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A Russian extreme sports enthusiast BASE jumps from 8,421 yards off the world's sixth highest mountain on the Nepal/China border.
Erdogan's supporters gather and pray outside Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia mosque as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leads Saturday prayers before entering the election battle of his political life against a powerful secular rival. IMAGES
Tokyo, Oct 16 (EFE).- When architect Akiko Ishimaru realized that the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo had its days numbered, she embarked on revamping one of the capsules to relocate it and turn it into a caravan that travels across the country as a moving pied-à-terre.The capsule A606 is currently the only one that will survive the demolition of the building, scheduled to commence in March 2022 after years of campaigns to preserve and renovate it.Ishimaru, 43, lived in one of the capsules of the iconic building for a year in 2013. (Camera: MARIA ROLDAN).B-ROLL OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITES: ARCHITECT AND MEMBER OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE A606 CAPSULE, AKIKO ISHIMARU, AND HEAD OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT, TATSUYUKI MAEDA (IN JAPANESE).TRANSLATIONS:1. AKIKO ISHIMARU, ARCHITECT AND MEMBER OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE A606 CAPSULE.- We will make this capsule move like a caravan. We want it to travel all over the country, for people to share it, to rent it , while it makes a lot of them happy. 2. TATSUYUKI MAEDA, HEAD OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT.- The requests come mainly from the United States and Europe, from top museums, who want us to donate. Some say they want to exhibit them and don't mind paying the necessary costs.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at the first mosque on Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square for its inauguration. IMAGES
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's daredevil Sergey Devliashov, Russia's real-life spiderman! The young adrenaline junkie decided to add another breathtaking stunt to his jaw-dropping portfolio and conquer the nearly 1,000 foot high Eurasia Tower in the Moscow International Business Centre, the financial district of the Russian capital. He finally managed to reach the top, where authorities were waiting for him with handcuffs.