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Shrinking Angelina Jolie's body battle

She may have shot to fame as the fearless and tough Lara Croft, but Angelina Jolie is now a fragile shadow of her former self.

The actress looked frail as she returned from dropping daughter Zahara and son Pax off to school in Prague, with her white trousers and t-shirt sitting loosely around her tiny frame.

Jolie has acknowledged her worrying weightloss, saying it is a result of stress.

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Fragile: Angelina Jolie showed her tiny frame during an outing in Prague

She has said: "I've always been lean and this year I lost my mom and I've gone through a lot."

"I have four kids and I finished breastfeeding – it's been hard to get my nutrition back on track. Instead of people saying I look like a person dealing with something emotionally, they assume it's because I want to fit into skinny jeans."

"Someone saying to me that I'm thin is not a compliment."

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Buff stuff: the actress in her Lara Croft glory

Her partner Brad Pitt has joined the Hollywood actress in the Czech Republic, where she is shooting her latest film, Wanted.

Jolie and Pitt - who are already parents to 5-year-old Maddox, Zahara, 2, Shiloh, 1 and the newly adopted Pax, 3 - plan to continue expanding their family.

Of the number of children the couple want, Jolie has said: "It fluctuates between seven and 13 or 14."

"We kind of feel like, 'Damn it, we're up for the challenge!'"

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