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Odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world!

September 30, 2015 09:22 IST

These images from across the globe show that it is a crazy world out there.

A performer dances at a housing exhibition in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Mexican body modification and tattoo artist "Vampire Woman”, poses during the last day of the Quito Tattoo Convention in Quito, Ecuador. Photograph: Guillermo Granja/Reuters

A boy reacts as a butterfly stops on his nose during a butterfly exhibition at a park in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

A woman runs as she takes part in an extreme run competition in Zhodino, east of Minsk. Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/ Reuters

Participants are covered by colored powder as they compete in The Color Run, a five-kilometre untimed race, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Approximately 7,000 participants took part in Hanoi's first Color Run, reported local media. Photograph: Kham/Reuters

Oliver Ross of Austria walks blindfolded on the line during the Highline Extreme event in Moleson, Switzerland. European best slackliners will compete until Sunday on six different lines ranging from 148 ft to 1,624 ft. The 1,624 ft line if completed, will be the world record.  Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

 

Japanese tourist pose for a photo with Peruvian anti-riot police in Lima's main square in down town Lima. Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Participants try to catch 100 yuan banknotes flying inside a dome during a promotional event of a jewelry store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. The contestants were required to catch as many banknotes as they could in 20 seconds, and the winner would be awarded with the money he or she caught, local media reported. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Tourists look down as they walk on a glass suspension bridge at the Shiniuzhai National Geo-park in Pinging county, Hunan province, China. The 984 ft glass bridge, which opened to tourists for the first time on Thursday, spans over a canyon which is about 591 ft, local media reported. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

A dog surfs during the Surf City Surf Dog Contest in Huntington Beach, California September 27, 2015. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

A chef makes huge sesame seed balls at a food store in Pingjiang Road in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. The diameter of sesame seed ball is in 30 centimeters which attracts citizens and visitors. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Cooper, dressed as a racing car driver competes in the Hophaus Southgate Inaugural Best Dressed Dachshund competition in Melbourne, Australia.  Thirty mini dachshunds, 6 standard dachshunds and 18 dachshund puppies all competed for first place and for Best Dressed Dachshund during the annual Oktoberfest celebration. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images