What am I seeing?
Sometimes there is more to a photo than the eye can see or the mind to grasp. Try to guess the what, why and how in each of these images from recent news stories.
Hint: The subject of this photo is NOT a rolling stone gathering moss. And it's not Swamp Man of comic book lore.
Moss men
It's a religious procession.
Hombres de Musgo or "Moss Men" take part in the Corpus Christi procession in Bejar, Salamanca province, Spain, June 2, 2013.
The tradition, which dates back to 1397, originates from a legend involving Christians reconquering the town by entering under cover of darkness covered in moss to camouflage themselves from the Muslim guards. This tradition merged with the Corpus Christi procession in the 14th Century.
Mystery 2
A surreal vision in black and white.
Hint: These wings have no feathers.
London tech
It's art!
Chris Milk's "The Treachery of Sanctuary" seen on display at the Barbican's Digital Revolution exhibition in London, England, July 2, 2014.
The exhibition brings together artists, designers, film makers, musicians and architects who push the boundaries of creativity that digital technology can offer.
See more photos:Digital tech gets creative
Mystery 3
Is this a rampaging robot eating ducks and swimmers?
Hint: Out of this world
ISS training
A landing capsule reflects a ray of sunshine during training near Noginsk, 38 miles east of Moscow, Russia, July 2, 2014.
The training was intended to simulate the capsule landing on water. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, and NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins are being trained for a future mission to the International Space Station.
Mystery 4
Who or what are they and where are they going?
Hint: Chasing bones
At the races
Greyhounds in action at the Coral Romford Greyhound Stadium in Romford, England, July 2, 2014.
Mystery 5
This somewhat disturbing image is actually a useful functioning device.
Hint: Where far-out royalty would sit.
Space throne
A "Mark 5" conceptual space toilet is displayed during the "Toilet!? Human Waste and Earth's Future" exhibition at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation - Miraikan in Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2014.
The exhibition focuses on how the toilet has changed our daily lives and discovers what the most environment-friendly and ideal toilet is.
See more photos:The future of the toilet
Mystery 6
Is it an underwater creature or four doing an ocean mating dance? A celestial event? A microscopic something or other?
Hint: There is a human involved.
Hula hoops
Canadian hula hooper Rebecca Halls performs with illuminated hula hoops at the Hula Hoop Festival Hoopurbia 2014 in Berlin, Germany, June 29, 2014.
Hoopurbia 2014 is the third edition of an urban hula hoop festival bringing together hoopers from around the globe for six days of workshops, dance parties and performance showcases with hula hoops.
Mystery 7
Okay, this is clearly a clothesline. But where, what and why?
Hint: Not your average bathing suit.
Space laundry
Space suits of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins, and Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, right, are hung out to dry after their training near Noginsk, 38 miles east of Moscow, July 2, 2014.
The training was intended to simulate the capsule landing on water. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi, and NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins are being trained for a future mission to the International Space Station.
Mystery 8
Remember Electro, the super-charged villain from SpiderMan comics? This is not him.
Hint: No humans were harmed during the taking of this picture.
Thunderbolt Craziness
A member of the Thunderbolt Craziness band wearing a metal suit balances a soccer ball on his head as electricity is discharged from Tesla coils during a performance to celebrate the 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Changle, Fujian province, China, June 12, 2014.
The band specializes in producing electric arcs from Tesla coils that have been charged with one million volts of electricity.
Mystery 9
Sometimes we all take a tumble. But the important thing is to get back up.
Hint: Larger than life
Seven Year Itch
A giant statue of U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe is seen at the dump site of a garbage collecting company in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, June 18, 2014.
The eight-meter-tall stainless steel statue, which weighs about eight tons and took several artists more than two years to create, was based on the famous scene from her movie "The Seven Year Itch." The statue was transported to the garbage collecting company for unknown reasons after being shown outside a business center in the city for only six months, local media reported.
Mystery 10
Name that critter.
Hint: Hungry after beating the hare
Hugo
Hugo, a 63-year-old Galapagos Tortoise, is enticed out of his enclosure with a carrot fed to him by a keeper before his annual weighing at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby near Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2014.
Once a year, Hugo's massive body is carried by four men and a forklift to an industrial scale to assess his health and at 366 lbs, he weighs one kilogram more than last year. The life expectancy of a Galapagos Tortoise is up to 180 years.