Odd and unusual images from around the world

A woman walks behind a piece of artwork titled Fitness Addiction by Belgian mix media artist Pascal Bernier, at the Botanique exhibition hall in Brussels on Sept 26, 2012. The exhibition, A Pop Nightmare, opened on Wednesday and will run until Nov 18. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A Team Europe golf spectator watches play on the sixth fairway during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An artist takes part in Luxlumina light performance during the first annual festival of visual theatre on a street in downtown Sofia on Sept 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Competitors cross the finish line as they ride their home-made vehicle during the Red Bull Soapbox Race, a non-motorised event on Warsaw street on Sept 23, 2012. The race is judged on speed, creativity and showmanship, with competitors having to navigate their home-made human powered vehicles on the track in the best time. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A combination photo shows participants during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France on Sept 22, 2012. More than a hundred participants competed in the first European Beard and Moustache Championships organised in France. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A goat drinks a bottle of beer as visitors watch in Laoshan, Shandong province on Sept 20, 2012. The goat can drink up to four bottles of beer at a time, local media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Langur monkeys follow their handler at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sept 21, 2012. Langur monkeys are used in parts of New Delhi to scare away other monkeys which create a menace around government buildings. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A site coordinator walks past a Luminarium installation by British designer Alan Parkinson during the British Arts Festival in Wuhan on Sept 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy poses as he holds his mask in front of him after performing at the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu on Sept 27, 2012. The annual festival, named after Indra, the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, rejoicing, singing, dancing and feasting in Kathmandu Valley to mark the end of monsoon season. The festival, during which Indra, the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped, starts after the erecting of a "lingo", a long wooden pole, on Sept 27 and ends when it is pulled down on Oct 3. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Robots, made by students from Wuhan Institute of Technology University, dance for the visitors at the 13th China International Machinery and Electronic Products Expo in Wuhan, Hubei province on Sept 23, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A group of Team Europe golf fans watch play along the fourth fairway during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A man dressed as cartoon character Bart Simpson passes a billboard as he leaves the underground passage in central Kiev on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A dog rests in his cage during a sled dog competition in Dunaharaszti near Budapest on Sept 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Dolphin Fanatics strike the Tebow pose before the start of play between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins in their NFL football game in Miami, Florida on Sept 23, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A competitor rides his home-made vehicle during the Red Bull Soapbox Race, a non-motorised event on Warsaw street on Sept 23, 2012. The race is judged on speed, creativity and showmanship, with competitors having to navigate their home-made human powered vehicles on the track in the best time. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Team Europe golfer Ian Poulter of England poses with a group of Team Europe fans during a practice round at the 39th Ryder Cup golf matches at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois on September 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A man dressed as a human statue waits to get on the metro at a subway station in Madrid on Sept 27, 2012. Madrid metro workers will go on strike for the third time this month this Friday to protest against salary cuts and price increases. Spain announced economic reforms and a tight 2013 budget on Thursday, aiming to avoid the political humiliation of having Brussels impose conditions on any request for an international bailout. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Mr Chen Mingzhi, a shoe designer, lies inside of his handmade 1.9m-long right shoe at his family store in Wenling, Zhejiang province on Sept 27, 2012. Mr Chen, new to the business of shoe-making, was challenged by a neighbour to create a big shoe. The leather right shoe weighs 38kg and took him two months to make at a cost of 2000 yuan (S$390). -- PHOTO: REUTERS