The Big Picture

Badminton player Jwala Gutta poses for a photograph at her residence in Hyderabad.
Krishnendu Halder , Reuters

US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are shown kissing on the 'Kiss Cam' screen during a timeout in the Olympic basketball exhibition game between the US and Brazil national men's teams in Washington, July 16, 2012.
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

The best of the oddest, weirdest and strangest images captured around the world.

The Orvillecopter by Dutch artist Bart Jansen (R) flies in central Amsterdam as part of the KunstRAI art festival June 3, 2012. Jansen said the Orvillecopter is part of a visual art project which pays tribute to his cat Orville, by making it fly after it was killed by a car. He built the Orvillecopter together with radio control helicopter flyer Arjen Beltman (L). REUTERS/Cris Toala Olivares
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Dancers of the National Ballet of Cuba perform during the VI International Ballet Festival in Cali June 6, 2012. Dance groups from 10 countries around the world will be participating in the festival which runs till June 10. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Stuntman Gary Connery is seen in the sky wearing a specially developed wingsuit near Henley-on-Thames, west of London May 23, 2012. He had jumped from a helicopter at 2,400 feet and successfully landed without the use of a parachute. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Models present lingerie maker Triumph's new concept bra, the "Super Cool Bra", during its unveiling in Tokyo May 9, 2012. The bra, modeled after a miniature fishbowl, has gel material which is designed to take excess heat out of the body in its cups. It was created in hopes that women can feel refreshed during summer by wearing it, the lingerie maker said. Japan is headed for a power shortage this summer following the shutdown of all nuclear power reactors. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

A group of actors perform a woman being tortured during a protest against the premiere of a documentary about the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 10, 2012. Police used tear gas and water cannons to try to disperse hundreds of anti-Pinochet demonstrators against the documentary about the run-up to his dictatorship years and casting him as a national hero who saved Chile from communism. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

French actor Francis Huster jokes as he poses during a photocall at the 52nd Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Police officers use pepper spray while arresting a protester near the Canadian Grand Prix auto race festival area in Montreal on Sunday, June 10, 2012. Police in Montreal are clamping down on any attempt by protesters to disrupt Sunday's race. A spokeswoman said about 30 people have been arrested at the subway stop near the race track as a preventive measure. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Peter McCabe)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Cirque du Soleil performs during the Official Unveiling Of The New Dolby Theatre on June 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Valerie Macon/Getty Images)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

In this handout image provided by LOCOG, Torchbearer 003 Kirsty Wade holds the Olympic Flame at the Calanais Standing Stones in Callanish as the sun rises on day 24 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on June 11, 2012 in Lewis, Scotland. The Olympic Flame is now on day 24 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Photo by LOCOG via Getty Images)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy in front of the Eiffel Tower after his victory against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day 16 of the French Open at Roland Garros on June 11, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

In this handout from the Israeli GPO, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plays football with Arab and Jewish youths on June 11, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu, reportedly later injured himself playing with the sport. (Photo by Moshe Milner/GPO via Getty Images)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to homes near Horsetooth Reservoir June 11, 2012 near Laporte, Colorado. The High Park Fire in Larimer County has burned almost 37,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 100 structures. There is no containment of the fire, which is burning in the mountains about 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Co. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

A member of the Goud family administers "fish medicine" to an asthma patient in Hyderabad, Friday, June 8, 2012. Started by the Bathini Goud family, the therapy is a secret formula of herbs, handed down by generations only to family members. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine, or murrel fish, and slipped into a patient's throat. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

In this multiple exposure frame, Brittney Reese competes in the women's long jump final at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
Charlie Riedel, AP Photo

Giovanny Alvarez, a letter carrier for the US Postal Service, leaves after delivering mail to a residence in Washington, Monday, July 2, 2012, damaged by the powerful storm that swept through the region on Friday.
Evan Vucci, AP Photo

