Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) shakes hands with Leonid Stadnyk, who stands 2.53 metres (8 feet 3 inches) tall, during a visit to Stadnyk's mother (R) in hospital in Kiev January 18, 2006. Stadnyk, who may possibly be the world's tallest man, brought his elderly mother from their village in western Ukraine for treatment to a Kiev hospital, where he met the president. (Photo by Mykhaylo Markiv/Reuters)
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