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Aspiring candidates pose for pictures as they take part in the ...
Jul 6th, 2009
(AFP/File) - Aspiring candidates pose for pictures as they take part in the "Plinth Practice" in Trafalgar Square in central London in May 2009. The project is the brainchild of artist Antony Gormley and will see 2,400 people stand on the empty plinth for an hour at a time, 24 hours a day, between now and October 14.(AFP/File/Leon Neal) -
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