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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 30: Polio vaccine is seen at an immunization postAugust 30, 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Amid fears polio could spread to other Asian countries, Indonesia began the nationwide vaccination programme on August 30 targeting 24 million children under the age of five. The Indonesian polio outbreak which has sickened 226 people since it reappeared in April 2005 is a major setback to UN plans to eliminate the disease by the end of 2005. Polio is a waterborne virus that usually affects infants and toddlers, causing paralysis, withered muscles and sometimes death. There is no cure. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images)

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Left, a cast brass head with red pigment, a Ife head of the Yoruba people, Nigeria dating from the 12-15th century. On the right a sculpture by Damien Hirst.

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