Amanda Jacobs hangs from a rope swing while diving into a quarry lake at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club July 2, 2012 in Cockeysville, Maryland. Residents of the Baltimore and Washington area continue to seek ways to avoid the heat with electrical power knocked out by storms three days ago still impacting almost half a million people
Getty Images, Win McNamee

A boat carries flood relief materials as monsoon clouds surrounded the flood affected Gagalmari village in Assam on July 2, 2012.
Anupam Nath, AP Photo

A model wears a creation by fashion designer Zahia during her Women's Fall Winter 2013 haute couture fashion collection in Paris, France, Monday, July 2, 2012.
Francois Mori, AP Photo

Francesca Schiavone of Italy bites a tennis ball after missing a shot against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during a fourth round women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Monday, July 2, 2012.
Alastair Grant, AP Photo

A Spain supporter reacts as fans watch the Euro 2012 soccer championship final between Spain and Italy on an outdoor screen in Kiev, Ukraine, July 1, 2012.
Sergei Chuzavkov, AP Photo

Models perform on the runway during the Zahia Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall / Winter 2013 at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild on July 2, 2012 in Paris, France.
Getty Images, Pascal Le Segretain

Pakistanis watch Mohammed Iqbal, 41, riding his motorcycle around a circular vertical track, in an entertainment park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Muhammed Muheisen, AP Photo

Fireworks streak across the sky near the full moon during a Fourth of July celebration in Kansas City.
Charlie Riedel, AP Photo

A man is seen photographing the full moon in Brasilia.
Reuters, Ueslei Marcelino

Boxers Jamie Ridge (L) and Rosanna Arkle (R) pose up ahead of their undercard bout at the Sky City Convention Centre on July 4, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Getty Images, Phil Walter

A model presents a creation of Austrian fashion designer Lea Hoschek at the Fashion Week for spring summer 2013 in Berlin, Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Markus Schreiber, AP Photo

Pilgrims cross ice and snow during the traditional journey to the Amarnath cave, at Sangam, 135 kilometres from Srinagar.
Kevin Frayer, AP Photo

An boy gets his picture taken as he poses in a cut out of 'Uncle Sam' during a function to celebrate American Independence Day at the American center, in New Delhi.
Manish Swarup, AP Photo

Gene Simmons of US rock group Kiss performs live on stage, for a one-off Independence Day show as a fundraiser for the Help for Heroes charity, at The Kentish Town Forum on July 4, 2012 in London.
Getty Images, Jim Dyson

The Empire State Building, illuminated with red, white and blue lights, is seen from the Queens borough of New York, backlit by fireworks over the Hudson River, during the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show in New York.
Frank Franklin II, AP Photo

(L-R) Fellow workers, a firefighter and doctors work together to cut steel bars which were pierced through a worker's body during an operation at a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, June 12, 2012. The worker was pierced by seven steel bars during his duty at a bridge construction site on Monday afternoon, local media reported.
Reuters

The Olympic rings are illuminated while suspended from Tower Bridge, near the HMS Belfast museum warship, in London.
Reuters

A man drives motorcycle through a flooded road during heavy monsoon shower as he drops children to a school, in Jammu.
Channi Anand, AP Photo

A village boy displays a snake killed near floodwaters at Burhaburhi village, about 65 kilometers east of Guwahati.
Anupam Nath, AP Photo

An Afghan boy jumps down from a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Ahmad Jamshid, AP Photo

A recreation of Jill Masterson's golden body in the film 'Goldfinger' is seen on display in the exhibition 'Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style' at the Barbican centre in London.
Sang Tan, AP Photo

Tori, a 15-year-old orangutan, smokes a cigarette inside her cage at Satwa Taru Jurug zoo in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on Friday, July 6, 2012. Zookeepers said they plan to move Tori, who learned to smoke about a decade ago by imitating people, away from visitors who regularly throw lit cigarettes into her cage so they can watch and photograph her puffing away and exhaling smoke.
AP Photo

