These Are The Strangest Photos Of 2013 So Far...
Humans are fascinating creatures, and 2013 has been an eventful year. Amid tragedies and triumphs, people have also created peculiar works and moments. Some seem bizarre because they are from a foreign culture. Others are simply strange. Here are some of our favorites so far.
By Sadho Ram — 23 Nov 2013, 12:49 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A woman pulls a chain attached to a man, wearing an alien monster costume, as the city of Lima marks the 478th anniversary of its Spanish founding in Lima January 18, 2013.
A man wearing a goat mask runs into the English Bay during the annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia January 1, 2013.
Youths mount their cars on stones in the Saudi city of Duba August 31, 2013. This new art-form trending in Saudi Arabia is called ‘Tahjir’ or 'Stoning', in which cars are raised atop stacked piles of rocks and bricks.
A man runs up the "gostra", a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta August 25, 2013.
In the traditional "gostra", a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes.
Image via businessinsider.comFisherman Ompong Vargas, 39, who wears a facial mask made of fabric to protect his skin from getting darker, holds a fish in his mouth as he searches a net at Laguna de Bay in Taguig City, Metro Manila May 24, 2013.
Members of the TUM CREATE group ride a prototype of their VOI scooter at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore May 28, 2013.
The electric-powered VOI multipurpose scooter was designed to provide the ease of mobility and affordability of a scooter while offering car-like comfort and protection to the passenger.
Image via businessinsider.comParamilitary policemen stand guard during "Monihei" Carnival in Cangyuan county, Yunnan province, April 30, 2013. Ethnic Wa people throw and smear muddy water onto each other during the annual "Monihei" festival.
Wa people consider the muddy water, which contains special plant juice, sacred and as a sign of good fortune.
Image via businessinsider.comA man eats a part of an Uromastyx lizard, also known as a dabb lizard, in a desert near Tabuk April 19, 2013.
The lizards, which are considered a delicacy in some parts of the Middle East, are caught in the spring season using hooks and sniffer dogs as well as bare hands.
Image via businessinsider.comSaudi youths demonstrate a stunt known as "sidewall skiing" (driving on two wheels) in the northern city of Hail, in Saudi Arabia March 30, 2013.
Christie's specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century, sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg in London March 27, 2013.
The rare egg is expected to sell for 20,000-30,000 GB pounds (U.S. $30,000-45,000) when is it auctioned in London on April 24. The extinct Elephant Bird, a native of Madagascar, was a large bird measuring around 11 feet in height.
Image via businessinsider.comMaria Jose Cristerna, a Mexican tattoo artist and former lawyer known as "Mujer Vampiro" (or Vampire Woman), poses for a photograph during the "Expo Tatuaje" international in Monterrey March 2, 2013.
Shoes worn by producer Randy Jackson (L) and musician Steven Tyler (C) are seen beside giant feet sported by comedian Jim Carrey as they arrive at the 2013 Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California, February 24, 2013.
A half-naked participant wears a gas mask as he takes part in the second "Guangzhu (naked) Run" on a winter morning at the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing, February 24, 2013.
About 100 people joined this event, which required them to run wearing only their underwear for 3.5 km (2.2 miles), as a way to promote environmentally-friendly lifestyles.
Image via businessinsider.comA cow is attached to a BMW car in Qingdao, Shandong province, February 19, 2013.
The driver of a damaged BMW had tethered the cow to his vehicle to express his anger towards a garage which he believed not only aggravated the damages to his car, but had also refused to compensate him for it. Picture taken February 19, 2013.
Image via businessinsider.comPerformers dressed as snakes participate in Chinese New Year Twilight Parade in Sydney February 17, 2013.
Conceptual artist Pandemonia (2nd L) waits for a taxi outside Somerset House after attending London Fashion Week, February 15, 2013.
Makeup artists Kamila Wysocka and Alexis Jackson from Florida point at another costumed person as they eat dinner in their zombie makeup at ComicCon in New York, October 10, 2013.
A new nose, grown by surgeons on Xiaolian's forehead, is pictured before being transplanted to replace the original nose, which is infected and deformed, at a hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province September 24, 2013.
A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine with two pistols pierced through his cheeks takes part in a street procession during the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket October 10, 2013.
Thai groom Sopon Sapaotong (L), 41, and his bride Chutima Imsuntear, 37, jump in a pond during a wedding ceremony ahead of Valentine's Day in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok February 13, 2013.
Anfisa, a 8-year-old female chimpanzee, washes a window of her enclosure where she lives with a male chimpanzee named Tikhon, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, January 29, 2013.
Wolf researcher Werner Freund bites into a deer cadaver next to a Mongolian wolf in an enclosure at Wolfspark Werner Freund, in Merzig in the German province of Saarland, January 24, 2013.
An employee wearing a panda costume slides down from an ice sculpture during the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, January 11, 2013.
