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10 STRANGEST photos from around the world

Last updated on: October 07, 2013 12:10 IST


Photographs: Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters

Here are some of the odd moments captured from around the world from last week.

Jung Ha-yoon, 2, is pictured in a ceramic container while playing with other children at the traditional sports square during the Royal and Aristocrat's Traditional Food Festival held at Unhyeon Palace, also known as Unhyeongung Royal Residence, in Seoul.

 

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Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

A worker walks past artwork 'Nice Tits' by British artist Sarah Lucas at the Whitechapel gallery in London. 

 

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Photographs: Mike Segar/Reuters

Judah Schiller, from Mill Valley, California, founder of the BayCycle Project, rides his pontoon water bicycle, a bicycle fixed atop pontoons and geared to convert pedaling into power, across the Hudson river from New Jersey to New York City, October 3.

Schiller, who rode his BayCycle Project water bike across San Francisco Bay on September 27, claims to be the first to bike across the Hudson River in this ride to promote water biking and the water bike product.   

 

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Photographs: Larry Downing/Reuters

South Korean tourist Heemok Ann takes his own picture in front of the US Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington after the US government shutdown.

The US government began a partial shutdown last Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects.   

 

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Photographs: Christinne Muschi/Reuters

Ernesto Pompa and his team from CBSA pull an Air Canada Airbus A320 for a charity event in Montreal.

The 767 Challenge, a charity challenge to pull an Airbus airliner to benefit Quebec's Special Olympics athletes, was organized by the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal.   

 

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Photographs: Wong Campion/Reuters

A street artist dressed as an bronze statue smokes as he sits next to his partner during a break in their performance in Kunming, Yunnan province.

 

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Photographs: Mike Segar/Reuters

A dog urinates on a new work by British graffiti artist Banksy on West 24th street in New York City.

Three new works by the street graffiti artist have appeared in New York City this week after Banksy announced a month-long residency in New York.    

 

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Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

A submarine and a car are featured as part of an installation for an advertising campaign in downtown Milan.      

 

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Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Models present creations by Italian designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Spring/Summer 2014 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Moncler Gamme Rouge during Paris Fashion Week.        

 

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Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters

Shoppers eat ice-cream as they watch a man dressed in a superhero costume pose with fans at the shopping district of Orchard Road in Singapore.

The currently unemployed 21-year-old, who calls himself Justice, was first seen on social media site Youtube in August lecturing passengers on social graciousness onboard a public train. According to local media, Justice was inspired by the Rain City Superhero Movement in Seattle, a U.S. citizen patrol group whose members wear costumes. Since rising to internet fame, he has been busy keeping up with media interviews and was seen at the busy shopping stretch with a film crew.         

 

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Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters

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