Pictures of the year: Oddly

Merlin Coles, 3, watches horse racing from Royal Ascot on TV at his home, while seated on his horse Mr Glittermore

A smiley face is seen carved into the head of a sunflower in a field in Dunham Massey, Britain, August 13, 202more

People participate in an outdoor yoga class by LMNTS Outdoor Studio, in a dome to facilitate social distancingmore

Sylvain, also known as Freaky Hoody, a primary school teacher and France's "most tattooed man," poses with hismore

Lyra Conley hugs Caesar McCool, a therapy llama nicknamed the "No Drama Llama," at site of protests against pomore

A man wearing a surgical mask as a G-string walks past a woman on Oxford Street in London, Britain July 24, 20more

A local resident dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, wearing a coronavirus-themed balloon necklace, gesmore

Protesters covering their faces attend a demonstration against a coronavirus lockdown in Berlin, Germany, May more

Hossam Nasser, 32, plays with his camel "Anter" in front of his house in the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil, omore

Tercio Galdino, 66, and his wife Aliceia, 65, wear their protective 'space suits' as they walk on the sidewalkmore

Guests sit inside teardrop-shaped tents hanging from trees created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an umore

Ryzhik the cat, which lost all four paws and received 3D-printed titanium prosthetics in 2019, is seen at the more

Nurses hold newborn babies wearing protective face shields at the Praram 9 hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Aprimore

A seagull carries a protective face mask at the port of Dover, Britain, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nichollmore

A person dressed up as Spider-Man sits next to cabs as taxi drivers hold a protest against taxi-hailing apps smore

A Kashmir goat is seen as a herd invaded a Welsh seaside resort after the coronavirus lockdown left the streetmore

Nursery plants are seen placed in seats during a rehearsal before Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu opera heldmore

Tattooed scrap yard worker Hiroyuki Nemoto, 48, poses for a photo with his one-year-old daughter Tsumugi at thmore

A dog peeks out from a sundries store in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

People attend the first "coronavirus-proof" dance event in Nijmegen, Netherlands June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschmore

Pistachio, a puppy that was born with green fur, is seen on the day he was born on a farm on the island of Sarmore

Alex Montagano demonstrates his "Hugging Station" with neighbor Sharon Pearce-Anderson, that he built to embramore

A giant inflatable monster, one of a collection of monsters that appeared to mark Halloween, is seen in front more

Norma Rashia, 22, undergoes facial massage with giant African land snails, which some claim boost collagen in more

Reuben Goodman poses for a picture during his 5th birthday party in an empty street amid the coronavirus outbrmore

A man carries geese on top of his car as he drives on a highway that leads to the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan Ocmore

80-year old military veteran Michael Stanley, known as Major Mick, rows his homemade boat named the "Tintanic"more

Baran plays with her reborn baby doll at home, as many Iranian couples choose not to have children amid declinmore

A French bulldog named Nord Boss stands with his skateboard at a skatepark in the Sokolniki Park in Moscow, Rumore

Eliza, 3, scoots over a piece of temporary floor art depicting a swimming pool in London, Britain August 12, 2more

Team GB rhythmic gymnast Lynne Karina Hutchison trains on the seafront in Hove, Britain, June 10, 2020. REUTERmore

Joey Chestnut competes in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest before goingmore

A man, with his face daubed in colors, wears eye frames made of bamboo straw during Holi celebrations in Chennmore

People hold glasses of wine as they practice wine yoga in Riga, Latvia August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Telexistence's shelf-stacking avatar robot, designed to resemble a kangaroo and developed to work in a convenimore

A sponge with toothpicks is seen inside an elevator to prevent people from touching the lift buttons with theimore

A Peruvian tourist poses for a photo next to taxidermy bulls at "El panuelico de Hemingway" souvenir shop at Emore

Men splash themselves with cold water during the annual cold water endurance ceremony, to purify their souls amore

An elevated tram that ran past the end of its track sits on a sculpture of a whale tail entitled "Saved by a Wmore

Minions toys are seen on cinema chairs to maintain social distancing between spectators at a MK2 cinema in Parmore

Pianist Cecile Wouters and singer Evelyne Zou perform on a lake during a rehearsal of their show "Melting Flotmore

Friends Vinicius Sanctus and Alessandro Russo ride electric monowheels called 'nuvem' (cloud) that were inventmore

Nguyen Van Chien, 92, sits for a portrait to show his 16.4 foot (5-meter) long hair which, according to him, hmore

Austria's Daniel Bacher in action during the men's freeski slopestyle at the Winter Youth Olympics at Leysin Pmore

Children play in a mud pool during the Online Boryeong Mud Festival at their home during a live streaming evenmore

Belarusian shepherd Alexey Usikov, 33, drives a horse-drawn carriage equipped with a battery, headlights and smore

Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin pose in the bedroom of their Zero-Real-Estate land art installation on amore

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children smoke while dressed-up in costumes during celebrations marking the Jewish holidmore

A guinea pig wears a protective mask with a toy shopping cart during a demonstration in the office of a publicmore

A woman poses under a Plex'Eat prototype plexiglass bubble by designer Christophe Gernigon, which surrounds dimore

Men dressed in loincloths prepare to snatch a wooden stick called "shingi" tossed by the priest during a nakedmore

A woman walks her pig named Dior in Testaccio district, in Rome, Italy, March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingrimore

A girl observes a partial solar eclipse on the Mahanakhon Skywalk Glass Tray at the King Power Mahanakhon builmore

An all-female group of canine rescuers from the Italian School of Rescue Dogs (La Scuola Italiana Cani Salvatamore

Bar owner Tracie England sings inside a makeshift karaoke 'shower stall' set up in order to protect patrons frmore