Strange and stunning: Offbeat photos of the week

A visual roundup of unusual scenes and candid moments from across the globe this week

Last updated: May 01, 2026 | 17:30

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A helmeted participant looks on as others cook lemang, a traditional glutinous rice dish stuffed into bamboo tubes and filled with coconut milk which are then placed over an open fire, during a mass cooking event in Blang Pidie, Indonesia's Aceh province.

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A participant poses, caked in mud as they compete in the annual Maldon Mud Race in Maldon, east England.

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A couple with a dog ride a motorbike at Enqelab Square in Tehran.

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An aerial view shows people visiting a hillside in full bloom with azaleas during the annual Azalea Festival in Gunpo.

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A female dolphin, standing 2 meters tall and weighing 200 kg, swims among bathers near the beach in the bay of Saint-Jean de Luz, southwestern France.

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Kindergarten students react as they are sprayed with water while learning to use hoses with firefighters in Banda Aceh.

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A Eurasian coot, also known as the common coot (Fulica atra), feeds its chick as they swim in the lake of the Buttes-Chaumont park in Paris.

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Dancers perform during an audition for the Radio City Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, in New York.

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An Egyptian goose walks with her goslings along the Main river embankment in front of Frankfurt Cathedral in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, with air temperature reaching 13 degrees Celsius.

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Runners head down The Mall to the final stages of the 2026 London Marathon in central London.

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An Airbus 320-214 aircraft of German airline Eurowings flies past the Waxing Gibbous Moon over Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

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