Crazy yet amazing photos - A collection of amusing pictures from around the world
1. Firefighter Huangpu Jiangwu, China hugs a burning gas cylinder as he removes it from the site of a fire incident in Wuhan, Hubei province, January 3, 2014. Huangpu's identity was revealed by local media on April 17, 2014 after his pictures were taken and gained popularity with netizens on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site also known as "Twitter of China." Picture taken January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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2. A rugby fan adjusts his latex mask at the rugby sevens tournament in Hong Kong on March 29, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez
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3. Doina Postolachi, 34, receives bee venom treatment at a medical center in Bucharest on March 28, 2014. Doina comes twice a week to the medical centre to receive injections of bee venom, or "apitoxin". Bee venom to combat multiple sclerosis, pollen for indigestion, honey to heal wounds -- the humble bee has been a key source of alternative medicines since ancient times, and Romania is working to keep the tradition of "apitherapy" alive. AFP PHOTO DANIEL MIHAILESCU
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4 A pen drive in the image of Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministeral candidate Narendra Modi is shown during a launch ceremony by the 'Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club' (GGFC) in Ahmedabad on April 25, 2014. According to GGFC President, Rajeev Chhajer some 10,000 books and some 5000 hand-crafted pen drives have been prepared for GGFC members. AFP PHOTO/Sam PANTHAKY
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5. A model dressed as a mermaid poses in front of the Eiffel Tower during sunrise on May 22, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / LUDOVIC MARIN
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6. The sculpture "Crazy Daisy" (2014), a rocket formed from female mannequins, by Birgit Dieker stands on April 13, 2014 in Bingen am Rhein, on the banks of the Rhine as part of the Sculpture Triennial. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN
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7. Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo warms up during a training session at the Dortmund stadium, western Germany on April 7, 2014, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match against Real Madrid. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ
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8. This picture taken on March 21, 2014 shows visitors taking photos of a model (in foreground) posing with a car during the Ningbo International Auto Expo 2014, in Ningbo, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. China's auto sales surged 13.9 percent to 21.98 million vehicles, as a recovery in Japanese brands previously hurt by a diplomatic row offset the impact of slowing economic growth. The Chinese market is important to foreign companies, which have turned to the Asian country to offset slowing sales elsewhere.
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9. A van transports a life-size reconstruction of a Megalodon, an extinct species of shark, to a dinosaur park in Muenchehagen, central Germany on April 14, 2014. The reconstructed Megalodon model measures 14 m long and weighs about 1,0 ton. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ CHRISTOPH SCHMIDT
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10. Two visitors sitting and walking on the installation 'Berlin Facade' by Argentine artist Leandro Erlich take pictures of the exhibition 'OM-D: Photography Playground' in Berlin on April 9, 2014. The interactive exhibition was designed by nine international artists and invites visitors to take pictures of themselves while visually experimenting with the art works. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN
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11. The giant moving inflated astronaut art piece, Escape Velocity, is surrounded by music fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, April 12, 2014. The annual music festival, which runs for two consecutive three-day weekends, has grown to one of the largest music festival in the U.S. since it was founded in 1999. AFP PHOTO / David McNew
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12. A woman sunbathing at the Moskva River embankment in Moscow, on May 21, 2014. The temperatures in the Russian capital reached today 28 C (82 F). AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
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13. French tightrope walker Denis Josselin performs over the Seine river in Paris, on April 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO/BERTRAND GUAY
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14. Stian Ytterdahl shows his arm with a McDonalds bill tattooed on it in Stroemmen, Norway, on March 27, 2014. Ytterdahl got the tattoo following a bet with a friend. AFP PHOTO / NTB SCANPIX / STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM
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15. French dancer Brahim Zaibat performs as he arrives for the screening of the film "Foxcatcher" at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
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16. Daniela Melchor (C) of Gold Team is tackled by Nury Ximello (L) of Diamond Team during the game of the All Stars from Iberoamerican Bikini Football League, in Mexico city, on March 29, 2014. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT
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17. Revellers take part in a mass pillow fight in Trafalgar Square in central London on April 5, 2014 on International Pillow Fight Day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
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18. Two women walk past the installation 'Infinity Island' by Irish artist Maser on display as part of the exhibition 'OM-D: Photography Playground' in Berlin on April 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN
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19. Britain's Prince William (L) picks up the dart from a Maori warrior (R) during a Maori welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington on April 7, 2014. Britain's Prince William, his wife Kate and their son Prince George are on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia. AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE
