NEPAL-RECORD-SHORTEST MAN-KHAGENDRA

Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar, 17, who weighs around 4.5 kg and is 51 cm tall, plays with a madal, a traditional Nepalese drum, at his temporary residence in Kathmandu on June 11, 2009. Relatives of Khagendra arrived in the capital this week to take necessary steps to secure his name in the Guinness World Book of Records as the world’s shortest person. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA