One of the world's largest cargo carriers, A300-600ST aircraft is celebrating its 20th birthday.
The Beluga carries complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production sites to the final assembly lines in Toulouse or Hamburg.
Ahead of his dive to the bottom of world's deepest lake, 'Action man' Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, clipped a satellite transmitter to a beluga whale during a visit to the country's Far East region.
It's called the High Life, and is the most expensive item on the menu booklet -- a wood-oven-baked pizza with Canadian lobster and thyme-scented mascarpone, finished with 28 grams of caviar.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there.
Here's this week's collection of wacky and funny stories from around the world.