A man climbs in a tree as he compets in the first world championship of coconut palm climbing, in Papeete, on July 15, 2017 as part of the great cultural festival of Polynesians. For the occasion the first world championships of coconut palm climbing was organised. Competitors came from French Polynesia (Tahiti, Bora Bora, Huahine and the Australes), but also from all the Pacific, from Hawaii or the Samoa Islands to take part in the race. (Photo by Gregory Boissy/AFP Photo)
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