World Most Expensive Cigar : Mayan Sicars ($507,100)

The Mayans were making cigars, referred to as sicars or sikars, since at least the 12th century. After encountering their practice of making and smoking cigars in the 15th century, Christopher Columbus is said to have brought tobacco to Europe. These Mayan sicars are some of the most well preserved examples ever found. They sold for over half a million dollars at auction, but these aren’t just any ordinary cigar — they’re literally ancient. 

They were discovered in 2012 in a Guatemalan village and revealed to be at least 600 years old. Technically, these extremely rare cigars could be smoked. However, it’s hard to imagine that the owners of these will dare take a light to them.

The Hooded Man, Sergeant Ivan Frederick, 2003

Hundreds of photojournalists covered the conflict in Iraq, but the most memorable image from the war was taken not by a professional but by a U.S. Army staff sergeant named Ivan Frederick. In the last three months of 2003, Frederick was the senior enlisted man at Abu Ghraib prison, the facility on the outskirts of Baghdad that Saddam Hussein had made into a symbol of terror for all Iraqis, then being used by the U.S. military as a detention center for suspected insurgents. Even before the Iraq War began, many questioned the motives of the American, British and allied governments for the invasion that toppled Saddam. But nothing undermined the allies’ claim that they were helping bring democracy to the country more than the scandal at Abu Ghraib. Frederick was one of several soldiers who took part in the torture of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib. All the more incredible was that they took thousands of images of their mistreatment, humiliation and torture of detainees with digital cameras and shared the photographs. The most widely disseminated was “the Hooded Man,” partly because it was less explicit than many of the others and so could more easily appear in mainstream publications. The man with outstretched arms in the photograph was deprived of his sight, his clothes, his dignity and, with electric wires, his sense of personal safety. And his pose? It seemed deliberately, unnervingly Christlike. The liberating invaders, it seemed, held nothing sacred.

A shocking ­image of 1992: Bosnia, Ron Haviv

It can take time for even the most shocking ­images to have an effect. The war in Bosnia had not yet begun when American Ron Haviv took this picture of a Serb kicking a Muslim woman who had been shot by Serb forces. Haviv had gained access to the Tigers, a brutal nationalist militia that had warned him not to photograph any killings. But Haviv was determined to document the cruelty he was witnessing and, in a split second, decided to risk it. TIME published the photo a week later, and the image of casual hatred ignited broad debate over the international response to the worsening conflict. Still, the war continued for more than three years, and ­Haviv—who was put on a hit list by the Tigers’ leader, Zeljko Raznatovic, or ­Arkan—was frustrated by the tepid reaction. Almost 100,000 people lost their lives. Before his assassination in 2000, Arkan was indicted for crimes against humanity. Haviv’s image was used as evidence against him and other perpetrators of what became known as ethnic cleansing.

World First Superbus Price: $10 million

The Superbus looks more like a very long Lamborghini than a regular bus, but it’s able to transport 23 people over long distances at speeds of up to 250 km/h.

The world’s first superbus was developed at the Delft University of Technology, in Holland, under the supervision of professor Wobbo Ockels, who in 1985 became the first Dutch astronaut to travel in outer space. He thought trains were too slow for present day needs and also have the disadvantage of traveling only between stations, so he set out to build a super vehicle that could travel at lightning speeds and be eco-friendly at the same time. He and his team spent three years working on the Superbus, and the result is nothing short of impressive.

The Lamborghini-like Superbus is 49ft long (15 metres), 8ft wide (2.5 metres) and 5ft 5in high (1.65 meters), and was built using only lightweight materials like carbon fiber,

aluminum, polycarbonate and fiberglass. It runs exclusively on electric batteries charged by solar power. The interior of the futuristic-looking vehicle offers the same luxurious features as high-end limousines and private jets. As you would expect, such a revolutionary invention can’t be cheap. It cost an Arab sheikh over $10 million to acquire the Superbus and fly it to the UAE with a jumbo jet, where it will be used to travel between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The hi-tech bus will travel the 75-mile distance between the two cities in under 30 minutes.

