MJ fans thrill the world
Thousands of participants performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" zombie dance as part of Thrill the World, a global simultaneous dance of the famous zombie dance.
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Mexicans dance during a rehearsal, just before the start of the "Thrill The World: A Global Tribute to Michael Jackson" in Mexico City on October 24, 2009. Thrill the World is a worldwide attempt - that took place in more than 200 cities in 29 countries - to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest Thriller simultaneous dance. (Image: AFP)
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Melisa Acosta, 10, dances to "Thriller" during "Thrill The World 2009," a global celebration of late singer Michael Jackson, in Buenos Aires on October 24, 2009. Thrill The World aims to be an unprecedented global celebration of the life and music of the "King of Pop", who died this year at 50. (Image: AFP)
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People dressed as 'zombies' pose before dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller during "Thrill The World: A Global Tribute to Michael Jackson" in Astoria Park in the Queens section of New York. Groups of people around the world danced at 1230 GMT October 25 to the Thriller song. (Image: AFP)
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Mexicans dressed as zombies pose for photagraphers before a rehearsal and just before the start of the "Thrill The World: A Global Tribute to Michael Jackson" in Mexico City. Thrill the World is a worldwide attempt - taking place in more than 200 cities in 29 countries - to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest Thriller simultaneous dance. (Image: AFP)
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Emeral Smith, 20, of Palmdale, Calif., turned out as a ghoulish Michael Jackson, strikes a pose in front of a poster advertising the opening of the Jackson documentary, "This Is It," after several hundred costumed dancers, hoping to set a worldwide record for the most people dancing simultaneously to the Jackson hit, "Thriller," performed at LA Live, across from Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Thousands of dancers in some 400 cities worldwide were attempting to break the existing record of 16,000, event sponsors said. (Image: AP)
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Michael Jackson impersonator Michael Kiss, 22, of Northridge, Calif., strikes a Jacksonesque pose before leading several hundred costumed dancers hoping to set a worldwide record for the most people dancing simultanely to the Jackson hit, "Thriller". (Image: AP)