer, and two propellers, from old oil barrels and tools which he bought at a second-hand market. He took two years to finish the submarine, which cost 30,000 yuan ($4,385). (REUTERS/Christina Hu) #

Team Italy plays team Philippines in the 'Homeless World Cup' in Milan September 7. Around 500 homeless people from 48 nations represent their countries in the event in which 77% of players go on to find a home, come off drugs and alcohol, get into education, jobs, training, and repair relationships with friends and family. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images) #
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