Within city space the Superbus will travel at normal speeds, but once it’s on the motorway it will switch to a dedicated concrete track parallel to the road and accelerate to 250 km/h.

World's most expensive model car made of gold on sale for $15m

WHAT do you buy for the billionaire motor enthusiast who already has a garage full of top sportscars?

There's always a Lamborghini carved out of solid gold - although unfortunately, they won't be able to drive it.German engineer Robert Wilhelm Gülpen has designed the most expensive model car in history, which is expected to sell for $15 million at auction.The precious motor, a replica of Lamborghini's Aventador LP 700-4, is carved from a 500g block of solid gold, with high-quality diamonds for the headlights and coloured gems for the lights at the rear.

The Loch Ness Monster, 1934

If the giraffe never existed, we’d have to invent it. It’s our nature to grow bored with the improbable but real and look for the impossible. So it is with the photo of what was said to be the Loch Ness monster, purportedly taken by British doctor Robert Wilson in April 1934. Wilson, however, had simply been enlisted to cover up an earlier fraud by wild-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell, who had been sent to Scotland by London’s Daily Mail to bag the monster. There being no monster to bag, Wetherell brought home photos of hippo prints that he said belonged to Nessie. The Mail caught wise and discredited Wetherell, who then returned to the loch with a monster made out of a toy submarine. He and his son used Wilson, a respected physician, to lend the hoax credibility. The Mail endures; Wilson’s reputation doesn’t. The Loch Ness image is something of a lodestone for conspiracy theorists and fable seekers, as is the absolutely authentic picture of the famous face on Mars taken by the Viking probe in 1976. The thrill of that find lasted only until 1998, when the Mars Global Surveyor proved the face was, as NASA said, a topographic formation, one that by that time had been nearly windblown away. We were innocents in those sweet, pre-Photoshop days. Now we know better—and we trust nothing. The art of the fake has advanced, but the charm of it, like the Martian face, is all but gone.

Most Expensiv Burger : Le Burger Extravagant Price : $295

New York City restaurant Seredipity 3 unveiled the world's most expensive hamburger, Le Burger Extravagant, this week. 

Le Burger Extravagant sells for $295.00 (£186.52). 
Made from white truffle butter-infused Japanese Wagyu beef, the burger is topped with James Montgomery cheddar cheese, black truffles and a fried quail egg. It is served on a gold-dusted campagna roll spread with white truffle butter, and the roll is topped with a blini, creme fraiche and caviar. Serendipity 3 is a popular Manhattan restaurant, and has been featured in several films, including 2001's romantic comedy Serendipity.

World most expensive Camera , World’s Oldest Camera Daguerreotype Susse Frères Price: $800,000

The daguerreotype camera, one of the world’s oldest cameras, was sold to an anonymous bidder at auction for almost 800,000 USD. Made by French firm Susse Freres no later than 1839, this camera was found in a German attic and sold at a Vienna auction house. It was originally owned by Prof. Max Seddig (1877–1963) who was, among other things, godfather to the founding of the Josef Schneider Optical Works in Kreuznach.

Being the only remaining Susse Frères model, bids came from around the world for the daguerreotype. This process, only perfected in 1839, was deemed the first practical form of commercial photography.
Peter Coeln, head of the Vienna auction house, stated that he was convinced the piece was from the earliest years of popular photography. “I was of course shocked because every camera dealer dreams of one day owning a daguerreotype camera,” said Coeln.

The daguerreotype was named after the Frenchman who invented the process, Louis Daguerre. Each camera developed a positive image, unlike later photographic processes, on a plate of mirror-polished silver, and did not allow for any reproductions. But the relative speed of the process compared to previous techniques made this camera the first kind of “popular” photography, and was particularly suitable for portraits.