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20. A local school girl in traditional clothes of the 'Kalocsa' region react as boys throw water in Kalocsa, some 100 km south of Budapest on April 17, 2014 during a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of the local folk dance group. Locals from south Hungary celebrate Easter with the traditional "watering of the girls", a fertility ritual rooted in Hungary's tribal pre-Christian past, going as far back as the second century AD. AFP PHOTO/ ATTILA KISBENEDEK
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21. A member of the Bar Italia Scooter Club takes part in the Modstock 50 Anniversary Scooter cruise in central London, on April 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW COWIE
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22. Tattoo of AS Roma's midfielder Daniele De Rossi is pictured prior the Italian Serie A football match between Cagliari vs AS Roma on April 6, 2014 at the Stadio Sant'Elia Stadium in Cagliari. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
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23. French TV host Sebastien Thoen is thrown in the sea during a show on the set of the French tv channel Canal Plus, on the sidelines of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
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24. Manipuri women in their traditional dress play football as part of the celebration of Manipuri New year (Cheiraoba Festival) in Guwahati, the capital city of northeastern Assam state on April 18, 2014. Cheiraoba Festival usually takes place in the month of April and is celebrated with traditional devotion and fervour. AFP Photo/ Biju BORO
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25. Female impersonators endeavor to navigate a course on Duval Street Saturday, April 19, 2014, during the Great Conch Republic Drag Race in Key West, Florida. The wacky event was a facet of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration that commemorates the Florida Keys' 1982 "secession" from the United States, prompted by the installation of a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint at the head of the island chain. Events continue through Sunday, April 27. AFP PHOTO/ Florida Keys News Bureau/ Rob O'NEAL
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26. A participant swims backwards through water underneath a mesh wire fence during the Tough Mudder endurance race in Henley on Thames, West of London, on April 26, 2014. The course is set out over 10-12 miles (18-20 km) with 20 obstacles. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
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27. Two three-month-old female white Bengal tiger cubs play with a zoo keeper in their enclosure at the Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, on April 17, 2014. Captive white Bengal tiger Cleo, gave birth to three cubs -- two females and one male -- on January 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATA
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28. A competitor performs an extreme motocross jump with the Shanghai skyline from the historic Bund area in Shanghai on April 27, 2014, to kick off the Kia World Extreme Games. The games will highlights nearly 200 of the best action sport athletes from almost 30 countries and regions, competing in BMX freestyle, aggressive in-line, skateboarding, speed climbing and international freestyle motocross competition. AFP PHOTO
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1. Firefighter Huangpu Jiangwu, China hugs a burning gas cylinder as he removes it from the site of a fire incident in Wuhan, Hubei province, January 3, 2014. Huangpu's identity was revealed by local media on April 17, 2014 after his pictures were taken and gained popularity with netizens on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site also known as "Twitter of China." Picture taken January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
2. A rugby fan adjusts his latex mask at the rugby sevens tournament in Hong Kong on March 29, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez
3. Doina Postolachi, 34, receives bee venom treatment at a medical center in Bucharest on March 28, 2014. Doina comes twice a week to the medical centre to receive injections of bee venom, or "apitoxin". Bee venom to combat multiple sclerosis, pollen for indigestion, honey to heal wounds -- the humble bee has been a key source of alternative medicines since ancient times, and Romania is working to keep the tradition of "apitherapy" alive. AFP PHOTO DANIEL MIHAILESCU
4 A pen drive in the image of Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministeral candidate Narendra Modi is shown during a launch ceremony by the 'Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club' (GGFC) in Ahmedabad on April 25, 2014. According to GGFC President, Rajeev Chhajer some 10,000 books and some 5000 hand-crafted pen drives have been prepared for GGFC members. AFP PHOTO/Sam PANTHAKY
5. A model dressed as a mermaid poses in front of the Eiffel Tower during sunrise on May 22, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / LUDOVIC MARIN
6. The sculpture "Crazy Daisy" (2014), a rocket formed from female mannequins, by Birgit Dieker stands on April 13, 2014 in Bingen am Rhein, on the banks of the Rhine as part of the Sculpture Triennial. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN
7. Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo warms up during a training session at the Dortmund stadium, western Germany on April 7, 2014, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match against Real Madrid. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ
8. This picture taken on March 21, 2014 shows visitors taking photos of a model (in foreground) posing with a car during the Ningbo International Auto Expo 2014, in Ningbo, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. China's auto sales surged 13.9 percent to 21.98 million vehicles, as a recovery in Japanese brands previously hurt by a diplomatic row offset the impact of slowing economic growth. The Chinese market is important to foreign companies, which have turned to the Asian country to offset slowing sales elsewhere.
9. A van transports a life-size reconstruction of a Megalodon, an extinct species of shark, to a dinosaur park in Muenchehagen, central Germany on April 14, 2014. The reconstructed Megalodon model measures 14 m long and weighs about 1,0 ton. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ CHRISTOPH SCHMIDT
10. Two visitors sitting and walking on the installation 'Berlin Facade' by Argentine artist Leandro Erlich take pictures of the exhibition 'OM-D: Photography Playground' in Berlin on April 9, 2014. The interactive exhibition was designed by nine international artists and invites visitors to take pictures of themselves while visually experimenting with the art works. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN
11. The giant moving inflated astronaut art piece, Escape Velocity, is surrounded by music fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, April 12, 2014. The annual music festival, which runs for two consecutive three-day weekends, has grown to one of the largest music festival in the U.S. since it was founded in 1999. AFP PHOTO / David McNew
12. A woman sunbathing at the Moskva River embankment in Moscow, on May 21, 2014. The temperatures in the Russian capital reached today 28 C (82 F). AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
13. French tightrope walker Denis Josselin performs over the Seine river in Paris, on April 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO/BERTRAND GUAY
14. Stian Ytterdahl shows his arm with a McDonalds bill tattooed on it in Stroemmen, Norway, on March 27, 2014. Ytterdahl got the tattoo following a bet with a friend. AFP PHOTO / NTB SCANPIX / STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM
15. French dancer Brahim Zaibat performs as he arrives for the screening of the film "Foxcatcher" at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
16. Daniela Melchor (C) of Gold Team is tackled by Nury Ximello (L) of Diamond Team during the game of the All Stars from Iberoamerican Bikini Football League, in Mexico city, on March 29, 2014. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT
17. Revellers take part in a mass pillow fight in Trafalgar Square in central London on April 5, 2014 on International Pillow Fight Day. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL
18. Two women walk past the installation 'Infinity Island' by Irish artist Maser on display as part of the exhibition 'OM-D: Photography Playground' in Berlin on April 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN
19. Britain's Prince William (L) picks up the dart from a Maori warrior (R) during a Maori welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington on April 7, 2014. Britain's Prince William, his wife Kate and their son Prince George are on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia. AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE
20. A local school girl in traditional clothes of the 'Kalocsa' region react as boys throw water in Kalocsa, some 100 km south of Budapest on April 17, 2014 during a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of the local folk dance group. Locals from south Hungary celebrate Easter with the traditional "watering of the girls", a fertility ritual rooted in Hungary's tribal pre-Christian past, going as far back as the second century AD. AFP PHOTO/ ATTILA KISBENEDEK
21. A member of the Bar Italia Scooter Club takes part in the Modstock 50 Anniversary Scooter cruise in central London, on April 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW COWIE
22. Tattoo of AS Roma's midfielder Daniele De Rossi is pictured prior the Italian Serie A football match between Cagliari vs AS Roma on April 6, 2014 at the Stadio Sant'Elia Stadium in Cagliari. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
23. French TV host Sebastien Thoen is thrown in the sea during a show on the set of the French tv channel Canal Plus, on the sidelines of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
24. Manipuri women in their traditional dress play football as part of the celebration of Manipuri New year (Cheiraoba Festival) in Guwahati, the capital city of northeastern Assam state on April 18, 2014. Cheiraoba Festival usually takes place in the month of April and is celebrated with traditional devotion and fervour. AFP Photo/ Biju BORO
25. Female impersonators endeavor to navigate a course on Duval Street Saturday, April 19, 2014, during the Great Conch Republic Drag Race in Key West, Florida. The wacky event was a facet of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration that commemorates the Florida Keys' 1982 "secession" from the United States, prompted by the installation of a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint at the head of the island chain. Events continue through Sunday, April 27. AFP PHOTO/ Florida Keys News Bureau/ Rob O'NEAL
26. A participant swims backwards through water underneath a mesh wire fence during the Tough Mudder endurance race in Henley on Thames, West of London, on April 26, 2014. The course is set out over 10-12 miles (18-20 km) with 20 obstacles. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
27. Two three-month-old female white Bengal tiger cubs play with a zoo keeper in their enclosure at the Buenos Aires' Zoo, in Argentina, on April 17, 2014. Captive white Bengal tiger Cleo, gave birth to three cubs -- two females and one male -- on January 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATA
28. A competitor performs an extreme motocross jump with the Shanghai skyline from the historic Bund area in Shanghai on April 27, 2014, to kick off the Kia World Extreme Games. The games will highlights nearly 200 of the best action sport athletes from almost 30 countries and regions, competing in BMX freestyle, aggressive in-line, skateboarding, speed climbing and international freestyle motocross competition. AFP PHOTO
