Khagendra Thapa Magar celebrates becoming world's shortest man
Khagendra Thapa Magar, who is 67.08cm (26.41in) tall and weighs 6kg turns 18 today, making him the world's shortest living man
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Khagendra Thapa Magar receives the official certificate recognising him as the world's shortest living man from Marco Frigatti of Guiness World Records
Photograph: Edwin Koo/Guinness World Records
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Magar shows his certificate to the media
Photograph: Edwin Koo/Guinness World Records
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Magar cuts a cake after receiving his title
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Magar at a press conference at a hotel in his home town of Pokhara
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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A Nepalese doctor measures Magar's height in front of a Guinness World Records official
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
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The doctor weighs Magar
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Magar undergoes another height check
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Magar dances as relatives watch at home
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar at home on the eve of his 18th birthday
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar helps the family with the dishes
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar has dinner at home
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar stands in the backyard of his home
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar talks with his father, Rup Bahadur Magar
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar with his mother, Dhana Maya Thapa, outside their house
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar bathes with the help of his older sister Tara Devi
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar's mother dresses him as his younger brother Mahesh watches
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar plays badminton with a relative
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar's mother carries him to a hospital for a checkup
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
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Magar sits with his father (left) and handler Min Bahadur Thapa on a boat as they tour Phewa lake
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
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Magar arrives to meet the media in Pokhara
Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
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Magar lays his hand on that of Min Bhadur Thapa Magar, chairman of the Khagendra Foundation, at Phewa lake in Pokhara
Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