The Daguerreotype can be described as a sliding box camera – made of two boxes lined with black velvet, one slightly smaller, a close fit into the larger. The inner box with open front and screen in the back had to be shifted carefully into or out of the outer box for focusing. After focusing the screen had to be replaced with the holder for the light-sensitized plate.

The first photograph of Abraham Lincoln was believed to have been taken using a daguerreotype, in the 1840s. Today few cameras of this type survive intact in private hands, and the discovery of the Susse Frères model, in a Munich attic where it had rested intact since 1940, provoked a frenzy of interest.

Most Expensive Diamond Chess Set by Charles Hollander Collection Price : $600,000

Renowned French artist and master of jewelry, Bernard Maquin created the Royal Diamond Chessset in 2005 bringing the game of chess to a whole new level. Noted for its abililty to combine fine art, jewelry, and the classic game of chess, this is one of the most expensive chess sets in the world.

Constructed of gold and platinum, it contains diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls and sapphires. The king piece alone weighs 165.2 grams of 18 carat yellow gold and has a spiraling mid-section graced by 73 rubies and 146 diamonds. It is definitely pricey and worth it.

Thirty craftsmen, under the direction of Maquin spent over 4500 hours creating the expensive chess set. The work was done all by hand and when it was completed, the artists used 1168.75 grams of 14 carat white gold, and approximately 9900 black and white diamonds, bringing the total weight to 186.09 carats and the total cost to $500,000.

This posh chess set is part of the Charles Hollander Collection, one of the most respected names in the diamond’s industry. And you just know you are looking at a piece from the Hollander collection when you see a game doubling as a diamond studded work of art.
But if you thought the Hollander set would make your chess game bling-bling, then you haven’t seen the most expensive chess set in the world yet. This label goes to the Jewel Royale Chess Set from Britain. Boodles, a British custom jewelry company commissioned its production.

Valued at over £5 million ($9.8m USD), this single chess set is the most expensive and exquisite game set of any kind in the world.

World's Most Expensive TV Costs $2,250,000

Stuart Hughes is the company responsible for bringing you the world's most expensive game console -- a Wii containing 2,500 grams of solid 22ct gold with diamond buttons -- and a number of gold-diamond cell phones, including a BlackBerry and an iPhone. SH's latest products are luxury televisions that range from $1.5 million to $2.25 million.
Hughes’ new luxury line starts with two 55-inch TV sets, the PrestigeHD Supreme Rose edition and the PrestigeHD Supreme. BornRich.org writes that the PrestigeHD Supreme boasts a base and outer frame done in 22ct gold and encrusted with 48 diamonds with the remaining area set with Aventurine and Topaz. The inner screen bezel is made up from alligator skin and the price tag is roughly $1.5 million.
Even more expensive is the Supreme Rose edition. True to its name, the base outer frame of the Supreme Rose edition are crafted in 28 kilograms of solid 18ct rose gold. The frame contains 72 round cut 1ct diamonds, and left over space is set with Sunstone and Amethyst. The Rose edition gets the alligator treatment too, with hand stitched alligator skin making up the inner bezel. The Rose edition is $2.25 million.

Both of these TVs are manufactured by PrestigeHD using Metz technology. With their sky-high pricetags, these are said to be the most expensive TVs in the world.

Famine In Somalia, James Nachtwey, 1992

James Nachtwey couldn’t get an assignment in 1992 to document the spiraling famine in Somalia. Mogadishu had become engulfed in armed conflict as food prices soared and international assistance failed to keep pace. Yet few in the West took much notice, so the American photographer went on his own to Somalia, where he received support from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Nachtwey brought back a cache of haunting images, including this scene of a woman waiting to be taken to a feeding center in a wheelbarrow. After it was published as part of a cover feature in the New York Times Magazine, one reader wrote, “Dare we say that it doesn’t get any worse than this?” The world was similarly moved. The Red Cross said public support resulted in what was then its largest operation since World War II. One and a half million people were saved, the ICRC’s Jean-Daniel Tauxe told the Times, and “James’ pictures made the difference.”

