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It's an incredibly BIZARRE world out there

March 04, 2015 12:15 IST

Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a bizarre world out there!


Image: A trainer picks up Chinese Yuan banknotes from the open mouth of a crocodile during a performance at a zoo in Wenling, Zhejiang province. Photograph: Reuters



Image: Cats crowd the harbour on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan. An army of cats rules the remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters



Image: A street performer dressed as the Statue of Liberty stands during snowfall at Times Square in New York. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters



Image: Monks practice martial arts in subzero temperatures after snow at Wanshou Temple in Changchun, Jilin province, China. Photograph: Reuters



Image: A costumed performer takes part in an event marking the closing of national carnival celebrations in the Malecon of Santo Domingo. Photograph: Ricardo Rojas/Reuters



Image: Participants jump as they run in the 'Half-Naked Marathon' at a park in Beijing. Hundreds of runners joined this annual running event, which required them to run half-naked as a way to promote environmentally friendly lifestyles. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters



Image: A man dressed as Napoleon (front, left) walks on the beach during the re-enactment of the landing of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Golfe-Juan as part of the Bicentennial. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters



Image: A man stands next to an art piece called "Barbieburger" by artist Mel Ramos of the US during the International Contemporary Art fair in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters



Image: A participant in the Chicago Polar Plunge dressed as the character "Elmo" emerges from the partially frozen waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters



Image: A newly-wed couple takes a selfie after a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. Approximately 3,800 couples from around the world attended the mass wedding on March 3. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters