Friday, January 25, 2013 12:23:00 PM | by v-nihill
Oddly around the world in December
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Year of the snake
A man in Manila, Philippines, wraps himself in pythons, including an albino Burmese python, as part of a show celebrating the coming year of the snake in the Chinese calendar.
Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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New Year's Day
People take part in a traditional swim during New Year's at Malo-Les-Bains beach in France.
Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images
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Sea lion
A sea lion paints at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan.
Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
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Stunts
Daredevils perform car and bike stunts during a fair in Mumbai, India.
Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images
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New Year's Day
People run into the North Sea during the Nieuwjaarsduik (New Year's dive) on New Year's Day in Scheveningen, Netherlands.
Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images
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New Year's Eve
Young couples dance on New Year's Eve at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.
Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images
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Yoga
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in a yoga class near Jerusalem.
Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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New Year's Day
People take part in a traditional swim during New Year's celebrations in Dunkirk, France.
Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images
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Lemur and frog
A ring-tailed lemur sniffs a tomato frog at the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany. The two creatures met during an annual inventory during which all the zoo's animals were counted, weighed and measured.
Christian Charisius/AFP Photo
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Surfing Santa
A surfing Santa rides a wave near Los Angeles.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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Christmas procession
Palestinian officials and members of the clergy follow a cart carrying a sculpture of baby Jesus carved from olive wood. The statue was on its way to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank.
Musa Al Shaer/AFP/Getty Images
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Mayan calendar
People dressed as animals perform at Central America Park in Copan Ruinas, Peru. The celebration marked the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13, and the start of the new Maya Era on Dec. 21, 2012.
Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images
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Christmas circus
A clown performs during the final rehearsal for the Wereldkerstcircus (World Christmas Circus) at the Carre Theater in Amsterdam.
Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images
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Fashion week
A dancer preforms with sand during Gideon Oberson's show at the Tel Aviv fashion week in Israel.
Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
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Religious procession
Hindu Saddhus (holy men) take part in a religious procession toward Sangam in Allahabad, India.
Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images
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Kalaripayattu
Soldiers perform the Indian martial art Kalaripayattu during an Army Mela (fair) and exhibition at Khasa, India.
Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
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Color Run 5K
Runners take part in The Color Run 5K in Rio de Janeiro.
Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images
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Marriage equality
Three men dressed up as nuns kiss each other during a demonstration for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Paris.
Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
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Turtle treat
A tortoise eats watermelon at Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images
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Piazza del Popolo
Buses decorated for Christmas illuminate Piazza del Popolo in Rome.
Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
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Saint Lucia concert
Swedish children take part in a Saint Lucia concert in a church at the open air museum of Skansen in Stockholm.
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
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Monkey and goat
A Pakistani street performer walks with his trained monkey and goat during a heavy rain in Lahore.
Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
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Doll eye
This spare doll eye is at a doll repair workshop in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Martin Gerten/AFP/Getty Images
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Christmas taxi
Camilla Duchess of Cornwall poses for a photograph beside a taxi decorated to look like a reindeer in London.
Murray Sanders/AFP/Getty Images
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Cold swim
A Chinese man dives into icy waters in Beijing.
Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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She needs a coat!
A man carries a mannequin in Minsk, Belarus.
Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images
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Bear with us
A person in Berlin in a bear costume, the mascot of that city, offers to pose for photos with tourists.
Maurizio Gambarini/AFP/Getty Images
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Light show
Lasers illuminate the crowd at the Transmusicales music festival in Rennes, France.
Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images
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Supertrees
The Supertrees grove dazzles with lights at the Garden by the Bay in Singapore.
Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
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Dutch treat
Three men skate on a frozen polder in Friesland, a province in northern Netherlands.
Catrinus Van Der Veen/AFP/Getty Images
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Beat the heat
An industrial container in Sao Paulo, Brazil, doubles as a pool.
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
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Paris
A man playing on the Trocadero square in Paris throws his umbrella into the air.
Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
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We have bananas
Laborers carry baskets of bananas at a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan.
Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
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Festival of lights
An opera house in Lyon, France, is the backdrop of a the 'Fête des Lumières' — Festival of Lights.
Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
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Seagulls
Seagulls stand on a rail in Stockholm.