Fetus, 18 Weeks, Lennart Nilsson, 1965

When LIFE published Lennart Nilsson’s photo essay “Drama of Life Before Birth” in 1965, the issue was so popular that it sold out within days. And for good reason. Nilsson’s images publicly revealed for the first time what a developing fetus looks like, and in the process raised pointed new questions about when life begins. In the accompanying story,

LIFE explained that all but one of the fetuses pictured were photographed outside the womb and had been removed—or aborted—“for a variety of medical reasons.” Nilsson had struck a deal with a hospital in Stockholm, whose doctors called him whenever a fetus was available to photograph. There, in a dedicated room with lights and lenses specially designed for the project, Nilsson arranged the fetuses so they appeared to be floating as if in the womb. In the years since Nilsson’s essay was published, the images have been widely appropriated without his permission. Antiabortion activists in particular have used them to advance their cause. (Nilsson has never taken a public stand on abortion.) Still, decades after they first appeared, Nilsson’s images endure for their unprecedentedly clear, detailed view of human life at its earliest stages.

Hitler At A Nazi Party Rally, Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934

Spectacle was like oxygen for the Nazis, and Heinrich Hoffmann was instrumental in staging Hitler’s growing pageant of power. Hoffmann, who joined the party in 1920 and became Hitler’s personal photographer and confidant, was charged with choreographing the regime’s propaganda carnivals and selling them to a wounded German public. Nowhere did Hoffmann do it better than on September 30, 1934, in his rigidly symmetrical photo at the Bückeberg Harvest Festival, where the Mephistophelian Führer swaggers at the center of a grand Wagnerian fantasy of adoring and heiling troops. By capturing this and so many other extravaganzas, ­Hoffmann—who took more than 2 million photos of his boss—fed the regime’s vast propaganda machine and spread its demonic dream. Such images were all-pervasive in Hitler’s Reich, which shrewdly used Hoffman’s photos, the stark graphics on Nazi banners and the films of Leni Riefenstahl to make Aryanism seem worthy of godlike worship. Humiliated by World War I, punishing reparations and the Great Depression, a nation eager to reclaim its sense of self was rallied by Hitler’s visage and his seemingly invincible men aching to right wrongs. Hoffmann’s expertly rendered propaganda is a testament to photography’s power to move nations and plunge a world into war.

Alan Kurdi, Nilüfer Demir, 2015

The war in Syria had been going on for more than four years when Alan Kurdi’s parents lifted the 3-year-old boy and his 5-year-old brother into an inflatable boat and set off from the Turkish coast for the Greek island of Kos, just three miles away. Within minutes of pushing off, a wave capsized the vessel, and the mother and both sons drowned. On the shore near the coastal town of Bodrum a few hours later, Nilufer Demir of the Dogan News Agency, came upon Alan, his face turned to one side and bottom elevated as if he were just asleep. “There was nothing left to do for him. There was nothing left to bring him back to life,” she said. So Demir raised her camera. "I thought, This is the only way I can express the scream of his silent body." The resulting image became the defining photograph of an ongoing war that, by the time Demir pressed her shutter, had killed some 220,000 people. It was taken not in Syria, a country the world preferred to ignore, but on the doorstep of Europe, where its refugees were heading. Dressed for travel, the child lay between one world and another: waves had washed away any chalky brown dust that might locate him in a place foreign to Westerners’ experience. It was an experience the Kurdis sought for themselves, joining a migration fueled as much by aspiration as desperation. The family had already escaped bloodshed by making it across the land border to Turkey; the sea journey was in search of a better life, one that would now become — at least for a few months — far more accessible for the hundreds of thousands traveling behind them. Demir’s image whipped around social media within hours, accumulating potency with every share. News organizations were compelled to publish it—or publicly defend their decision not to. And European governments were suddenly compelled to open closed frontiers. Within a week, trainloads of Syrians were arriving in Germany to cheers, as a war lamented but not felt suddenly brimmed with emotions unlocked by a picture of one small, still form.

McLaren P1 GTR — $2.59 million

Ok, so the McLaren P1 GTR isn't on the market any more, and it never really was to begin with, since McLaren sold it out of the works, and only 35 were made.

It's also a track-only car. You'd think these factors would take the GTR out of contention. Not so! A track car is still a car, and this one is a beauty. Built by McLaren works as a 20th anniversary celebration of McLaren's win at Le Mans and maintained by McLaren Special Operations department, the P1 GTR was sold only in pounds for £1.9 million.

The 1,000-horsepower P1 GTR is one of the most expensive cars in the world because it is a McLaren, and a very special one at that. It features a hybrid drive plucked from the audacious P1 road car, and but it differs in a variety of ways. Where the P1 has a variety of driving programs (e-mode, normal, sport, track, and race, as well as an all-out “boost” and Instant Power Assist System button), the GTR has a stripped down set of options.

It has a fixed ride height on race-ready suspension, a fixed rear wing capable that can deploy a drag reduction system, and specially-designed exhaust system. It travels 225 mph at the high end and goes from 0-60 in 2.4 seconds.   

The “most expensive soap in the world” : Qatar Royal Soap price $3,800

The “most expensive soap in the world,” made of pure gold dust, olive oil and virgin honey and embedded with diamonds, was unveiled by Khan Al-Saboun Bader Hassoun and Sons at the Qatar Pool and Spa 2013 at the Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday.
Weighing around 100gm and with a price tag of $3,800, the soap dubbed ‘Qatar Royal Soap’ with the word ‘Qatar’ in Arabic inscribed on it, is being dedicated to Qatar and its great achievements in many fields, especially in winning the bid to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
Khan Al-Saboun Bader Hassoun and Sons chairman Dr Bader Hassoun explained that the soap was specially made for royalty aside being beneficial for the skin due to its natural and organic contents.

“Our company, based in Lebanon, has been known for specialising in natural and organic beauty products for years and we have very committed patrons due to this specialisation,” said Dr Hassoun, whose family has been in the soap making business for over eight centuries.
He said that the soap, though highly valued, has not been produced for commercial purposes, though it was earlier reported that it will be available for sale in Al-Saboun City Center – one of the company’s six branches in Qatar.
“We have made only this one piece in order to showcase our capabilities for inventions in soap making and just to express our respects for royalty. So, the soap will not be for sale,” he maintained. Lebanese singer Reem al-Sherif was present at the launch.

Rolls-Royce unveiled a car painted with actual diamonds at this year's Geneva Motor Show. Rolls-Royce made the paint using 1,000 "ethically sourced" diamonds.

Rolls-Royce unveiled a car painted with actual diamonds at this year's Geneva Motor Show. Rolls-Royce made the paint using 1,000 "ethically sourced" diamonds.

The paint, named "Diamond Stardust," was applied to the top section of Rolls-Royce's Ghost luxury car.

Rolls-Royce didn't say how much the special paint job costs, but a typical Ghost starts at $300,000. The car was commissioned for an individual collector.

Mercedes has built the most expensive SUV in the world: the G650 Landaulet. The car, priced at $$666,400, was added to the automakers Maybach luxury line in March.

Mercedes has built the most expensive SUV in the world: the G650 Landaulet. The car, priced at $$666,400, was added to the automakers Maybach luxury line in March.

The off-roader as close to 2 feet of ground clearance and comes with a glass partition just like a limousine. The back seats also have massage programs designed to mimic a hot-stone massage.

The Mercedes SUV comes with a V12 biturbo engine producing 630 horsepower and 738 pounds per foot of torque. Only 99 cars are being made and sold in the fall, but the car won't be available in the US.

Kapil Dev accepts the Cricket World Cup trophy in 1983.

