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10 photos that show it is a crazy, mad world
A dancer poses for a photograph as part of the ‘Dance as Art’ photo project in Times Square in New York. The project is a celebration of dancers and their place in the New York experience. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Men ride their buffalos during an annual buffalo-racing ceremony at Virhear Sour village in Kandal province. The ceremony, which started more than 70 years ago, is held to honour the Neakta Preah Srok pagoda spirit. It also marks the end of the Festival of Pchum Ben. Photograph: Samrang Pring/Reuters
A woman dressed as zombie a zombie participates in the ‘Zombie Challenge’ in Ciudad Juarez. According to organisers, the challenge involves a five-kilometre obstacle course and people dressed as zombies are required to snatch three flags held by each participant. Photograph: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
Burger King employee Minako Matsumoto displays two black hamburgers at a Burger King Japan’s restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. The black burgers, one a Kuro Pearl at 480 yen, has black buns and cheese smoked with bamboo charcoal and black sauce made of squid ink. The other, the Kuro Diamond at 690 yen, comes also with lettuce, tomato, onion and mayonnaise. The burgers are available from September 19 through early November in Burger King restaurants throughout Japan. Photograph: Keith Tsuji/Getty Images
A man dressed as Captain Planet rides his bicycle during World Car-Free Day in Sao Paulo. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Riviere by artist Aristtie Maillol adorns the grounds of Chatsworth House which is part of the annual Sotheby’s monumental scuplture exhibition Beyond Limits at Chatsworth House, England. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Runners dressed in gorilla-themed outfits run through London. Hundreds of participants dressed as gorillas took part in the 11th annual Great Gorilla Run, raising funds to help save the endangered species. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
An activist gains her balance after putting on stilts in Battery Park before she joined the ‘Flood Wall Street’ demonstration in Lower Manhattan, New York. Hundreds of protesters marched through New York’s financial district on Monday and blocked streets near the stock exchange to denounce Wall Street’s role in raising money for businesses that contribute to climate change. Photograph: Adrees Latif /Reuters
Competitors are showered with colour powders as they participate in the Color Run in Brighton, southern England. Inspired by the Holi, participants take part in a five kilometre run dotted with locations where coloured powders are thrown over the runners. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Rockswarm by artist Bill Woodrow adorns the grounds of Chatsworth House which is part of the annual Sotheby’s monumental scuplture exhibition Beyond Limits at Chatsworth House, England. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images