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
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Camels in the snow
Camels hang out in a snow-covered pasture in Germany.
Markus Scholz/AFP/Getty Images
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Swan-catcher
A diver tries to catch a sick swan on a lake in Belarus.
Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images
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Not quite planking
A Chinese man exercises on a bench in Beijing.
Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
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Under-sea Santa
A diver dressed as a Santa Claus dives with a nurse shark in an aquarium in Munich.
Peter Kneffel/AFP/Getty Images
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Snow dog
A woman walks her dog during a blizzard in Stockholm.
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images
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Moon
A condensation trail accents a beautiful daytime view of the moon.
Jens Buttner/AFP/Getty Images
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Pot-bellied pig
A pot-bellied pig looks into the camera at a park in Hamburg, Germany.
Axel Heimken/AFP/Getty Images
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Living statue
A performer greets people at a Christmas market and show in Dresden, Germany.
Matthias Hiekel/AFP/Getty Images
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Christmas delivery
A delivery man transports a Christmas tree on his motorbike in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images
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Interspecies family
A Swiss shepherd dog feeds orphaned tiger cubs and her own puppies. The little tigers were born last month in a zoo in Russia, but abandoned by their birth mother.
Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images
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Optician in Paris
This sign advertises an optician in Paris.
Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images
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No butts about it
A giant discarded cigarette adorns the floor of the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris.
Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images
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Friendly gator
A man poses with his 23-year-old Mississippi alligator in his private zoo in Germany.
Frank Rumpenhorst/AFP/Getty Images
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Poor protester
A woman asks a protester if he feels the cold during a demonstration against social services cuts in Bilbao, Spain.
Vincent West/Reuters
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Spaced out
A worker sits next to space suits prepared for International Space Station crew members during training in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Sergei Remezov/Reuters
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Make a wish
A street performer poses with an iPad displaying 12:12:12 in Madrid. Dec. 12, 2012 was the last day in this century where the numeral date is all the same number.
Paul Hanna/Reuters
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Cool runnings
Participants in the annual Santa Speedo Run charity race run through the streets of Boston.
Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Plush ride
Women sew a fiber art sports car at the Red Brick Art Museum on the outskirts of Beijing.
Jason Lee/Reuters
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Alone time
A man lies inside a coffin as part of a therapy session at a mental health clinic in Shenyang, China.
Sheng Li/Reuters
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Musical record
Ukrainian violinist Oleksandr Bozhyk plays four violins as he attempts to establish a new Guinness World Record.
Marian Strilsiv/Reuters
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Big balloon
A dancer performs under the heliosphere, a massive helium balloon, in Hong Kong.
Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Quite a catch
A fisherman carries a swordfish on his back from the Indian Ocean waters to the market in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Ismail Taxta/Reuters
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Mirror mirror
A woman is reflected on an untitled art work by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in central Sydney.
Daniel Munoz/Reuters
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Mini bike
A clown dressed as policeman rides his miniature bicycle during an annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
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Adventure Santa
A Guatemalan firefighter dressed as Santa Claus rappels down a bridge in Guatemala City to give toys to children living in the area under the bridge.
Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
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Chain massage
A boy hangs out next to a group of people massaging each other in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kham/Reuters
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Sum swim
Swimmers wearing sumo wrestler costumes swim in the ocean off the coast of Wales the day after Christmas 2012.
Rebecca Naden/Reuters
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Klingons
Actors wait backstage before performing in 'A Klingon Christmas Carol' in Chicago.
Jim Young/Reuters
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Unicorn
A reveller dressed as a unicorn celebrates sunrise the day of the winter solstice at Stonehenge in England.
Kieran Doherty/Reuters
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Nativity cat
A cat sits in a manger in the nativity scene outside a church in Warsaw.
Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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School exercises
Students do eye exercises at a school for the children of migrant workers in Shanghai.
Darcy Holdorf/Reuters
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Lottery hopeful
A lottery player dressed in costume in Madrid attends the drawing of the world's richest lottery, known as El Gordo — 'the Fat One.'
Susana Vera/Reuters
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Big brain
A farmer harvests rice next to a sculpture called "Planting Brain" in Bantul, Indonesia.