Eight images that prove we live in a truly bizarre world.
Women compete during the 'Running of the Brides' race event in Bangkok, Thailand. The winner receives a fully sponsored wedding as a prize. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
A man dressed as a devil embraces a child as part of a tradition to determine if she had behaved well during the past year, inside of a sandstone cave in the village of Svitava near the town of Cvikov, Czech Republic. Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
A priest displays a passport of a person who hopes for visa in front of the idol of Lord Hanuman at Visa Hanuman Temple, in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
IMAGE: A visitor looks at a Soviet-made Zaporozhets retro car, which was converted into an aquarium at a small and medium business exhibition in St Petersburg, Russia. Photograph: Anton Vaganov/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman rows a boat towards the place of her residence across the Yenisei River, which separates her home village Khmelniki from other local settlements, south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
IMAGE: Remotely controlled robots OriHime-D, developed by Ory Lab Inc to promote employment of disabled people, serve customers at a cafe in Tokyo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
IMAGE: A stuntman covering his face rides a motorcycle inside the 'Well of Death' attraction during a fair in Bangkok. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman dressed as Snegurochka (Snowmaiden), granddaughter of Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, Ded Moroz, slops over hot water during an event dedicated to the end of the sailboat season, with the air temperature at about -33°C, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters