Unusual and Strange

Captured moments that are unusual and strange. Here's a recent pictures.

Etibar Elchiyev poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to
break the Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi December 14, 2011.

Todd Engle (C) and Mary Rose Engle (R) hold weapons as they pose for a photograph
with a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Scottsdale Gun Club in Scottsdale,
Arizona December 10, 2011.

A woman living in a slum near the Ghazipur landfill uses coal to brush her teeth in
New Delhi November 10, 2011. Just a few kilometres from the impressive
Akshardham temple, where Indian and foreign tourists flock to see the structure's
sandstone and marble work, the 29-hectare, slum-surrounded Ghazipur
landfill in east Delhi seems a world apart.

A woman poses for photographs with a shirtless model outside a department store in
Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district December 14, 2011. Shirtless men clad in red
sweatpants have been lining up for days in Singapore's prime shopping district,
part of an advertising gimmick revealing not just muscle but also a gradual unpeeling
of the citystate's puritanical ways. The feverish reception given to the "shirtless greeters"
by the Singapore public shows how the city-state, long known for its conservatism,
has loosen up quite a bit in recent years, experts said.

A model uses her mobile phone as she gets ready backstage before the
2012 Korea Hair Collection in Seoul December 6, 2011.

Indian army soldiers perform an equestrian stunt ahead of the Vijay Diwas
celebrations in Kolkata December 11, 2011. Vijay Diwas is a ceremony
to celebrate the liberation of Bangladesh by the Indian Armed Forces
on December 16 in 1971.

An Indian army soldier performs a stunt ahead of the Vijay Diwas celebrations in
Kolkata December 11, 2011.Vijay Diwas is a ceremony to celebrate the
liberation of Bangladesh by the Indian Armed Forces on December 16 in 1971.

Lookalikes of Britain's Prince Harry and his sister-in-law Pippa Middleton pose in a pub during a
media event to promote a new book by photographer Alison Jackson, in London December 7, 2011.

A visitor poses with Polipaka Gattaiah, who stands at seven-and-a-half feet and claims
to be the tallest man in India, at thearts and crafts centre in the southern Indian
city of Hyderabad December 6, 2011. Gattaiah entertains people who visit the
centre. Visitors often give money to the 38-year-old man and pose for photographs with him.
In March 2011, he was givena prosthetic foot by a charitable organisation
after it was amputated a few years earlier because of an infection. It is said to
be the longest prosthetic foot ever made, according to local media. Gattaiah is paid 6500
rupees ($130) a month by the state tourism department, officials said.

Traffic controller Ramiro Hinojas, wearing a Santa Claus costume, dances as he directs
motorists along an intersection in Pasay City, Metro Manila December 14, 2011.
Hinojas entertains motorists along Manila's heavily congested main thoroughfare
by dressing up as Santa Claus and performing dance moves of pop star
Michael Jackson, to mark the upcoming Christmas season.

A model presents a creation made of chocolate during a fashion show at the World
Chocolate Wonderland in ShanghaiDecember 15, 2011. The World Chocolate Wonderland
will exhibit creations such as the Terracotta Warriors and Chinese Dragon
when it opens to the public on December 16, according to the organiser.

A worker wearing a Santa Claus attire has his pants bitten by a crocodile during
feeding time inside a cage of a crocodile farm in Manila December 16, 2011.
The Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic country in Southeast Asia, celebrates
one of the longest Christmas holiday in the world, playing Christmas carols in
shopping malls in September and putting up lantern and fireworks early in December.

Two men dressed as Santa Claus use a toilet in Citta' Sant'Angelo near
Pescara December 10, 2011. A group of people dressed up as Santa Claus
to attend the "European Meeting of Santa Claus" where they sang Christmas carols
andinteracted with passers-by to spread the joy of Christmas, according to organisers.

Reuters

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