While Reuters' award-winning photographers are out capturing news events as they happen across the world, they also play witness to some pretty downright wacky stuff.
Here, we've pulled together the strangest, most humorous, and most confusing photos that the team captured this year.
Below, take a look at 2017's more lighthearted moments.
All captions are by Reuters.
A woman dives and pretends to ride a bike in Underwater Park in Pula, Croatia.
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A woman dives and pretends to ride a bike in Underwater Park in Pula, Croatia.
(Antonio Bronic/Reuters)Brides-to-be participate in the "Running of the Brides" race in a park in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Brides-to-be participate in the "Running of the Brides" race in a park in Bangkok, Thailand.
(Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)Two people pose as guests in the bedroom of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-star-hotel) art installation by Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin on Saentis near Gonten, Switzerland. Guests can order overnight stays in the Null-Stern hotel room, located on some 3,937-foot altitude in the eastern Swiss Alps.
playA dog reacts as he awaits the competition during the "Zagreb Winter Classic" dog show in Zagreb, Croatia.
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A dog reacts as he awaits the competition during the "Zagreb Winter Classic" dog show in Zagreb, Croatia.
(Antonio Bronic/Reuters)A goat climbs on Kylie Kennedy during a yoga class with eight students and five goats at Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire,
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A goat climbs on Kylie Kennedy during a yoga class with eight students and five goats at Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire,
(Brian Snyder/Reuters)Boys swim in a stream during a heatwave in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Boys swim in a stream during a heatwave in Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Caren Firouz/Reuters)French model Emeline Duhautoy poses with her collection of 1,679 stuffed toy cows she has been collecting for over seven years at her home in Saint-Omer, northern France.
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French model Emeline Duhautoy poses with her collection of 1,679 stuffed toy cows she has been collecting for over seven years at her home in Saint-Omer, northern France.
(/Reuters)A wingsuit flyer hits the target during the Wingsuit Flying World Championship in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China.
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A wingsuit flyer hits the target during the Wingsuit Flying World Championship in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China.
(China Daily/Reuters)A construction worker rests in a ditch at a roadside on a chilly day in Guiyang city, Guizhou province, China.
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A construction worker rests in a ditch at a roadside on a chilly day in Guiyang city, Guizhou province, China.
(China Stringer Network/Reuters)An exit of a subway station, currently in operation, is seen in a sparsely populated area in Chongqing, China.
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An exit of a subway station, currently in operation, is seen in a sparsely populated area in Chongqing, China.
(China Stringer Network /Reuters)People cool off at a water park on a hot day in Fushun, Liaoning province, China.
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People cool off at a water park on a hot day in Fushun, Liaoning province, China.
(China Stringer Network/Reuters)Villagers build a house with corn cobs in Jilin, Jilin province, China.
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Villagers build a house with corn cobs in Jilin, Jilin province, China.
(China Stringer Network/Reuters)An army dog stands up as retiring soldiers salute their guard post before retirement in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China.
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An army dog stands up as retiring soldiers salute their guard post before retirement in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China.
(China Stringer Network/Reuters)A woman with long hair poses for pictures in Weihai, Shandong province, China.
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A woman with long hair poses for pictures in Weihai, Shandong province, China.
(China Stringer Network/Reuters)Nermin Halilagic poses with kitchen utensils in Bihac, Bosnia. Halilagic discovered earlier this year that he had the unusual ability to attach items to his body using what he says is a special energy radiated from his body. Without making any special preparation, he says he is able to hold on to spoons, forks, knives, and other kitchen appliances, as well as non-metal objects like remote controls, all plastic stuff, and cell phones.
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Nermin Halilagic poses with kitchen utensils in Bihac, Bosnia. Halilagic discovered earlier this year that he had the unusual ability to attach items to his body using what he says is a special energy radiated from his body. Without making any special preparation, he says he is able to hold on to spoons, forks, knives, and other kitchen appliances, as well as non-metal objects like remote controls, all plastic stuff, and cell phones.
(Dado Ruvic/Reuters)People dressed as Santa Claus enjoy the snow during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland.
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People dressed as Santa Claus enjoy the snow during the Saint Nicholas Day at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland.
(Denis Balibouse/Reuters)Two people dressed as Star Wars Storm Troopers cross Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Two people dressed as Star Wars Storm Troopers cross Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, Mexico.
(Edgard Garrido/Reuters)An installation called "Monument" by German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni stands in front the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
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An installation called "Monument" by German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni stands in front the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
(/Reuters)A dog jumps into water during the World Dog Show in Leipzig, Germany.
