Igbo-Ora, #Nigeria

#Twins pose for a photograph at the Igbo-Ora world twins festival. The town is known as the world’s twin capital, with about 50 in 1,000 births producing twins. Studies suggest the phenomenon may be linked to the local diet, which contains high levels of okra leaf.

Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

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Igbo-Ora, #Nigeria

#Twins attend the Igbo-Ora World Twins festival. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’, Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births.

Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

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