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Photo: A woman examines the life-size sculpture of US President Barack Obama in Luoyang, Henan province, on Wednesday. Stressed property agents have been wracking their brains to find new ways of attracting prospective buyers amid a sluggish housing market. Life-size sculptures of celebrities and movie characters are the latest gimmicks being used to catch the eye of potential customers.

Bilingual: Actress Emma Watson has refused to be silenced by online trolls threatening to leak her nude photos following her powerful speech on gender equality at the UN last week. Watson's plea for men to join the fight for equal rights for women has sparked a flood of pledges across the world. "I hope we can all finally change laws and mentalities in order to establish what is nothing more than common sense," Watson posted on her Twitter account on Tuesday.

Buzzword: "Snubs" are users of Snapchat, a mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that self-destruct after a few seconds. Snubs are mainly young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who are having fun with the service. Snubs like to share all sorts of things for immediate consumption, ranging from wacky facial expressions to pictures of a meal they're about to eat.