Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:40:00 AM | by v-nihill
Oddly around the world in October
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A woman competes in a Halloween surfing contest in Santa Monica, Calif.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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Gabriel Guallo, a member of the Quichua tribe in Ecuador, demonstrates how he plans to break a world record by carrying 250 tarantulas on his body for 60 seconds.
Guillermo Granja/Reuters
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A child lies inside the listrumpet, a sculpture by Australian artist Sue Roberts, at Tamarama Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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Indian army soldiers perform malkhamb, traditional Indian gymnastics, during a two-day army exhibition in the Allahabad, India.
Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
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A recently purchased camel is placed in its new owner's vehicle at a market near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad Shadeed/Reuters
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A model waits backstage at the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Hair Show at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Olivia Harris/Reuters
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A group of people dressed like characters from "The Simpsons" descend a hill on a homemade roller cart during the Roller Cart Festival in Medellin, Colombia.
Albeiro Lopera/Reuters
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A man cycles next to pigs on a road in near Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
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A woman rides a paddle board while wearing a President Kennedy mask during a Halloween surfing contest in Santa Monica, Calif.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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Students gather in the shape of a sparrow to create awareness and save the bird in Chennai, India.
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Singer Misa Malone wore this elaborate hat while performing "God Bless America" at a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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Attila Banyai of Hungary lets a vehicle drive over him as he tries to break a Guinness World record.
Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
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Sphynx cats are displayed at an American Kennel Club event in New York.
Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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A macaque rides a bicycle in Suzhou, China.
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A surfer rides the wake of a boat during a competition in Brazil.
Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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A member of the Titanick street art group performs during a celebration of the 775th anniversary of the founding of Berlin.
Thomas Peter/Reuters
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A group participates in the Flugtag (Flying Day) competition at Sentosa in Singapore. Thirty-eight teams competed to see who could fly farthest in their homemade aircraft.
Edgar Su/Reuters
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A woman dressed as Wonder Woman prepares to compete in a Halloween surf contest in Santa Monica, Calif.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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A dog wears a team jersey outside a stadium before a soccer match.
Marcos Brindicci/Reuters
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A man in a Halloween costume prepares to take a rope jump from a bridge near Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
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Swiss cabaret artist and satirist Andreas Thil speaks during the Swiss Liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) assembly of delegates.
Pascal Lauener/Reuters
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San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval sits on the ground after making a diving stop during a baseball game.
Jeff Haynes/Reuters
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A pair of cows are dyed pink and blue as part of an art exhibit in London.
Luke MacGregor/Reuters
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A dog is dressed up to look like a spider in Lima, Peru.
Mariana Bazo/Reuters
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A model walks the catwalk during the 2013 spring/summer show at Shanghai Fashion Week.
Carlos Barria/Reuters
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A visitor looks at works by artist Gilles Barbier in Paris.
Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
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Models wait backstage at the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Hair Show in London.
Olivia Harris/Reuters
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A cat runs on the field during a soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Marcos Brindicci/Reuters
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A child plays near a sculpture by Australian artist Alex Richie titled "Kaleidoscope cube" in Sydney.
Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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A competitor rides a homemade vehicle without an engine on a 600-meter track during the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Hong Kong.
Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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A man tries a pair of glasses at an exhibit in Brussels.
Laurent Dubrule/Reuters
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An artisan puts the finishing touches on an effigy of demon king Ravana in preparations for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in Chandigarh, India.
Ajay Verma/Reuters
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A goat stands on its two front legs in China. The 8-month-old goat, which was born with two deformed hind legs, learned to walk with its front legs three days after birth.
Reuters
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About 900 tents, placed to form the shape of a Chinese dragon, line a beach in Qingdao, China.
China Daily/Reuters
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A man smokes a cigarette near a goat standing on a pole of a temple in Nepal.
Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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A Canadian football fan cheers during a game in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Andy Clark/Reuters
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A flock of geese swim in a branch of the Yangtze river in China.
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Researchers in panda costumes approach a giant panda and its mother in Wolong National Nature Reserve in China.
China Daily/Reuters
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A Maori man from New Zealand and his son joke before the opening of a book fair highlighting the literature of New Zealand.
Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
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Brazilian gardener Estevao Silva da Conceicao built this house using found objects in a style very similar to that of architect Antoni Gaudi, but without ever having heard of Gaudi.
Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
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Magician David Blaine channels bolts of electricity from Tesla coils during a stunt in New York.
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A model carries a purse designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.
Charles Platiau/Reuters
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British artist Spartacus Chetwynd, right, poses with other performers of ''Odd Man Out 2011'' in London.
Toby Melville/Reuters
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Men dressed as wrestlers stand outside a house during festivities for Saint Michael the Archangel in Mexico.
Margarito Perez Retana/Reuters
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A runner in a wedding dress crosses the finish line at the Bucharest International Half Marathon.
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Gabriel Guallo, a member of the Quichua tribe in Ecuador, demonstrates how he plans to break a world record by carrying 250 tarantulas on his body for 60 seconds.
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A group of people dressed like characters from "The Simpsons" descend a hill on a homemade roller cart during the Roller Cart Festival in Medellin, Colombia.