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A dog jumps into water during the World Dog Show in Leipzig, Germany.
(Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Palestinian barber Ramadan Odwan styles and straightens the hair of a customer with fire at his salon in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian barber Ramadan Odwan styles and straightens the hair of a customer with fire at his salon in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
(Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college do the splits as they study for an exam and a performance by the graduates at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, at the college's campus in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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Students of the Krasnoyarsk choreographic college do the splits as they study for an exam and a performance by the graduates at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, at the college's campus in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
(Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)A reveler puts grease on his body as he takes part in the annual Cascamorras festival in Baza, southern Spain. The festival was inspired by a dispute between the town of Baza and Guadix over the possession of an icon of the Virgin of Piedad. The Cascamorras refers to representatives from Guadix, who were sent to Baza to recover the statue. As the Cascamorras had to stay perfectly clean to gain possession of the statue, Baza residents attempt to make them as dirty as possible.
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A reveler puts grease on his body as he takes part in the annual Cascamorras festival in Baza, southern Spain. The festival was inspired by a dispute between the town of Baza and Guadix over the possession of an icon of the Virgin of Piedad. The Cascamorras refers to representatives from Guadix, who were sent to Baza to recover the statue. As the Cascamorras had to stay perfectly clean to gain possession of the statue, Baza residents attempt to make them as dirty as possible.
(Jon Nazca/Reuters)Seiichiro Nishimoto, CEO of Shelter Co., poses wearing a gas mask at a model room for the company's nuclear shelters in the basement of his house in Osaka, Japan.
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Seiichiro Nishimoto, CEO of Shelter Co., poses wearing a gas mask at a model room for the company's nuclear shelters in the basement of his house in Osaka, Japan.
(Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters)Girl jumps over a hobby horsing fence during a Finland 100 equestrian event in Helsinki, Finland.
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Girl jumps over a hobby horsing fence during a Finland 100 equestrian event in Helsinki, Finland.
(Lehtikuva Lehtikuva/Reuters)A man blows smoke into a soap bubble at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia.
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A man blows smoke into a soap bubble at Gorky park in Moscow, Russia.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)Hanifa Doosti, 17, and other students of the Shaolin Wushu club show their Wushu skills to other students on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Hanifa Doosti, 17, and other students of the Shaolin Wushu club show their Wushu skills to other students on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)A picture shows a general view of a chamber with an underground lake and boats inside the Salina Turda salt mine in Romania.
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A picture shows a general view of a chamber with an underground lake and boats inside the Salina Turda salt mine in Romania.
(Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)A participant in costume uses a mobile phone at a Halloween event in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan.
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A participant in costume uses a mobile phone at a Halloween event in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan.
(Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters)Alligator handler Levi Robbins puts on a show for tourists at Wooten's, an Everglades roadside attraction in Ochopee, Florida.
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Alligator handler Levi Robbins puts on a show for tourists at Wooten's, an Everglades roadside attraction in Ochopee, Florida.
(Loren Elliott/Reuters)Lime eels, otherwise known as Pacific hagfish, cover Highway 101 after a flatbed truck carrying them in tanks overturned near Depoe Bay, Oregon.
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Lime eels, otherwise known as Pacific hagfish, cover Highway 101 after a flatbed truck carrying them in tanks overturned near Depoe Bay, Oregon.
(Reuters)A performer dressed in a chimpanzee costume walks past brides as they arrive at a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organizers, 109 tribal, Muslim, and Hindu couples from various villages across the state took their wedding vows, at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata, India.
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A performer dressed in a chimpanzee costume walks past brides as they arrive at a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organizers, 109 tribal, Muslim, and Hindu couples from various villages across the state took their wedding vows, at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata, India.
(Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)A couple has a wedding photograph taken in a pool at the Qianyishi Underwater Photography Studio in Beijing, China.
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A couple has a wedding photograph taken in a pool at the Qianyishi Underwater Photography Studio in Beijing, China.
(Thomas Peter/Reuters)A boy walks at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan.
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A boy walks at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan.
(Toru Hanai/Reuters)A couple drinks champagne while sitting inside "The Pearl," a spherical dining room placed 5 meters underwater in the NEMO33 diving center — one of the world's deepest pools (33 metre/36 yards) built to train professional divers — before enjoying a meal inside, in Brussels, Belgium.
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A couple drinks champagne while sitting inside "The Pearl," a spherical dining room placed 5 meters underwater in the NEMO33 diving center — one of the world's deepest pools (33 metre/36 yards) built to train professional divers — before enjoying a meal inside, in Brussels, Belgium.
(Yves Herman/Reuters)
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