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April 13, 2010

Audio slideshow Rio de Janeiro' s Giant Staring Faces Eye Favelas

Audio slideshow: Faces of the favelas

The French artist JR first made his mark in Rio de Janeiro last year, as giant posters of staring eyes started appearing on buildings in the city's oldest favela.

He was drawn there following the controversial deaths of three young men, amid alleged collusion between Brazilian soldiers and a drugs gang.

But now JR's work has made it on to some of Rio's grander structures. Take a tour of the city with the artist himself, and meet the people who inspired him.

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(BBC Wellcome Audio Slideshow) London Quacks and their Weirdest Remedies

via news.bbc.co.uk

In the past, the medical profession has tried unusual ways of trying to cure - or at least relieve - the symptoms of patients.

Here - as the Wellcome Collection in central London celebrates the weirdest remedies - one of its librarians, William Schupbach, and event curator, Alex Julyan, look back at the products that "quacks" tried to sell to the public.

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