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Every Duck Has Its Day

Rubber duck: Florentijn Hofman's Floating Duck Sculpture Arrives In Hong Kong
Quackers in Honkers. Dutch conceptual artist, Florentijn Hofman's floating duck sculpture arrives for a month-long nesting in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/Getty Images
Rubber duck: Thousands of people crowd the waterfront
Watch the birdie! Excited locals gather to catch a glimpse of the visitor. Clearly a quiet day in Hong Kong. Photograph: Richard Brooks/AFP/Getty Images
Rubber duck: The duck on a river in China
'That's funny - I could have sworn I just saw a duck float past.' A replica drifts downriver in Luoyang, Henan Province. Photograph: China Foto Press/Barcroft Media
Rubber duck: The duck on a lake in China
A counterfeit takes to his new home - an artificial lake in Luoyang, Henan province, China - like, err, a duck to water. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
Rubber duck: People try to push a scaled replica of the duck
Water on a duck's back - a clearly inferior, surrogate duck capsizes in a lake in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Photograph: Reuters
Rubber duck: The duck on a street in Shanghai
Duck, or you'll hit the tree! An imposter, sporting a neckerchief, at a Shanghai bookstall. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Rubber duck: Giant Rubber Duck Given As A Gift In China
Who knew that ducks liked Ready Brek? A duckling, bought by a local businessman as a gift for his daughter, illuminates a residential community in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. Photograph: China Foto Press /Barcroft Media
Rubber duck: The duck is removed from Hong Kong harbour
'Born Free - but now they have caught me' The duck prepares to bid farewell to Hong Kong. Photograph: Imaginechina /Rex Features
Rubber duck: The duck keels over
That sinking feeling - floating in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Rubber duck: The duck deflated
'People keep letting me down'. The deflated, and dejected, rubber duck, adrift in Victoria Harbour. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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