The biggest statue of Christ in the world will no longer tower over Rio de Janeiro but Swiebodzn, a village in western Poland. Instead of looking down on sun-kissed beaches, the 38-metre-high structure will look over an empty plain and a supermarket. AFPTV recorded the placing of the giant statue.

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