Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a odd, crazy world out there!
A man joins in the celebrations during a St Patrick’s Day party and concert in Trafalgar square in central London. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters
Players take part in an exhibition match during the annual charity King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament at a riverside resort in Bangkok. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters
Participants take part in the Manly Inflatable Boat Race in Manly, Australia. The annual event requires racers to compete in an inflatable raft to raise money for cancer charities. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
A man takes photos during the Hot Air Balloon festival in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
An artist works on a 3D art installation depicting the destruction in Syria, created with Amnesty International and Oxfam to protest against government violence in Syria, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Palestinian Mohammad Baraka, 20, nicknamed by people as Gaza Samson, pulls a water tanker by a rope attached to his teeth as he exercises in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Mohammad Baraka who prefers to be known as ‘The Incredible’, perhaps because he lacks the original Samson’s long hair, has been putting on displays in his hometown of Deir al-Balah for the past two years, earning a reputation as the strongest man in the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Visitors listen to communication android ‘Chihira Kanae’, centre, at an information counter at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin. ‘Chihira Kanae’, which was created by Toshiba, has her own information counter where she welcomes visitors through two way communication, provides information on the trade fair and answers any questions visitors may have in English, German, Japanese and Chinese. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
An Ibizan Hound looks at a baby during the final day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
A girl watches the total solar eclipse in Palembang city on March 9 in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
Obama Stress Heads are on display at the Weekly Standard booth during CPAC 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosted its annual Conservative Political Action Conference to discuss conservative issues. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images
