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Professional wrestler Gia Scott (R) tries to break free from the grip of professional wrestler Aria Palmer (L) during Autumn Armageddon 2018 in Galena, Maryland on October 6, 2018. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP Photo)

AFP presents a photo essay on professional wrestler Gia Scott shot by photographer Jim Watson over several months in 2018. Kierra Scott – better known by her stage name Gia – is a rising star in the US pro wrestling scene. This month, the 19-year-old became the youngest ever female champion of the MCW wrestling league in Maryland. Here: Professional wrestler Gia Scott (R) tries to break free from the grip of professional wrestler Aria Palmer (L) during Autumn Armageddon 2018 in Galena, Maryland on October 6, 2018. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP Photo)
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26 Nov 2018 00:05:00
Pakistani passengers ride on crowded train returning from their hometown and villages after celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, to Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, July 11, 2016. (Photo by K.M.Chaudary/AP Photo)

Pakistani passengers ride on crowded train returning from their hometown and villages after celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, to Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, July 11, 2016. (Photo by K.M.Chaudary/AP Photo)
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19 Jul 2016 12:40:00
A demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest in Hong Kong, China on August 31, 2019. Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannons and pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs in the latest in a series of chaotic clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

A demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest in Hong Kong, China on August 31, 2019. Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannons and pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs in the latest in a series of chaotic clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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02 Sep 2019 00:05:00
Lida Maisuradze, 82, (L) and Zurab Gogidze, 82, celebrate after wining the “Super Grandmother and Super Grandfather” contest in Tbilisi, January 5, 2015. Twenty-two participants aged over 70 from all over Georgia competed in the annual contest organised by charity house Catharsis. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)

Lida Maisuradze, 82, (L) and Zurab Gogidze, 82, celebrate after wining the “Super Grandmother and Super Grandfather” contest in Tbilisi, January 5, 2015. Twenty-two participants aged over 70 from all over Georgia competed in the annual contest organised by charity house Catharsis. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)
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08 Jan 2015 14:40:00
In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 photo, an Afghan woman peers through the  the eye slit of her burqa as she waits to try on a new burqa in shop in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 photo, an Afghan woman peers through the the eye slit of her burqa as she waits to try on a new burqa in shop in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)
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17 Apr 2013 11:45:00
A Herero man holds the head of a freshly butchered cow, killed to supply meat for a funeral, 2012. (Photo by Jim Naughten, courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York)

A Herero man holds the head of a freshly butchered cow, killed to supply meat for a funeral, 2012. (Photo by Jim Naughten, courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York)
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04 May 2013 11:00:00
Models are filmed walking backstage before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in the Manhattan borough of New York November 10, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Models are filmed walking backstage before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in the Manhattan borough of New York November 10, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
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13 Nov 2015 08:02:00
A participant from Indonesia waits to perform a dance during the last day of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A participant from Indonesia waits to perform a dance during the last day of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2016. The festival opened on the banks of the Yamuna River in the Indian capital Friday despite concerns the sprawling construction of roads, ramps and pontoon bridges would irreparably damage the river's floodplains. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
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14 Mar 2016 11:07:00