What am I seeing?
Some images just seem to need more explanation than others.
In our weekly series, we share images from the news that piqued our curiosity and raised questions.
International flags... enthusiastic World Cup soccer fan?
Hands growing out of your shoulders can't be a good thing.
World Bodypainting Festival
A model poses during the 18th annual World Bodypainting Festival in Poertschach am Woerthersee, Austria, July 4, 2015.
Models and artists, from around 45 countries, collaborate for amazing and crazy creations.
Put this festival on your travel itinerary next year.
What am I seeing?
Looks like they have good reason to be afraid, very afraid.
"Rapa das Bestas"
Revelers try to hold on to a wild horse during the "Rapa das Bestas" traditional event in the village of Sabucedo, northwestern Spain, July 5, 2015.
On the first weekend of the month of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia.
Seems like there might be an easier way to round up wild horses, but maybe it's all about tradition and bonding with ancestors. We do a lot of nonsensical things because of tradition.
What am I seeing?
Really don't know what to say about the guy riding in the air and in the opposite direction of everyone else.
Tour de France El Diablo
The pack of riders make its way past Didi Senft, a cycling enthusiast better known as 'El Diablo' (The Devil), during the 190.5-km (118.4 miles) 7th stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Livarot to Fougeres, France, July 10, 2015.
In the previous photo, spectators applaud as MTN-Qhubeka rider Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea (L) cycles with Europcar rider Perrig Quemeneur of France (C) and Cofidis rider Kenneth Van Bilsen of Belgium (R) during a break away in the 191.5-km (118.9 miles) 6th stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Abbeville to Le Havre, France, July 9, 2015.
So we have to assume that the guy on a bicycle hanging from the air is just an overly enthusiastic inventive cycling enthusiast who took a unique vantage point for race viewing since he's oddly not commented on in the caption. Clearly there are avid cycling fans if these two images are any indication.
What am I seeing?
Who'd want that scary looking dude latching on?
Parade of Giants and Big Heads
Women react before being hit with a sponge by a Kiliki (L) during San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of Giants and Big Heads) in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 6, 2015.
Kilikis, wearing oversized masks as they playfully hit bystanders with sponges on sticks, parade daily through the city accompanied by brass bands during the nine-day-long festival made famous by U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway.
Sure... giant bobble heads... and sponges... all clear now. Not. But if everyone is having fun it's ok. Plus we just like the name "Parade of Giants and Big Heads."
Apparently, the first reference in history to these giant heads was in the early 1600s. The Gaints of Pamplona fell into disuse when they were banned from any religious procession in 1780 as too irreverent.
Glad they got over that issue.
Kiliki
Another bobble head hitting a person with a sponge because we like bobble heads.
What am I seeing?
Interesting form of four-legged soccer.
World Boots
Disabled children prepare to attend a World Boots soccer event for children with disabilities, at the Neymar Institute in Praia Grande, Brazil on July 7, 2015.
In the previous photo, disabled child, Vinicius, kicks the ball with the help of Brazilian soccer player Junior Dutra during a World Boots event for children with disabilities.
Those kids must have had an awesome day.
What am I seeing?
Love glowy things.
What am I seeing?
A man looks at jellyfish during a preview for the Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium's re-opening in Tokyo, July 6, 2015.
Colored lights and jellyfish. A cool exhibition. They're fascinating to look at as long you're not in danger of getting stung by them.
What am I seeing?
Seems bad karma to be arresting nuns.
Mujeres Creando
Police officers stand over activists dressed as nuns during a protest rally at Murillo square in La Paz, Bolivia July 6, 2015.
Members of the feminist collective, Mujeres Creando (Women Creating), dressed as pregnant nuns protested against the visit of Pope Francis to Bolivia to highlight the Church's undermining of the country's therapeutic abortion law and opposition to same-sen civil unions.
The group gained international attention back in 2001 for their occupation of a banking supervisory agency protesting on behalf of indebted microcredit institutions. Using dynamite and molotov cocktails, they demanded debt forgiveness.
In other words, a group to be taken seriously.
What am I seeing?
That's a whole lot of green yucky looking stuff to be walking in... not usually what one associates with beach wear and beach toys.
algae-covered beach
A fisherman rides past an algae-covered beachside in Rizhao, Shandong province, China, July 6, 2015.
In the previous photo, a man carries floats as he walks on an algae covered beach as a truck collecting the algae passes by, along the coastline in Qingdao, Shandong province.
A large quantity of enteromorpha has hit Rizhao, but had no effect on the tourists according to the caption.
algae-covered beach
Children play at an algae-covered beach in Haiyang, Shandong province, China, June 28, 2015.
No effect on tourism? That's the strangest part. Who wants to swim or hang out near algae?
What am I seeing?
Funny looking figures on sticks.
Fake pope sightings
Jair Ortega, 3, poses for a street photographer next to police special forces and a life-size cutout figure of Pope Francis, after the departure of the pope from Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, July 10, 2015.
Jair's mother asked the officers to pose with her son, saying he wants to be a police officer when he grows up.
Guess he just likes the pope and isn't planning to grow up to be one. If you can't get close enough to the real pope this will have to do.
In the previous photo, a street vendor sells cutout images of Pope Francis as faithful wait for his arrival near the airport in El Alto, Bolivia.
They don't quite look like the pope, though, so use your imagination.
What am I seeing?
Nice feather headgear.
What am I seeing?
Jesus Moreno, 60, feeds pigeons in downtown Monterrey, Mexico July 7, 2015.
For the past 30 years Moreno, who was once homeless, a drug addict, and formerly working as a investigative policeman, has been feeding pigeons twice a day, because to him they represent peace and the only way to communicate to God, according to local media.
Seems the feather hat is a camouflage thing. Being one with the pigeons.