Odd Stuff

Photo by Medvedev auctioned for 1.7 mln USD

A photograph taken by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is sold at a charity auction in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Medvedev’s black-and-white photo showing the Tobolsk Kremlin has sold for $1.7 million at [...]

Shopping assisting robot

World’s tallest and shortest men meet in Turkey

He Pingping (L) of China gestures as Sultan Kosen of Turkey looks on as they pose for photographers during a promotional event in Istanbul January 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 [...]

Chocolate Great Wall

An alignment of miniature chocolate sculpture of some 560 terracotta warriors of Emperor Qingshihuang is on display at the World Chocolate Dream Park inside the Beijing Olympic Park, in Beijing, Jan. 14, 2010. A batch [...]

Wonder world at bottom of sea

Beautiful, ugly, less ugly

A combination picture shows St. Sylvester mummers (Silvesterklausen) in the village of Urnaesch in the region of Appenzell, December 31 2009. Three very different groups of mummers distinguished as the beautiful (Schoene), the ugly (Wueschte) [...]

Do you have pass to 2010?

A street vendor shows 2010-shaped glasses that he was selling on his hat in New York’s Times Square December 31, 2009. Thousands are expected to pack Times Square for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration.(/Reuters [...]

Wonderful trip at Ice and Snow Disneyland

A child runs to the Ice and Snow Disneyland in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on Dec. 31, 2009. The 36th China Harbin Ice Lamp Garden Party and the 2010 Harbin Ice and Snow Disneyland [...]

Fish big fan for bananas?

A swarm of carps scramble for banana at the Zoo of Nanning, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 31, 2009. The swarm of carps who especially like eating bananas attracts lots of visitors in [...]

Israeli magician greets 2010 with new iceman world record

JERUSALEM, Jan. 1 — An Israeli magician set a new world record by spending 64 hours inside a block of ice, local daily Ha’aretz reported Friday on its website. The new world record, set [...]

White whale wishes for happy new year

A white whale kisses a Kimono-clad trainer at a show to celebrate the New Year at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, near Tokyo January 1, 2010. (/Reuters Photo)

Enjoy new year holiday with ice, snow

A child plays with the peg-top on the frozen area of Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 1, 2010. Citizens and tourists enjoyed the new year holiday with ice and [...]

Get rid of woes, welcome new year

Local residents burn the puppet to get rid of the woes and welcome the New Year, after New Year’s bell rang, in La Plata of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Jan. 1, 2010. (/Telenoticiosa Americana)

Australia’s baby Jessie, first to arrive on New Year’s day

CANBERRA, Jan. 2 — Jessie Ellison was Canberra’s first baby for the new decade who arrived on New Year’s day just 20 seconds after the midnight fireworks shot into the sky, the Canberra Times [...]

Feature: Oldest polar bear swim proves breathtaking experience

By Al Campbell VANCOUVER, Jan. 1 — The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim celebrated its 90th anniversary on Friday afternoon when about 1,200 swimmers and assorted crazies garbed in colorful and creative costumes took to [...]

Happy hours in aquarium!

A kimono-clad female diver swims at an event to celebrate the New Year at the Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo January 3, 2010. The event goes on till January 11.(/Reuters Photo)

Having fun together!

A man uses a sled with his kid to slide down a snow covered hill inBerlin of Germany, Jan. 2 , 2009.(/AFP Photo)

Beach temptation in Hawaii

A surfer crosses a street past tourists on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2, 2010.(/Reuters Photo)

Freezing water can not quench passion of swimmers

Swimmersrun tothe icy waters of the North Sea in Ostend, Belgium, Saturday Jan. 2, 2010. More than 6,000 swimmers took part in the annual New Year’s swim in freezing temperatures.(/AFP Photo)

Venturing with humpbacks

Severalwhales grunt and scream andall open their huge mouths to enjoy their feast. On average, one humpback eats around 5,000 poundsof plankton, krill and fish a day. The wildlife photographer Duncan Murrell, also named “Whaleman”, [...]