These photos prove we live in an odd, odd world!
Image: Chintya Fabyola representing Indonesia poses in national dress during the 55th Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo, Japan. Representatives of 70 countries and regions from all over the world took part in the annual beauty contest. Photograph: Toru Hanai/ Reuters
Image: David Nicholson, 21, surfs as "The Mask" during the ZJ Boarding House Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest in Santa Monica, California, United States. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters
Image: Lindsay Becker representing the US wearing a national dress, walks on the runway during the 55th Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo, Japan. Representatives of 70 countries and regions from all over the world took part in the annual beauty contest. Photograph: Toru Hanai/ Reuters
Image: Customers clink their cups as they sit in Crazy Toilet Cafe in central Moscow, Russia. A new Moscow cafe serves food to its guests with crockery designed to look like small baths and urinals, in toilet-themed interior with seats resembling toilets, local media reported. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/ Reuters
Image: Baraa Barazi from Syria poses for a photograph at the 2015 Just For Men National Beard & Moustache Championships at the Kings Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hundreds of facial hair enthusiasts attended the event competing in 18 different categories. Photograph: Elizabeth Shafiroff/ Reuters
Image: Participants wearing superhero costumes pose for a picture during the second edition of the Hero Festival in Marseille, France. The festival is dedicated to American superhero comics, Japanese mangas, heroic fantasy characters and video games universes. Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/ Reuters
Image: Beluga whales kiss their trainers during a performance at a aquarium in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Photograph: Stringer/ Reuters
Image: Stunt performers ride their motorcycles on the walls of the 'Well of Death', at a fair on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. The performers earn their livelihood by performing daredevil stunts such as driving their bikes and cars on the walls of the well, which draws a large number of spectators. Photograph: Abhishek N. Chinnappa/ Reuters
Image: A robot dressed up as a bridesmaid serves at a wedding in Tianjin. A robot company recently adjusted their robot product, invented for restaurant service, to work as a bridesmaid at weddings, according to local media. Photograph: China Daily/ Reuters
Image: A remote control witch flies over a neighborhood as kids trick or treat below during Halloween in Encinitas, California. Photograph: Mike Blake/ Reuters
Image: An indigenous man from the Tabajara tribe of Brazil washing his hands in a bathroom during the I World Games for Indigenous People in Palmas, Brazil. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/ Reuters
Image: A man looks a Stormtrooper character from Star Wars in a Christmas window display of the Galeries Lafayette department store on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, France. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/ Reuters
Image: A couple dressed up as musical act Daft Punk ride the shuttle subway at Times Square station in the Manhattan borough of New York. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/ Reuters
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