Gigantic monument in Dakar

Gigantic monument in Dakar

DAKAR, Senegal - Photo taken in May 2011 shows the 52-meter tall statue called the African renaissance monument in Dakar, western Africa. The monument, controversial because of its massive building cost, was unveiled in the Senegalese capital in 2010 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence from French rule.

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

Gigantic monument in Dakar

Gigantic monument in Dakar

DAKAR, Senegal - Photo taken in May 2011 shows the 52-meter tall statue called the African renaissance monument in Dakar, western Africa. The monument, controversial because of its massive building cost, was unveiled in the Senegalese capital in 2010 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence from French rule. (Kyodo)

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.