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Photo: Stuntman Akis Andreou, 38, raises his arms as he performs in the "Wall of Death" in Athens, Greece, on Oct 6. Andreou has been performing stunts since he was 17 and in 2006 set up the Wall of Death, a narrow wooden barrel 5.5 meters high and 9 meters wide.

Bilingual: "How much does a wife cost in your province?" This seemingly ridiculous question was part of the greeting for many people during the Golden Week National Day holiday, the peak season for weddings in China. According to Chinese tradition, a groom usually pays a certain amount of money to the bride's family to arrange a marriage. In many cases, the amount men (or their families) are required to pay the women's families is too high for most to afford.