{"id":707698,"date":"2026-06-01T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707698\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:47:07","slug":"in-pictures-70-foot-messi-statue-is-removed-from-lake-town-kolkata-telegraph-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/707698\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: 70-foot Messi statue is removed from Lake Town, Kolkata &#8211; Telegraph India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In pictures: 70-foot Messi statue is removed from Lake Town, Kolkata<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Telegraph India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE5meHhRa0VUSVFZNkxnZVAxbnZVbVJQUmppc1FGNWp5Tld5cWpKYml6S2ZxVzRId1lGRWlneXJlcVhfZmdDbjgzVE5sZG5GbzNRZWxISmxvRGZpbUkxWE9sV1M1RmVGLTJHLWVfOU1YWkJxTExrUlhhTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giant Messi statue to be removed over safety concerns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Taipei Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxNOFNRWmxJb19UdlZSMG9OeTFsdV9RR3FjcllTbGlnMGNzZlhiS182dGtOYzdtUmNZVmhGRDZIZ3hrRGdqRGRCNUlzc1RxSzdIM0w2WHJrSFI1RHNrS0dVd3dfaFJwNTJUSlE3cURhQTh1VlpscHB0cUpINjhydUlHRHRrek0xTFdvUHhUaFhJS1daMnVvWDhLRXlFOExxYjRxckdLQ0dyVzR5UjllT2xZNElmMlhsemQ5Xy1iaXhkVE5CbnR4UTRxOE5hS2d3ajJEeGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giant Lionel Messi statue in India to be taken down after &#8216;swaying in the wind&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Flashscore.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5Cc3VWdUJmeXBmUlF0TEE0RmZrbFY1aDk4NDhmYlVnVk5QTVkzRm05Uk5CNzF5VVNLX1VYX0dlakNsMDVrM1YzcVp3WEpLeHRUMkVVRlJRZGJqY1RqSjJ4a0JSc3JEczg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi&#8217;s 70ft statue in India to be moved after &#8216;swaying in wind&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQVm9EZ09jZHFEMFhuMW5QbF9nUEczUmRyTmFhNmlpc29KLTlLQzNKRUtpMm1hM1o5U2xsNzAzVVpQelRSOF80M3pJenJoX2FBU3pGM09OYWpRUVZyOENQOGNOVG5tQ1ptVEg2blFGZ2JmanJHdVVOY0FsMzRYNGdJTDduVmhZZjNLWVdoa0wyQXRJT2U1M0pWVmhYTDZZaHdFWGR3NUU3LWLSAa4BQVVfeXFMT1BOc3cxZFNJcEJ5TnhHWmJ3UDduaTRZVlpOdDZrTmhJSTVGYnhpRG5ITXRDekpvbDkzOENUSy1LOXd5TExVRnJmTDJJRFJTc3hpckxYekR5ajU1ZGd0Tm9Od2M0QWNTWEk0bFA1RC1hM0k2Y0duM2I1NkRrSW1CUER3MjNGX1FuNDh6a0JWQXZPcGFsdEYwRUp1T2xYYjFubzY4SFBzVjZaUDdfbk1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Messi\u2019s GOAT statue in India to be removed over safety concerns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In pictures: 70-foot Messi statue is removed from Lake Town, Kolkata&nbsp;&nbsp;Telegraph IndiaGiant Messi statue to be removed over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-707698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}