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These 10 images prove it’s a mad, mad world
A young woman is drenched in wine during the Batalla de Vino (Wine Battle) in Haro, northern Spain. Every year thousands of people celebrate the day of the patron saint of the town, San Pedro, with a trek to the mountainous crags of Bilibio. Following a mass in honour of the fifth century hermit, St Felices de Bilibio, a giant battle ensues with participants using any method available to soak each other with cheap wine. The tradition appears to have come about after various participants, following a night of drinking, thought it amusing to stain their white festival costumes with red wine, according to early newspaper reports. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters
A man uses chopsticks to pick up sushi which was placed on the body of a model, during a promotional event at an automobile exhibition in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Photograph: Reuters
People dressed as Albert Einstein gather to establish a Guinness world record for the largest Einstein gathering, to raise money for School on Wheels and homeless children’s education, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
A man has an egg smashed on his head to raise money for charity during the World Egg Throwing Championships and Vintage Day in Swaton, Britain. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
A participant rests while people take part in the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. The annual parade, founded in 1983, seeks to bring mythology to life for residents, create confidence in the district and to allow artistic self-expression in public, according to the parade's website. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
People participate in colourful costumes at the annual Christopher Street Day parade on Kurfuerstendamm in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
A child sitting on a toy fire truck observes firemen parade on a street during the Firemen’s Day, in Concepcion, Chile. Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters
People look on as participants eat watermelons during a contest to win tickets to an aquatic park, in Chongqing municipality, China. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
The OneWorldTradeCenter is seen along 6th Ave as a reveller marches during the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
College graduate Li Rongjun looks at the exterior of a building made of 8,500 beer bottles, near his home in Lanya village of Chongqing municipality, China. Li, who graduated from college with an engineering degree this year, spent more than four months and over 70,000 yuan ($11,270) to complete the 29-square-metre building with the help of his father. Li hoped the building, which was mostly made of sand, cement, cobblestones and beer bottles, could showcase his designing skills in order to attract investors and partners to start his own business in construction design, local media reported. Photograph: Reuters