Kapil Dev, the captain of the 1983 Indian cricket team receives the World Cup from Lord Carr of Hadley. Eight countries had participated in the tournament. The final match was between India and West Indies, which India won by 43 runs.

The devastating earthquake in Japan that led to level 7 meltdowns at three reactors.

An earthquake of 9.0 Richter Scale hit eastern Japan killing over 15,000 and leaving another 9,000 missing.

It was the fifth most devastating earthquake in the world. The earthquake also caused nuclear accidents, primarily level 7 meltdowns at three reactors.

This was the scene at the Taj Mahal Hotel during the Mumbai attacks that lasted for four days.

Flames gush out from the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai as militant gunmen attack the city. This series of twelve shooting and bombing attacks carried out in 2008 lasted for four days.

The only attacker captured alive was Ajmal Kasab. He was hanged on 21 November 2012.

This is what the police found of Princess Diana's car after they arrived on the scene.

This is what was left of Princess Diana's car after the crash. The car crashed into a pillar in an underpass as Diana's chauffeur was trying to overtake pursuing paparazzi.

GRAFF DIAMONDS US$100 MILLION PEACOCK BROOCH

It's not for nothing that Laurence Graff, founder of Graff Diamonds, is known as the 'king of diamonds'. Few would dare to create a diamond brooch in the form of a peacock worth a staggering US$100 million, making it perhaps the most valuable brooch made in recent history. A powerful statement that reinforces Graff's claim to dominance - and extravagance - in the world of diamonds. 

The Peacock brooch was unveiled at Maastricht's TEFAF fair, where the wealthiest collectors of fine art and antiques gather to peruse some of the most precious objects in the world. Few objects on show will be able to compete for wow factor, or price tag. 1,305 diamonds adorn this precious bird, including some highly valuable coloured diamonds totalling 120.81ct.The star of the piece is a 20.02ct pear-shaped Fancy Deep Blue diamond. Fanning out from this stellar blue diamond is an array of white, pink, yellow, orange and even green diamonds that dazzle the eye. Should you want to go for a more low-key look, the blue diamond centre piece can be detached and worn separately. 

THE HOPE DIAMOND – PRICE : $200-250 MILLION

One of the most widely recognized jewels in the world, the Hope Diamond is a 45.42-carat fancy dark grayish-blue, antique cushion cut diamond worth approximately $200-250 million. Since its initial discovery in Golconda, India in 1666, the diamond has changed hands numerous times. The diamond was originally purchased by King Louis XIV in 1668 and dubbed the “French Blue”. 

The diamond remained in the possession of the French royal family until 1792, when it was stolen during the French Revolution amidst a looting of the crown jewels.  The jewel reappeared in 1839 in the gem collection catalog of Henry Philip Hope. After passing through several more owners, including Pierre Cartier and socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, the gem was purchased by jeweler Harry Winston in 1949. Winston ultimately donated the jewel to the Smithsonian Institution, where it remains on display today.

Dh1.2m Ferrari stolen from Dubai hotel, four held Suspects sold car to a garage where it was to be dismantled and sent outside the country

Dubai: Less than 24 hours after a Ferrari was stolen from a hotel in the Palm Jumeirah, the car worth Dh1.2 million was recoeverd by police, an official said on Sunday.
Major-General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said the police received a call from the owner of the Ferrari 458 about the theft from the hotel parking on October 13.
“The European owner said he was in the hotel and parked his car in the underground parking from where it was stolen. We launched a search hunt operation and arrested the gang and recovered the green Ferrari in less than 24 hours,” Maj-Gen Al Mansouri told Gulf News.
A gang of four men, including three Europeans and an African, stole the car and sent it to a garage in a neighbouring emirate where they planned to dismantle the vehicle into pieces and ship the spare parts to another country.
“The car was stolen by two European men and then they handed it to a third European who was the middle man. He sold the car for $55,000 (Dh200,000) to the African suspect. The car is worth Dh1.2 million and the African man took it to a garage to have the vehicle dismantled,” Maj-Gen Al Mansouri said.
The car was missing for one day before the owner alerted the police. The police looked into CCTV footage and tracked the path of the car before identifying the suspects. “We arrested the three European men in Dubai and nabbed the African man at the garage. We recovered the car before it was dismantled. The car has been returned to the owner.”

