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Family members and politicians, including Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam, arrive for the funeral of casino tycoon Stanley Ho, who passed away at the age of 98 nearly two months ago. IMAGES
The worlds biggest indoor ski resort opened it's doors to lovers of downhill winter sports last weekend in Harbin, China's 'Ice City' located on the border with Russia. The Harbin Wanda Indoor Ski and Winter Resort covers an area of over 860,000 square feet and boasts six different runs, with the longest stretching 1640 feet, the fourth longest in the world. Up to 3000 people can enjoy the facilities at any one time. Wang Jianlin, who is China's wealthist businessman, invested 40 billion yuan, or just under 6 billion dollars, to build the facility.
Welcome to Book Capella, one of the most expensive libraries in the world. With painstakingly decorated furnishings, tapestries, stained glass, and one of the world's best collections of rare Russsian literature, book lovers are in for a treat, but it won't come cheap. Customers can browse through and read from more than 5,000 carefully selected volumes of Russian authors of 16th to the early 20th centuries for the low, low price of about $120 per session
Gambling enclave Macau bets its fortunes on mass market tourists with the launch of a Paris-themed mega resort. IMAGES
Images at the start of the trial against Bjorn Hoecke, head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, who appears in court for publicly using a banned Nazi slogan. He stands accused of twice using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. IMAGES
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