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It's an odd world out there! Here are 10 moments that prove it

October 15, 2015 09:08 IST
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Here's your weekly digest of odd, crazy moments from around the world

A visitor poses for a portrait during Lisbon Fashion Week, Portugal. Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters


A Palestinian protester rests during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photograph: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters


People take part in a game of 'bubble bump soccer' during an exhibition tournament in Medellin, Colombia. The game is played by five-a-side teams wearing inflatable balls trying to score goals against the opposing team. Photograph: Fredy Builes/Reuters


A boy watches a cheetah walking in his enclosure at Planckendael's zoo near Mechelen, Belgium. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters


A tourist poses for photographs in front of the rising sun at a tourist resort in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters


Steve Daletas, of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, poses for a photo with his 1,969 pound pumpkin after winning the 42nd annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California. Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters


A bicycle called "Ghost bike" or "Bicianimita" stands next to at the location where a cyclist was killed in an accident with a vehicle in Santiago, Chile. Bicycles, usually painted in white, are a project of "Ciclistas con Alas" (Bikers with wings) organization, which seeks to make aware the many cases of run-over cyclists. The placard reads "Maria Jose Ramirez, 20 years, student and cyclist. Killed by Hector Patricio Cifuentes Villaflor, irresponsible driver." Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters


People dressed as Sally from Nightmare before Christmas and the Joker from Batman sit in the foodcourt at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters


A visitor looks at jellyfish under special Halloween illumination during a seasonal event called Aqua Halloween at the Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters


A performer dressed as Bob the Builder departs a London taxi after the Brand Licensing Europe character parade at Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, England. A record number of famous children's characters will take part in this year's character parade during the 17th edition of the annual Brand Licensing Europe exhibition. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images

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