The four suspects have been referred to Dubai Public prosecution.

The African suspect was a resident in the country while the three European men came to UAE on visit visas.

“We have the ability crack down on car robberies and can get to the suspects in no time. Dubai is a safe city and this is part of our job to ensure security and make tourists and residents feel safe in the city,” Al Mansouri added.

Use public transport in Dubai, win iPhone 8, Dh50,000

RTA is combining the Dubai Fitness Challenge and Public Transport Day. The result: A bumper opportunity for Dubai residents 

Riding Dubai's public transport is about to get a whole lot more rewarding, thanks to the Dubai Fitness Challenge and the upcoming Public Transport Day.

It's not just the environment that will be benefitting from your decision to put one less car on the road; your bank account and overall health is in for a pleasant surprise, too. Cash prizes of over Dh50,000 are up for grabs!

To mark the Public Transport Day, which falls on November 1, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has invited all community segments to use various mass transit modes including the Metro, tram, public buses and marine transport.

But this time around, following the launch of the popular Dubai Fitness Challenge, it is asking you to make exercise part and parcel of that journey.

"This year's Public Transport Day festivity includes three categories: Riding public transport using Nol card from October 23 to November 1. The two most frequent public transport users who collect the maximum number of points would be named as winners, and each would receive a cash prize of Dh50,000," Moaza Al Marri, director of the RTA's marketing and corporate communication, said.

The second category is the public transport race, which starts on November 1. Participation will be open to all and participants will be divided into teams moving through some Metro, tram, public bus, and marine transport stations.

Participants will be required to perform some exercises upon arrival at each station. The winner will be the team that collects the largest number of seals stamped on the participation application at each station and succeeds in reaching the final station.

"The first winning team will receive a cash prize of Dh50,000, the second will get Dh30,000, and the third will walk away with Dh15,000," Al Marri said.

"The third category is the Golden Runner competition which is run via social media from October 23 to November 1. Participants have to follow the social networking sites to locate the Golden Runner who daily visits three RTA stations. Winners will receive wearable e-prizes (fitbits) as well as Apple watches and iPhone 8," added Al Marri.

She urged the public to use mass transit modes and participate in various activities launched by the RTA this year, including sports events to win the prizes up for grabs in cash and in-kind.

"The RTA always seeks to bring happiness to the public, particularly mass transit users and encourage them to pursue physical activities and exercises during their daily commute in the vibrant emirate of Dubai, which strives to be the smartest city worldwide," she noted.

Most expensive bike in the world Medusa – Price : $1million+

Medusa is one of weirdest things you’ll ever see on two wheels. Drawing his inspiration from Ancient Greek mythology (the Medusa was a monster who could turn you to stone if you looked into its eyes) Tarhan Telli of TT Custom Choppers created this unique-looking bike and made it look like something an archaeologist just dug up near Troy or Sparta.
It’s basically a 125hp, 1.8-litre V-Twin engine with a six-speed gearbox powering a 700-pound chopper, with much of that weight being gold. This means that Medusa’s frame alone is worth over $1million, making it the most expensive bike in the world.

The last photograph of Rajiv Gandhi moments before his assassination. The assassin can be seen in the photo.

Perhaps the last photo of Rajiv Gandhi moments before he was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu in 1991. He was campaigning for the elections, when supporters came and offered garlands. The assassin, Dhanu, got near him, bent down to touch his feet and detonated the bomb she was wearing. It killed her, Gandhi and 14 more people. Her head can be seen partially in this photo.