The 2011 edition of the Dakar Rally, being held in South America for the third year, is nearly complete, with competitors heading toward the finish line in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday, January 16th. This is the 32nd running of the rally, and over 400 Teams are competing in the race with 200 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, 140 cars, and 67 trucks. In the end, racers will have traveled 9,500 km (5,900 mi) in 13 stages across spectacular and varied terrain in both Argentina and Chile. Collected here are a handful of images from this year's race as it nears its end this weekend. [Editor's note: Next entry on 1/19] (42 photos total)
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Jincheng biker Baohua Han, left, from China, looks on after falling down from his motorcycle, not seen, during the seventh stage of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Arica and Antofagasta, Chile, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. At right, Kamaz driver Artur Ardavichus and co-driver Denis Berezovskiy, both from Russia, compete. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) 36
Miners, who were trapped for 69 days in a collapsed mine on 2010, from left, Ariel Ticona, Pedro Cortez, Victor Zamora, Dakar Rally director Etienne Lavigne, and miner Claudio Yanez, pose for pictures next to the Fenix 3, a backup rescue capsule that was never used during the miners' rescue operation on Oct., 2010, at the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally camp in Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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