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Success Goes To Their Heads

Nigerian motorcyclists are wearing dried pumpkin shells on their heads after a law was brought in forcing them to wear helmets. Protests were staged after police impounded thousands of motorbikes because their owners were not wearing helmets.

FOOTNOTE: Shell shocked.

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What's Green And Red And Incredibly Juicy?

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

Yesterday was a beautiful summer evening here in Melbourne. There was a stack of cold watermelon slices just waiting to be devoured. It was about 8 pm and the sun was still shining. But I've got my hand up like a policeman. Hold off the watermelon, guys. Everyone's got their eyebrows raised. "I've simply got to photograph it first," I explain candidly. That's when the rest of my family start the synchronised eye-roll. You know the one? Yep, that's it. Photography first, then we eat the watermelon. Let's get our priorities right.