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A Burkina Faso supporter cheers ahead of the kickoff of the 2013 African Cup of Nations final match between Burkina Faso and Nigeria on February 10, 2013 at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg. Burkina Faso was trying to win its first African trophy but fell short in a 1-0 loss. (Photo: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images)
Aaron Palishaj may not make the Montreal Canadiens, but at least he has a fan club. Which is more than some people. Peter J. Thompson/National Post
Photos: Vertical loop waterslide!
The West Edmonton Mall’s newest waterslide, the Cyclone, promises a 17-metre drop for riders, followed by a “near vertical loop” and speeds of nearly 60 kilometres per hour. “Sliders step into a glass capsule, and after an automated voice counts down from three, the floor drops from beneath them, sending them on their journey,” the mall’s press release reads. (Rick MacWilliam/Edmonton Journal)
Photo of the Day
A photo released by NASA Earth Observatory on June 7, 2011 and taken from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), sunspot complex 1226-1227, shows the Sun unleashing an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm and a coronal mass ejection (CME) resulting in a large cloud of particles mushrooming up and falling back down giving the impression of covering an area of almost half the solar surface. (AFP/Getty Images)
Looking through the wires for an entirely unrelated photo, I came across this picture of a White Bengal Tiger named Odin diving at at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2007 and am sharing it with you because it is the most awesome thing you will see today. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Photos of the day
Mohammad Alishan, a performer from India’s eastern state of Jharkhand, performs a stunt as he drives a car on the walls of a “Well of Death” at a fair in Srinagar, May 23, 2011. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)
