10 photos that show it’s an odd, weird world out there.
A waiter shows a chocolate in the shape of an eyeball which is served at the V bar in Beijing. The Vampire-themed bar serves unique foods such as a chocolate in the shape of an eyeball and cocktails in syringes and blood bags, in a place decorated like a vampire base of the Middle Ages. According to the bar, most customers are young Chinese woman who are fond of watching the famous American TV series The Vampire Diaries. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Couples participate in the Running of the Brides race in a park in Bangkok. Seventy-five husbands and wives-to-be wore their wedding dresses and running shoes and competed in an event for a combined prize worth 1 million Thai baht. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
A competitor throws during the UK Christmas Tree Throwing Championships in Keele, central England. Participants taking part in the charity event must throw a 6 foot tree, weighing about 10 kilogram, as far as possible and get the tree as high over a bar as they can. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
A floral replica of the inflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman on display at a chrysanthemum exhibition in Shenzhen. Photograph: Reuters
A worker paints Christmas decorations in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Photograph: Jon Woo/Reuters
An element of the installation Voyageurs by French artist Cedric Le Borgne is suspended at Place Bel Air in Geneva. The installation is part of the Geneva Lux Festival presenting four art installations in the town city centre until January 11, 2015. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds fish inside an oceanarium in Manila. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
Fans wait along the red carpet at the world film premiere of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies at Leicester Square in central London. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
A man takes a selfie with a figurine promoting products in front of a shopping mall in Beijing. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Participants dressed as Perchten roam village streets to chase away evil winter spirits in the annual Perchten gathering in Bavaria near Kirchseeon, Germany. Perchten are the mythical entourage of Perchta, a goddess in ancient southern German alpine pagan tradition, and are usually fearsome creatures with tusks and horns and covered in hair. The tradition dates back at least to the 16th century and is also related to traditions of Krampus, Teifel, Klausen and La Befana, all animal-like creatures in the German, Austrian, Italian and Swiss alpine regions whose duties include instilling fear into naughty children. Photograph: Philipp Guelland/Getty Images
