Khagendra Thapa Magar celebrates becoming world's shortest man
Khagendra Thapa Magar receives the official certificate recognising him as the world's shortest living man from Marco Frigatti of Guiness World RecordsPhotograph: Edwin Koo/Guinness World RecordsMagar shows his certificate to the mediaPhotograph: Edwin Koo/Guinness World RecordsMagar cuts a cake after receiving his titlePhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
Magar at a press conference at a hotel in his home town of PokharaPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPAA Nepalese doctor measures Magar's height in front of a Guinness World Records officialPhotograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty ImagesThe doctor weighs MagarPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPAMagar undergoes another height checkPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPAMagar dances as relatives watch at homePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar at home on the eve of his 18th birthdayPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar helps the family with the dishesPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar has dinner at homePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar stands in the backyard of his homePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar talks with his father, Rup Bahadur MagarPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar with his mother, Dhana Maya Thapa, outside their housePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar bathes with the help of his older sister Tara DeviPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar's mother dresses him as his younger brother Mahesh watchesPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar plays badminton with a relativePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar's mother carries him to a hospital for a checkupPhotograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty ImagesMagar sits with his father (left) and handler Min Bahadur Thapa on a boat as they tour Phewa lakePhotograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty ImagesMagar arrives to meet the media in PokharaPhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APMagar lays his hand on that of Min Bhadur Thapa Magar, chairman of the Khagendra Foundation, at Phewa lake in PokharaPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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