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Giant Orange

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An Euro coin stands atop a 1.2 kilogram orange picked in Vilvestre, Spain, 15 July 2008. This fruit comes from an orange tree bought by a Spanish couple 16 years ago in the Portuguese region of Freixo a Espada Cinta, on the border to Vilvestre. The owners of the tree, which grows an average of fourty oranges of one kilo per year, explained that their 'secret' is a special fertilizer known as 'gallinaza' and the microclimate of that area.  EPA/CARLOS GARCIA
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A man walks in front of the sculpture 'The Night' by Spanish artist Antonio Lopez, a big size head representing the head of one of the artist's granddaugthers which is exhibited at the Atocha Railway Station in Madrid, Spain, 2 July 2008. A painting by Antonio Lopez entitled 'Madrid from Torres Blancas' was sold at auction by Christie's in London on 30 for 1,744,030 Euros becoming the most expensive work by a living Spanish artist sold at auction.  EPA/BALLESTEROS

Illegal Sub-Saharan immigrants

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A mother and her baby, both illegal Sub-Saharan immigrants, wait for treatment at Motril habour, Granada, Andalucia, Spain 09 June 2008.  EPA/PAQUET

Spanish drought

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A composite image showing the Rialb's reservoirs, in Lleida, Catalonia, northeastern Spain, pictured on 15 January 2008 (top) and 29 May 2008. The water levels of the reservoir has risen considerably after recent rains in the Catalonia region during the last weeks.  EPA/LAURENT DOMINIQUE

Some photos I have seen show entire villages, drowned when the reservoirs were built, visible again.

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