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Residents check out the colorful Escadaria Selarón stairway in Rio de Janeiro, the work of Chilean-born painter and sculptor Jorge Selarón. The 250-step stairway, which the artist has been working on since 1990, features more than 2,000 tiles collected from around the globe.

Escadaria Selarón stairway

( Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Images / August 1, 2012 )

Residents check out the colorful Escadaria Selarón stairway in Rio de Janeiro, the work of Chilean-born painter and sculptor Jorge Selarón. The 250-step stairway, which the artist has been working on since 1990, features more than 2,000 tiles collected from around the globe.

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