Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world`s smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world`s tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley`s Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world`s smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world`s smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world`s tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley`s Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world`s smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world`s smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world`s tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley`s Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world`s smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
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Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world`s smallest teen, is held next to a life-sized figure of Robert Wadlow, the world`s tallest man ever, to mark his introduction into Ripley`s Believe It or Not latest book during a photo shoot on Times Square in New York on Tuesday. The Nepalese 17-year old made his entry into the record book as the world`s smallest male teen standing just 55.9 centimetres (22 inches) tall. AFP
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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world`s shortest person. AFP
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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) attends a press conference in Kathmandu on February 21, 2010. Magar, 18, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, left for a tour of Europe February 21 to campaign for putting his name in the Guinness World Records as the world`s shortest person. AFP
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In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP
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In this picture taken on September 7, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, dances at a function in Kathmandu. AFP
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In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP
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In this picture taken on June 11, 2009, 17-year-old Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays at his temporary residence in Kathmandu. AFP
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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP
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Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 55.9 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. AFP
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In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP
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In this picture taken 17 April 2006, 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (C) sits on the lap of his mother Dhana Maya Thapa, at Banglung, some 270 km south of Kathmandu. AFP
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Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP
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Undated hand-out picture released by the Khagendra Foundation shows 14-year-old Nepali boy Khagendra Thapa Magar (L) standing with another boy at his home in the Banglung district in northwest Nepal. AFP
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