PHOTOS: The odd, odd world we live in!

These photos prove we live in a bizarre world.

Image: Farmer Zhang Xianping rides his pig "Big Precious" during an interview with the media, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China. Zhang, a pig breeder, instead of killing it, decided to keep the two-year-old "Big Precious" as pet when its weight reached 600 kg, according to local media. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Image: Revellers with their bodies and faces painted attend the "Zombie Walk" parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

Image: A man rides a custom bike over a ramp during "Bike Kill 12" in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. "Bike Kill" is an annual gathering of builders and riders of home-made bicycles that culminates in a tall bike jousting competition. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/ Reuters

Image: Participants walk among balloons during a stress-relief event organised by a shopping mall in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China. About 100 people joined the event on Sunday to try to burst 600,000 balloons in order to relieve stress, local media reported. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Image: Participants stir a giant bowl of fried rice during a Guinness World Record attempt of the largest serving of fried rice, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. A total of 4,192 kilograms of fried rice was cooked in Yangzhou on Thursday as they successfully set the new Guinness World Record, local media reported. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Image: A hillside home is creatively decorated with manicured bushes in San Diego, California. Three signs are placed on the property. Two ask people to keep off the hill and a metal one screwed on a tree that says "Edna Scissorhands". Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Image: Teachers and students exercise on the playground located on the roof of a kindergarten building, in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Image: A Palestinian woman paints a mural, depicting a masked Palestinian holding a knife, in support of Palestinians committing stabbing attacks against Israelis, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Image: People dressed as Star Wars characters Chewbacca (front), Princess Leia (C) and Han Solo throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the MLB baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters