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PHOTOS: The odd, odd world we live in!

June 24, 2015 08:20 IST

These photos prove we live in a bizarre world.

A gibbon drinks from a soft drink bottle, given by a tourist, at a zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province. Photograph: Wong Campion/Reuters

Gaby poses for pictures during the sixth International Tattoo Convention in Medellin. Photograph: Fredy Builes/Reuters

Married women dressed in wedding and fancy dresses share a champagne toast during the annual Parade of Brides festival in the centre of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

A dog named "Xiaoniu" is seen wearing clothes in Shanghai, China. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/ Getty Images

People are covered in colored powder as they lie on the ground to take selfies while competing in the Color Run in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Contestants of a tourism beauty pageant balance eggs on their collarbones as they cruise along the Yellow River in Jiyuan, Henan province, China. Photograph: Reuters

People look at plates of cooked insects at a park during an ethnic Hani minority event on the day before the summer solstice, in Mojiang, Yunnan province, China. Photograph: Wong Campion/Reuters

Tourists walk through a path amongst a mural made of rice plants at a paddy field in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. The mural is one of the 13 murals created by the local government as a tourist attraction. Sheng Li/Reuters

Sophie Goodman (L) and Tabitha Jones hold hands as they take off down a 100m inflatable promotional water slide set up outside King's Cross Station in London, Britain. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Carol Touchstone (R ) prepares her dress entry 'Garden Party' for the 11th annual toilet paper wedding dress contest at Kleinfled's Bridal Boutique in New York. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Activists participate in the Regenbogenparade gay pride parade in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

Belarussian policemen run as they take part in the 39th combined police relay in Minsk. Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Racegoers attend Ladies Day at Royal Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A visitor walks past the artwork " Sphere Lutetia" by Jesus Rafael Soto during Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images