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Parkour: The art jumping

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A youth practices parkour as he jumps off a wall in central Sydney. REUTERS
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A parkour practitioner jumps from an 18-meters high roof to 14-meters high roof across a 7-meters wide gap in St. Petersburg, Russia. EPA
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Alexei Pavlyuchenko of Krasnoyarsk performs during a parkour show and master class at a sports park, located on an island in the Yenisei River, in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. REUTERS
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A youth practices his parkour skills under a bridge on avenue in Mexico City. REUTERS
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis. Some youths, aged between 12 and 23 years old, in Gaza are training in parkour which was developed in France. Parkour is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Training is held in cemeteries, and in former Israeli settlements. REUTERS
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A youth jumps during a Parkour practice on top of a seven-floor building in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China. REUTERS
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS
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Sean O’ Ceallachain practice parkour during the Tall Ships Races Festival 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. Brendan Donnelly/Demotix
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS
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A young Chinese practices parkour in Qingdao city, eastern China’s Shandong province. EPA
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine. REUTERS
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Paris Parcours, a group of practitioners of parkour perform prior to the show of Kenzo as part of the Men’s Spring-Summer 2013 collection, for the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris. AP Photo
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills. REUTERS
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Keith Horan jumps between two rocks in Central Park. Anthony J. Causi