Contestant Verena Bayr tries to stuff five grams of snuff into her nose within a minute during the World Snuff Championship 2014 in Berg im Gau, southern GermanyAFPAllie Shaughnessy, dressed as Marvel Comics character Mystique, attends Comic-Con 2014 in San Diego, CaliforniaReutersCycling fans dressed as superheroes pose in the French Alps during the 177km 14th stage of the Tour de FranceReutersRace leader Vincenzo Nibali pushes a spectator away as he cycles to win the 145.5km 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Hautacam in FranceReutersCircus performers pose at London Wonderground at the Southbank Centre. From left to right: Zoe L'Amore, Missy Macabre, The Lizard Man, Danik Abishev, Heather Holliday, The Space CowboyGettyMalaysia's Wong Poh San performs with the clubs during the women's rhythmic gymnastics team competition at the Commonwealth Games in GlasgowReutersA tiny black-capped squirrel monkey baby clings to its mother at London Zoo's Meet the Monkeys exhibitZSL London ZooA bull stands inside a clothes shop in Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Cattle are considered sacred in India and allowed to roam freelyReutersThree-legged Chihuahua Stella Star attends Mercedes Benz Swim Fashion Week in MiamiReutersTwo dogs play together in a dog park in East Massapequa, New YorkGettyCrowds reach out to touch Xolo, the Giant Dog, one of the giant Royal De Luxe street puppets taking part in Liverpool's World War I centenary commemorationsGettyPeople in a boat pass a 22-metre tall inflatable golden toad, created by Chinese artist Guo Yongyao, at Yu Yuan Tan Park in BeijingAFPGerman pianist Stefan Aaron plays a piano on a "flying carpet" platform suspended from a helicopter, over Munich airportReutersA flamingo walks across the lagoon at dawn while volunteers wade out to gather flamingo chicks for tagging at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern SpainReutersAn adult flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in an enclosure before they are tagged at Fuente de Piedra lagoon in SpainGettyAn aerial view of sailing boats on the Ammersee lake in Utting, GermanyAFPPeople sunbathe on the beach at Wannsee, near BerlinReutersAn aerial view of the Costa Concordia during the refloat operation at Giglio harbour, two and a half years after the luxury liner capsized off the Italian coast, killing 32 peopleReutersThe Costa Concordia cruise liner is towed away from Giglio island where it capsized two years ago, killing 32 peopleReutersThe flooded interior of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner is seen in this picture released by the Italian CarabinieriReutersA man pushes his electric bicycle against strong wind and heavy rainfall along a flooded seaside street as Typhoon Rammasun hits Haikou, Hainan province, ChinaReutersBuses are submerged in floodwaters on a street in Fuzhou, Fujian province, after Typhoon Matmo made landfall in ChinaGettyA worker walks past a 6.5-metre high scarecrow that was secured to the ground as Typhoon Matmo approaches the town of Shanhsing in Ilan county, TaiwanAFPThe wreckage of a burnt aircraft is pictured after shelling at Tripoli International Airport in LibyaReutersThe TransAsia Airways turboprop passenger plans crashed after an aborted landing during stormy weatherAFPPart of the plane wreckage is seen at the crash site of Air Algerie flight AH5017 near the town of Gossi in MaliREUTERS/ECPADPart of the wreckage is seen at the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in the Donetsk region of eastern UkraineReutersRonald Visee holds a Dutch flag flying at half-mast as a hearse carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane disaster travels to HilversumReutersIsraeli armoured personnel carriers manoeuvre outside the northern Gaza Strip as the Jewish state stepped up its ground offensiveReutersA Palestinian man carries a baby after being evacuated from a UN-run school that was hit by Israeli shellingReutersPalestinians bury the bodies of two young boys Abdulrahamn Abed al-Nabi, 1, and Hadi Abed al-Nabi, 3, who were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza StripReutersA Palestinian man, in clothes stained with the blood of his father, killed by Israeli shelling, mourns at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza StripReutersPalestinian security forces carry the body of Mahmoud al-Shawamrah during his funeral in the West Bank town of Al-Ram near Jerusalem. Israeli troops shot al-Shawamrah during clashes with stone-throwers in the occupied West Bank on MondayReutersThe grandmother of Israeli soldier private first class Jordan Bensimon cries over his coffin during his funeral in Ashkelon, Israel. Bensimon was 22 and originally from FranceGettyFriends and relatives of 20-year-old Israeli Staff Sergeant Moshe Melako of the Golani Brigade, who was killed during fighting with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral at the Mt Herzel military cemetery in JerusalemAFPA rebel fighter sits on stacked chairs as he aims his weapon through a hole inside a house in the town of Morek in Hama province, SyriaReuters
