Reuters has a gallery called "Oddities," so here are the oddest images of the year so far.
A man wearing a goat mask runs into the English Bay during the annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2013.
An employee wearing a panda costume slides down from an ice sculpture during the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 11, 2013.
A woman pulls a chain attached to a man, wearing an alien monster costume, as the city of Lima marks the 478th anniversary of its Spanish founding in Lima January 18, 2013.
A girl walks past a poster featuring a cat during the Athens 21st International Cat Show January 27, 2013.
Anfisa, a 8-year-old female chimpanzee, washes a window of her enclosure where she lives with a male chimpanzee named Tikhon, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, January 29, 2013.
Thai groom Sopon Sapaotong (L), 41, and his bride Chutima Imsuntear, 37, jump in a pond during a wedding ceremony ahead of Valentine's Day in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok February 13, 2013.
Conceptual artist Pandemonia (2nd L) waits for a taxi outside Somerset House after attending London Fashion Week, February 15, 2013.
Performers dressed as snakes participate in Chinese New Year Twilight Parade in Sydney February 17, 2013.
A cow is attached to a BMW car in Qingdao, Shandong province, February 19, 2013. The driver of a damaged BMW had tethered the cow to his vehicle to express his anger towards a garage which he believed not only aggravated the damages to his car, but had also refused to compensate him for it. Picture taken February 19, 2013.
A half-naked participant wears a gas mask as he takes part in the second "Guangzhu (naked) Run" on a winter morning at the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing, February 24, 2013. About 100 people joined this event, which required them to run wearing only their underwear for 3.5 km (2.2 miles), as a way to promote environmentally-friendly lifestyles.
Shoes worn by producer Randy Jackson (L) and musician Steven Tyler (C) are seen beside giant feet sported by comedian Jim Carrey as they arrive at the 2013 Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California, February 24, 2013.
Maria Jose Cristerna, a Mexican tattoo artist and former lawyer known as "Mujer Vampiro" (or Vampire Woman), poses for a photograph during the "Expo Tatuaje" international in Monterrey March 2, 2013.
Christie's specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century, sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg in London March 27, 2013. The rare egg is expected to sell for 20,000-30,000 GB pounds (U.S. $30,000-45,000) when is it auctioned in London on April 24. The extinct Elephant Bird, a native of Madagascar, was a large bird measuring around 11 feet in height.
Saudi youths demonstrate a stunt known as "sidewall skiing" (driving on two wheels) in the northern city of Hail, in Saudi Arabia March 30, 2013.
A woman takes pictures of art installation "Alice" by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013.
U.S. President Barack Obama makes light of his wife's new bangs with a mock picture of himself with the same hairdo in this humorous photo created by the White House shown at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on April 27, 2013.
Paramilitary policemen stand guard during "Monihei" Carnival in Cangyuan county, Yunnan province, April 30, 2013. Ethnic Wa people throw and smear muddy water onto each other during the annual "Monihei" festival. Wa people consider the muddy water, which contains special plant juice, sacred and as a sign of good fortune.
A passerby looks at a five-metre-high (16 ft) sculpture "Pentateuque" by contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle being displayed in Statue Square at Hong Kong's financial Central district May 21, 2013.
A house built on a rock on the river Drina is seen near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, about 160km (99 miles) from the capital Belgrade May 22, 2013.
Members of the TUM CREATE group ride a prototype of their VOI scooter at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore May 28, 2013. The electric-powered VOI multipurpose scooter was designed to provide the ease of mobility and affordability of a scooter while offering car-like comfort and protection to the passenger.
Fisherman Ompong Vargas, 39, who wears a facial mask made of fabric to protect his skin from getting darker, holds a fish in his mouth as he searches a net at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Metro Manila May 24, 2013.
Models present creations for Belgium fashion house Maison Martin Margiela as part of its Haute Couture Fall Winter 2013/2014 fashion show in Paris July 3, 2013.
A privately-built illegal temple-like structure is seen on the top of a 20-storey residential block in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen August 22, 2013. A police spokesman said that the elaborate temple-like structure is built illegally on the roof. It was later demolished.
A man runs up the "gostra", a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta August 25, 2013. In the traditional "gostra", a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes.
Youths mount their cars on stones in the Saudi city of Duba August 31, 2013. This new art-form trending in Saudi Arabia is called ‘Tahjir’ or 'Stoning', in which cars are raised atop stacked piles of rocks and bricks.
A man attempts to pull the neck off a dead goose while being repeatedly being plunged into the water during Antzar Eguna (Day Of The Goose) in the Basque fishing town of Lekeitio, near Bilbao September 5, 2013. Geese are hung from a rope over the harbour as participants passing on a boat attempt to grab the animal and are then lifted up and plunged into the water until they pull off its neck or fall down into the water. Those who succeed in pulling the neck off get to keep the goose.
A swimmer passes a temporary floating sculpture as he trains on the Serpentine Lake at Hyde Park in London September 11, 2013.
A guest poses as he arrives at the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2014 collection during Milan Fashion Week September 20, 2013.
A new nose, grown by surgeons on Xiaolian's forehead, is pictured before being transplanted to replace the original nose, which is infected and deformed, at a hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province September 24, 2013.
A customized Soviet-era Volga GAZ-21 vintage car covered by artificial grass, advertising for a dairy store, is seen on a parking lot in St. Petersburg, October 17, 2013.
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