US President Barack Obama enjoys a beer with Jennifer Klanac (L) and Suzanne Woods (R) at Ziggy's Pub in Amherst, Ohio.
Kevin Lamarque, Reuters

Animal rights protesters lie covered in black paint as they form the words 'Stop bullfighting' during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights, a day before the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Reuters, Susana Vera

Daredevil Jay Cochrane walks a tightrope from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton over the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario on July 6, 2012. Cochrane will make 88 nightly performances this summer. The length of the wire stretches 396 metres and the distance to the ground is 177 metres, at the end of the walk, its highest point.
Reuters, Doug Benz

A reveler is tossed by a Dolores Aguirre Yabarra ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona Spain on Saturday, July 7, 2012.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP Photo

Novice bareback rider Lane Jamieson, from Innisfail, Alberta, comes off Uzi Rocket during the Calgary Stampede rodeo in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, July 7, 2012.
The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh, AP Photo

A young woman falls down as others run in Glamour high heels race in downtown Moscow, Russia on Saturday, July 7, 2012. Participants of the high heel run were challenged to race 50 metres in stilettos of at least 9 cm (2.54 inches).
Misha Japaridze, AP Photo

Devotees offer prayers after collecting water from the River Daya before beginning their ritualistic walk towards the Lingaraj Lord Shiva temple on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The water will be offered at the temple on the first Monday of the holy month of Shravan which is considered auspicious.
Biswaranjan Rout, AP Photo

Local residents watch as sediment-laden flood water gushes through the Xiaolangdi Dam on the Yellow River in Luoyang, Henan province, China.
Carlf Zhang , Reuters

A recortador performs a pass during a contest at Pamplona's bullring on the third day of the San Fermin festival on July 8, 2012.
Joseba Etxaburu, Reuters

Czech Republic Freestyle Motocross rider Martin Koren performs a figure during the jump contest FMX at the Festival Free4Style in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland.
Keystone, AP Photo

A five and half year-old rhino stands with her four day-old calf at an enclosure at the Nehru Zoological park in Hyderabad, on Monday, July 9, 2012.
Mahesh Kumar A, AP Photo

A man jumps into the Arabian Sea in front of Taj Mahal Hotel during a high tide in Mumbai.
Danish Siddiqui, Reuters

Cassie Bell, 13, of Blakely, Pennsylvania, USA, cools off in a friend's swimming pool on Monday July, 9, 2012.
The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys, AP Photo

In this handout image released by LOCOG on July 9, 2012, an aerial view of Olympic Rings cut into the grass of Richmond Park, London. The rings, which are approximately 300 metres wide and over 135 metres tall, are visible on the Heathrow flight path, ready to welcome athletes and visitors to the London 2012 Olympic Games. The five rings represent the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.
David Poultney for LOCOG via Getty Images

In this file photo dated Saturday, July 7, 2012, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes during the 400m men's event at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium. The South African double amputee is going to the London 2012 Olympics, re-igniting the fierce debate over the carbon fibre blades he runs on and his right to compete alongside able-bodied athletes.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert, AP Photo

US President Barack Obama is pictured as he delivers a statement calling for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Jason Reed, Reuters

Pranab Mukherjee shares a moment as he interacts with media at his residence in New Delhi on July 10, 2012.
Adnan Abidi , Reuters

Young male gymnasts stretch their legs as a female gymnast jumps on a stage at a local juvenile sports school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province July 10, 2012.
Reuters

Miss Polly Rae (C) poses during The Hurly Burly Show - Naughty but Nice! Photocall at Duchess Theatre on July 10, 2012 in London, England. A new edition of The Hurly Burly Show opens at the Duchess Theatre on July 2 for a limited 12-week season.
Getty Images, Gareth Cattermole

Contestants of the Miss Tourism Planet beauty contest promote the upcoming television show with a pose in front of the parliament in Athens on July 10, 2012.
Yorgos Karahalis, Reuters

