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PHOTOS: It's an odd world out there!

July 02, 2014 08:34 IST


Photographs: Amit Dave/Reuters

We bring you a collection of some of the odd moments from around the world in recent weeks.

A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with his motorcycle during a rehearsal for the annual Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad. The annual religious procession commemorates a journey by Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, in specially made chariots.

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Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Festival goers splash through a muddy puddle at Worthy Farm in Somerset, on the third day of the Glastonbury music festival.

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Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

An entertainer performing as the character "Mumtaz Begum", a fox-human hybrid creature, sits inside a wooden canopy in a small room called Mumtaz Mahal (Mumtaz Palace), to amuse visitors at Karachi Zoo in Karachi.

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Photographs: Eric Thayer/Reuters

People take part in the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island in the Brooklyn section of New York.

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Photographs: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

A Palestinian boy buries his brother with sand as they play on a beach in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian Environment Quality Authority said in a statement the pollution of the seawater has gone beyond 50 percent. The lack of enough fuel to operate sewage treating facilities forced them to send wastewater into the sea. It warned it could close some beaches unless crisis is eased.

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Photographs: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Russian artist Vasily Slonov finishes his artwork "Red Heart", which consists of about 80 umbrellas, on the eve of the opening of the the 4th Krasnoyarsk International music festival of Asian-Pacific region in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

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Photographs: Phil Noble/Reuters

A bicycle decorated with polka dots hangs from the wall of a pub on the route of the Tour de France in Addingham, northern England. Tour de France fever has hit the Yorkshire Dales, with yellow bicycles appearing in hedgerows, outside pubs and in people's front gardens. The county will host the start of this year's Tour de France and as the excitement builds, bicycle-themed decorations adorn the countryside.

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Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters

Fans wearing novelty hats pose for a photograph at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London.

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Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Festival goers transport their children in a modified bath tub through the rain at Worthy Farm in Somerset, on the second day of the Glastonbury music festival.

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Photographs: Regis Duvignau/Reuters

People enjoy the good weather during a warm summer day on the banks of the Garonne and the place de la Bourse in Bordeaux center, southwestern France.

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Photographs: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

A Mexican soccer fan, dressed in a Spiderman costume, jumps from a vehicle as he celebrates Mexico's 2014 World Cup soccer match win over Croatia in Ciudad Juarez.

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Photographs: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Bianca (centre left) and Jack Vaughan arrive at Worthy Farm in Somerset for the first day of the Glastonbury Festival after getting married in the local church.