Nepalese mahouts play soccer with their elephants in the eighth International Elephant Race at Sauraha in Chitwan, some 150 Kms southwest of Kathmandu on December 26, 2011.The three day long elephant festival is celebrated with elephant, horse, and bullock cart races as well as elephant soccer and an elephant beauty pageant. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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