Thursday, April 02, 2009

Reuters Strange & Unusual Images (4/2/09)

Here are just a few I thought were interesting.
The whole slide show can be seen here.

Waitresses dressed in nurse uniforms talk to customers at a hospital-themed restaurant in Taipei March 18, 2009.

REUTERS/Nicky Loh


A man wears a gas mask during a live action role-playing game based on the computer game "Stalker", near the village of Sengileyevskoe in Russia's southern Stavropol region March 21, 2009. The scenario of the game is set in the radioactive exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor after a second fictional disaster where the player has to fight for survival by fending off mutant creatures and dangerous anomalies. Some 70 gaming enthusiasts took part in the role play.

REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko


Seven babies sit in tummy tubs filled with water to cool down after a baby massage class held for young mothers in IJmuiden, about 17 km (10.3 miles) north of Haarlem, March 24, 2009. The "cooling down" segment is to simulate a womb-like environment for the infants to experience the warmth and comfort.

REUTERS/United Photos


An exhibit of a man guarding poppies is displayed in the Drugs Museum at the headquarters of the Mexican Ministry of Defense in Mexico City March 9, 2009. The Virgin of Guadeloupe sculpted in the handle of a gun, high precision rifles, a mobile phone with diamond and gold incrustations, clandestine laboratories for drug processing and many more items that once belonged to drug traffickers are displayed in this private museum used by the military to show the soldiers the lifestyle of the Mexican drug lords.

REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez


Britain's Prince Charles dances carimbo, a typical dance of the Brazilian Amazon region, as he visits the jungle town of Maguari March 14, 2009. Prince Charles is in Brazil on an official visit.

REUTERS/Paulo Santos


A woman walks past a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan during the press preview of the "A Certain State of the World?" exhibition at the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow March 19, 2009. The exhibition comprises of works from the Francois Pinault Foundation.

REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin


A ring-tailed lemur inspects the topping of a birthday treat during celebrations at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the charity that owns the zoo, March 18, 2009.

REUTERS/David Moir



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