A selection of amusing pictures from around the world…
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Amateur spider keeper Yegor Konkin, 23, displays a venomous Phormictopus antillensis spider on his face at his parents' apartment in the town of Minusinsk, some 425 km (264 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 20, 2012. Konkin, a hobbyist who has collected spiders for two years, lives in St.-Petersburg and in Minusinsk and keeps approximately 50 venomous spiders of various species, which are deadly to humans and other animals.
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French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman", scales the 231 metre First Tower at the La Defense business district outside Paris May 10, 2012.
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British Olympic sailor Ben Ainslee carries the Olympic torch on the first leg of its Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland tour at Lands End in Cornwall, southwest England May 19, 2012.
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A sculpture of a dead Osama bin Laden called "He", created by Cuban artists Manolo Castro, Julio Lorente and Alberto Lorente, sits on display at an art exhibition during the 11th Havana Biennial May 10, 2012. The Havana Biennial is a major event for contemporary art, attracting artists and curators from all over the world and runs from May 11 to June 11, 2012.
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Elephant Tonya looks out of the container during her removal from the Zoo Blijdorp in Rotterdam [Netherlands] at Prague Zoo in Prague [Czech Republic] May 9, 2012.
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Schoolchildren put bottle caps on the floor to make a mosaic at a school in the northern Asturias village of Ujo [Spain], April 26, 2012. Children, teachers and parents of a school have collected more than 150000 caps that will be sold to help an Asturian physically disabled girl.
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Women stand on a performer who calls himself 'The Human Floor' as he lays on a bed of broken glass at the Watch City Festival celebrating Steampunk in Waltham, Massachusetts [USA] May 13, 2012. Steampunk is a movement that explores the notion of what the world might look like had modern technology been available at the turn of the twentieth century.
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A passer-by photographs one of the dismantled pieces of 'Forever Marilyn', a sculpture by Seward Johnson, as it is prepared for removal from Pioneer Court May 8, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois [USA]. The stainless steel and aluminium sculpture, which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds, was inspired by Marilyn Monroe?s iconic scene in the 1955 movie 'The Seven Year Itch'. The sculpture, which has been on display in Chicago since last July, will next be displayed in Palm Springs, California.
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Visitors look over the sculpture "Vortex Eau De Parfum" by Jim Lampie at the Frieze Art Fair in New York, May 5, 2012.
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A sea lion wears a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at an aquarium in Tokyo, in this picture by Yomiuri Shimbun May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event on Monday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
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An aircraft tail section entitled 'Gleaners of the Infocalypse' by artist Jeanu Projects is displayed at Tatton Park as part of the 2012 Tatton Biennial on May 21, 2012 in Knutsford, England. This years exhibition explores 'Flights of Fancy' and displays the work of more than 20 artists at the National Trust property in Cheshire. The exhibition runs until September.
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A family take a picnic next to a crashed flying saucer, an artwork entitled 'Vex' by artist Dinu Li, at Tatton Park as part of the 2012 Tatton Biennial on May 21, 2012 in Knutsford, England. This years exhibition explores 'Flights of Fancy' and displays the work of more than 20 artists at the National Trust property in Cheshire. The exhibition runs until September.
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In this handout provided by NASA, sun spots are seen as the moon moves into a full eclipse position after reaching annularity during the first annular eclipse seen in the U.S. since 1994 on May 20, 2012. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon. The eclipse is casting a shallow path crossing the West from west Texas to Oregon then arcing across the northern Pacific Ocean to Tokyo, Japan.
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A golden snub-nosed monkey is seen in a cage decorated with lotus lanterns at Everland amusement and animal park in Yongin, south of Seoul on May 24, 2012. The largest amusement park in South Korea organized the event to celebrate Buddha's birthday on May 28.
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A Sri Lankan military officer parachutes next to national flag during military parade rehearsals in preparation for the celebration of the third anniversary of the end of the civil war and the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels on May 17, 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government is commemorating the end of the civil war on May 19, 2009 and remembering their war heroes in a conflict which saw them gain control of the island following the killing of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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The Great Britain Synchronised Swimming team pose after the announcement of the synchronised swimming athletes for the London 2012 Olympic Games at Garrison Sports Centre on May 8, 2012 in Aldershot, England.
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Auricula plants on display in the Great Pavilion at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on May 21, 2012 in London, England. The prestigious gardening show opens to the general public on May 22, 2012 and features 14 show gardens which range from 'New English' design to modern topiary gardens.
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Top image: Boxer Lavarn Harvell (R) connects to the head of Tony Pietrantonio for a knockout during their third round of light heavyweight boxing fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey [USA] April 28, 2012.
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