Moment skydiver crash lands onto traffic light

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A skydiver crash landed onto a traffic light in Mexico City on 9 December.

Local police said the man didn't receive any injuries and a civic judge determined he had not damaged city infrastructure, according to the Mexico City security ministry.

Pedestrians stopped to help him detangle his parachute.

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Mexico City

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A house damaged by Hurricane Melissa in Kingston, Jamaica

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Splitscreen of Melissa's aftermath. On the left, a balcony with debris. On the right, a pan of the devastation.