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10th annual UK Wife Carrying Race

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© Licensed to London News Pictures. 05/03/2017. Dorking, UK. Competitors take part in the 2017 Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, Surrey. The race, which is run over a course of 380m, with both men and women carry a 'wife' over obstacles, is believed to have originated in the UK over twelve centuries ago when Viking raiders rampaged into the northeast coast of England carrying off any unwilling local women. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP

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© Licensed to London News Pictures. 05/03/2017. Dorking, UK. Competitors take part in the 2017 Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, Surrey. The race, which is run over a course of 380m, with both men and women carry a 'wife' over obstacles, is believed to have originated in the UK over twelve centuries ago when Viking raiders rampaged into the northeast coast of England carrying off any unwilling local women. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP