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Strangest newsmaker of 2011
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Ziona takes a break at the construction site of a church in Baktawng village in Mizoram.
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Ziona's family members wave from a vehicle on their way to a church construction site in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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Ziona's son and grandsons play soccer inside their home in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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Children and grandchildren of Ziona stand next to a window in their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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A wife of Ziona, prepares breakfast at their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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Saroni, 42 (L) and Manuni, 35, the 12th and 32nd wives of Ziona, cut banana branches to feed pigs in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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A combination picture shows 28 of the 39 wives of Ziona at their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram. Ziona is the head of a religious sect called Chana, which allows polygamy. (Reuters)
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The man with the most wives on earth is the strangest news story of 2011 according to Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Here's a look at the world's largest family. Here, family members of Ziona Chana (R) pose outside their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram. Ziona has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren living in his 4 storey 100-room house. (Reuters)
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Zuali, 37, twentieth wife of Ziona, adjusts his shirt as his sons and driver (L) watch before heading towards the construction site of a church in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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Ziona's family members eat breakfast at their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram. (Reuters)
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