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  • 25
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    2012
    6:33pm, EDT

    Chinese farmers show off wild and crazy watermelons

    How Hwee Young / EPA

    Watermelons are bound up so that they can be cultivated into a 'hulu' shape at a watermelon plantation during the Watermelon Festival in Daxing district on the outskirts of Beijing. The Watermelon Festival runs from 25 May to 01 June.

    How Hwee Young / EPA

    Chinese farmer Li Feng Chun shows his entry for the 'King of Watermelon' that weights more than 50 kilograms during a watermelon competition at the Watermelon Festival in Daxing district on the outskirts of Beijing on Friday.

    How Hwee Young / EPA

    A watermelon with patterns of dragons and clouds molded onto its skin is on waiting to be judged during a watermelon competition at the Watermelon Festival in Daxing district on the outskirts of Beijing.

    How Hwee Young / EPA

    Visitors walk in a watermelon themed exhibition hall at the Lao Song Melon Garden during the Watermelon Festival in Daxing district on the outskirts of Beijing.

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    A farmer sows watermelon seeds in a field on the banks of the river Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Feb. 29, 2012.

    Growing watermelons on the banks of the holy Ganges

    How do you know when a watermelon is ripe? You have to listen out for the tell-tale dull thump.

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    A worker digs for watermelons in Velanidi village, 200 miles west of Athens, Greece, on April 14.

    Digging for watermelons in Velanidi village, Greece

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    I love how this image sparkles.

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