A Nepalese doctor (L) examines teen Khagendra Thapa Magar in front of a Guinness World Records official (R) at a local hospital in Pokhara, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu, on Thursday. The Nepalese teenager whose tiny stature has made him a celebrity in his homeland entered the record books as the world's shortest man, standing at just 25.8 inches (65.5 centimetres) tall, as he celebrated his 18th birthday. AFP