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Photo: Yannick Granieri of France competes during the Crankworx Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, British Columbia, on Saturday. The joyride is part of a 10-day multi-discipline mountain bike festival held each year in the ski resort.

Bilingual: The option of selecting "blank", in addition to the standard choices of "male" or "female" on birth certificates will become available in Germany from Nov 1. This allows parents to opt out of determining their baby's gender, thereby allowing those born with characteristics of both sexes to choose whether to become male or female in later life.