Rafael Dos Anjos, from Brazil, rear, takes down Anthony Njokuani during the second round of a UFC on Fuel 4 Mixed Martial Arts lightweight bout in San Jose, California on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Dos Anjos won by unanimous decision.
Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Aaron Rickets holds a sign as she tries to gain entrance to Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in San Diego. The annual comic book and popular arts convention attracts over 100,000 people and runs through July 15.
Gregory Bull, AP Photo

Commuters disembark from crowded suburban trains during the morning rush hour at Churchgate railway station on World Population Day in Mumbai July 11, 2012.
Vivek Prakash, Reuters

Customers wait to buy paan at a jail cell-themed shop decorated with hangman's nooses in Ahmedabad. The shop's owner Ram Soni says he wants to send a message about the dangers of tobacco and offers Rs 2 discount to customers who choose a tobacco-free version. His paan sell for between Rs 5 rupees to 25 rupees.
Amit Dave, Reuters

Nationalist rioters clash with Police Service of Ireland officers in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Trouble broke out after an Orange Order march passed the area. The Twelfth of July is the busiest day of the marching season in Northern Ireland with thousands of Orangemen and women, accompanied by marching bands, taking part in hundreds of parades. The Orange Order holds its main Belfast event, which commemorates King William III's 1690 Battle of the Boyne victory over Catholic King James II.
Peter Morrison, AP Photo

Dachshunds dressed for the occasion, Clifford, left, and his cousin Dee Dee, wait to take part in the most expensive wedding for pets Thursday July 12, 2012 in New York. The black-tie fundraiser, where two dogs were "married", was held to benefit the Humane Society of New York.
Tina Fineberg, AP Photo

Beasts of Guwahati: Screengrabs from the video footage showing faces of 13 of the 20 men who molested a teenage girl in full public view in Guwahati. Four of the accused have been arrested by the Assam Police.
Tina Fineberg, AP Photo

Tom Bennett and his dog Brody, a five-year-old Golden Doodle, ride on a jet ski on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon, Ontario, July 6, 2012. Known as Goggle Dog on Pigeon Lake, Tom says Brody has fallen off his jet ski once and didn't like it much, but doesn't hesitate to hop aboard and ride the waves. The goggles keep dragon flies from hitting him in the eyes.
Tina Fineberg, AP Photo

Trey Moore, dressed as Superman, rides the escalator on first day of Comic-Con convention held at the San Diego Convention Center on Thursday July 12, 2012, in San Diego.
AP Photo

Participants of the Miss World Next Top Model 2012 beauty pageant perform during the contest in Beirut, Lebanon, late Sunday, July 15, 2012. Thirty-eight models gathered from all over the world to compete in the biggest international event to be held in Lebanon.
Bilal Hussein, AP Photo

A couple with their bodies painted with coloured mud stroll during the 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea. The festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and mud king contest.
Ahn Young-joon, AP Photo

Young activists from the labour rights group ver.di show their stomachs with the words 'Fashion Kills' written on them during a demonstration in the rain against working conditions at production sites used by the H&M clothing chain in Bangladesh on July 14, 2012 in front of one of the company's stores in Berlin, Germany.
Getty Images, Adam Berry

A woman dressed as goddess Mahakali performs a procession of 'Bonalu' festival in Hyderabad. Bonalu is a folk festival of the Telangana region.
Mahesh Kumar A, AP Photo

A kanwaria smokes tobacco during an annual pilgrimage towards the River Ganges, about 120 kilometers away from Allahabad, July 14, 2012. Kanwarias are devotees performing a ritual pilgrimage in which they walk the roads of India, clad in saffron, and carrying ornately decorated canisters of sacred water from the Ganges River over their shoulders to take it back to Hindu temples in their hometowns, during the Hindu lunar month of Shravana. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Mahesh Kumar A, AP Photo