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A woman poses with her twins before the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
A woman poses with her twins before the World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria's self-proclaimed "twins capital of the world". [Olympia De Maismont/AFP]
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igbo-Ora World Twins Festival 2024. [Olympia De Maismont/AFP]
Oyo State cultural Troupe performs during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town's unusually high incidence of multiple births. [Toyin Adedokun/AFP]
A woman holds twins during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
A woman holds twins during the festival. [Toyin Adedokun/AFP]
Twins look on as they attend the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
The festival's organisers - themselves twins - say they eventually want to attempt a world record for the largest gathering of twins on the planet. [Olympia De Maismont/AFP]
Twins pose for a photograph as they attend the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
Igbo-Ora's oral history describes twins as a reward following a series of disasters that befell the community. [Olympia De Maismont/AFP]
Twins look on as they attend the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
At the festival ground, staff rolled out a red carpet for scores of twins both young and old. [Olympia De Maismont/AFP]
Twins hold bags during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births - but in Igbo-Ora, it is thought to be closer to 50 per 1,000, according to scientific studies and hospital records. [Toyin Adedokun/AFP]
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