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19 March 2024

World on show: One crazy pic at a time

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A statue of an elephant and castle stands near the new Elephant Park building development in south London, Britain. (Reuters)

A man walks under a shrine gate at a park in Tokyo. (AP)

Venezuela's Genesis Rodriguez Gomez collapses during a lift attempt in the women's 53kg weightlifting at the Pan Am Games in Oshawa, Ontario. (AP)

Divers dressed as Father Christmas with Santa hats conduct a feeding session at an aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Reuters)

A man holds an umbrella to shield against snowfall as he rows a boat on the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. (Reuters)

The Momotombo volcano erupts just before daybreak, as seen from the rural community of Papalonal, in Leon, Nicaragua. (AP)

A staff member (top) pretends to scream in pain next to a cake, which was baked in the shape of a muscular man, for customers to try for free during a promotional event of a cake store in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. (Reuters)

A referee watches as Boston Celtics Kelly Olynyk (41) swings from the basket after dunking during the second half of a regular-season NBA basketball game in Mexico City. (AP)

Tourists urged to boycott Massages from Elephants on beaches in Thailand. (YouTube) A policeman looks at a car which fell into a pit after crashing through a brick wall, on a hazy day in Xianyang, Shaanxi province, China. (Reuters)

Members of the Mona Shores High School Choir stand in the Singing Christmas Tree during a dress rehearsal performance at the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon, Mich. The five-story Singing Christmas Tree features 15 tiers on which about 220 student singers stand. (AP)

Superintendent Jackie Ratliff, a coal miner of 25 years, holds coal running through a processing plant. (AP)

A New Statue of The Beatles by sculptor Andy Edwards is unveiled at Pier Head on December 4, 2015 in Liverpool, England. The bronze sculpture was donated to the city by the Cavern Club and unveiled by John Lennon's sister Julia Baird. (Getty Images)

 

A view of a makeshift memorial near the Inland Regional Center on December 4, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. The FBI has officially labeled the attack carried out by Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik as an act of terrorism. The San Bernardino community continues to mourn the attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and another 21 injured. (Getty Images)

 

Rushlee Bushanan, Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams of New Zealand compete in the Womens Team Pursuit during the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Cup on December 5, 2015 in Cambridge, New Zealand. (Getty Images)

 

Visitors look among Christmas trees for one to saw down themselves at the Werderaner Tannenhof Christmas tree farm on December 5, 2015 in Werder, Germany. The Christmas season is in high gear in Germany and a proper, fully decorated Christmas tree is an essental part of Germany's Christmas tradition. (Getty Images)

 

Granit Xhaka of Moenchengladbach challenges Thomas Mueller of Muenchen during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern Muenchen at Borussia-Park on December 5, 2015 in Moenchengladbach, Germany. (Getty Images)

 

Thai policemen pose for a picture during a massive candle light ceremony for KingÕs birthday at Sanam Luang on December 5, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The world's longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej's health is closely watched as he is kept in hospital now and hasn't been publicly seen in weeks. The Thai King has been considered the most unifying symbol for a country that has seen increased political divisions and violence. (Getty Images)

 

Pope Francis interacts with a patient as he visits a Paediatric Hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic. (Reuters)

 

Palestinian girls take part in a ballet dancing course, run by the Al-Qattan Center for Children, in Gaza City. (Reuters)

 

Firefighters demonstrate by lighting themselves on fire in front of a regional government building to demand more work safety measures and against what they say is a covert privatisation of their sector, in Oviedo, northern Spain. (Reuters)

 

A 500-metre (1,640-ft.) aperture spherical telescope (FAST) is seen under construction among the mountains in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, China. (Reuters)

A resident rides an electric bicycle across a street amid heavy smog as vehicles wait for a traffic light next to a statue of pandas, a landmark of the Wangjing area in Beijing, China. (Reuters)

 

 

The enormous saltwater crocodile was photographed fighting with a smaller crocodile to the death in a remote waterhole in Queensland. (Facebook)

A woman dives into a partially frozen lake at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. (Reuters)

A vehicle is shown at the scene of an officer-involved shooting, in downtown Atlanta. (AP)

A minke whale on the deck of a whaling ship for research in the Antarctic Ocean. (AFP)

A man takes a picture of a 1:6 scale model of the Star Wars' Millennium Falcon spaceship displayed in a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Spanish Juan Ponce performs a pass to a bull during a bullfight at Peru's historic Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima. (Reuters)

Bull chases people into water. (YouTube)

Contestants launch hot-air balloon during Tazaungdine Festival in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, Myanmar. (AP)

Two people push a vehicle out of high water at Cal Young Park. (AP)  

A float travels past spectators during the Auckland Santa Parade on November 29, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Getty Images) 

Performers entertain the crowd during the Auckland Santa Parade on November 29, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Getty Images)

People help lift a horse who slipped pulling a cart, overloaded with sacks of onions, on outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey during the 68th annual presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (rEUTERS) 

A man stops to look at a frozen handrail as he walks his dogs along the coastline, in Dalian, Liaoning province. (Reuters) 

Filipino environmental activists wear skull masks as they take part in a global protest action ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, known as the COP21 summit, in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines November 28, 2015. (Reuters)

"Gloria La Reina Del Ring" (L) fights with "Calaca Vengadora" during a "cholitas" (Aymara women in skirts) all-in wrestling fight in El Alto. (AFP)

Members of Pakistan Desert Rangers, perform during a march in Moj Garh, 100 kilometres east of Bahawalpur in Punjab province. (AFP)

Chase Kennedy, 22, from San Luis Obispo, California, says her legs are the longest in the world - and insists they beat all other claims to the title. (YouTube)

The budding fashion star is just 0.9inches away from the world record. (YouTube)

A black kite (Milvus migrans) flying near Keelung harbor. (AFP)

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, right, and Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams, left get tangled up on the floor during an NBA basketball game. (AP)

submerged baskets of a pearl farm in the Tahaa lagoon, French Polynesia.The pearl, pillar of the French Polynesian economy, becomes vulnerable because of global warming and farmers must adapt. (AFP)

Birds sit on the remains of an old pier during a high tide with Alcatraz Island. (AP)

Rocky, an orphaned Chihuahua, is held at the center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Rocky was born with a hole in his skull, a heart murmur and serious intestinal complications. (AP)

Look-a-like supporter Terry Silliman of Goose Creek, South Carolina, waves a flag at rally for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Reuters)

A worker checks a truck loaded with iron ore at the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) Christmas Creek iron ore mine located south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. (Reuters)

Men play carom on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Philippine journalists burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III riding a backhoe during a rally to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the massacre of 58 people, including 32 journalists, in Maguindano province in southern Philippines. (AFP)

Needle felting is an easy craft to learn. “It can pretty quickly resemble something,” says Sharp, of Suquamish, Wash. (AP) 

The first public toilet equipped with Wi-Fi, a bank ATM machine and chargers for mobile phones and electric vehicles in Beijing. More toilets are due to opened on the outskirts of Beijing as well as other cities including Guiyang, Haikou, Kunming and Zhangjiakou. (AFP)

Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Crispy Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the series championship and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (AFP/Getty) 



A woman holding an umbrella walks past the sculpture by Chinese artist Yue Minjun beside a road during a snow in Beijing, China, November 22, 2015. (Reuters)



A boy plays with snow in a park in central Beijing, China, November 22, 2015. (Reuters)



A man wades through a flooded street as he leaves a stranded car, in Qionghai, Hainan province, China, November 22, 2015. (Reuters)



Visitors take pictures of leaves falling from an old gingko tree in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, November 21, 2015. Picture taken November 21, 2015. (Reuters)