Show your strength

Show your strength

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An entertainer with an elaborately painted face looks on before the start of an arm-wrestling competition in the crowded Medina district of Dakar.

The "Jaay Doole," which translated from Wolof means "Show Your Strength", is a competition that aims to find the best arm-wrestler in Senegal by holding tournaments throughout the country.

. DAKAR, Senegal. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Revellers watch as competitors arm-wrestle.

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. DAKAR, Senegal. REUTERS/Joe Penney

A child watches the contest wide-eyed.