What am I seeing?
Sometimes you just can't tell what you're looking at in a picture. Here are some recent examples of things that aren't quite as clear as they could be.
For instance, what do you think this is?
A straw for an ice cold slush?
A snorkeler caught in a wave?
Tank competition
A tank drives through a water obstacle on the course of the Tank Biathlon world championship in Alabino outside Moscow, Aug. 4, 2014. The tank competition, where teams compete in tests of driving and shooting, will for the first time bring together crews from 12 countries: Angola, Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kuwait, Mongolia, Russia and Serbia, local media reported.
Best parking in town?
Does it take a ladder to get out of this parking space?
Should you tip the valet extra?
To the rescue
Rescue workers try to help a driver out of his car, after the vehicle was stuck over an alley in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Aug. 4, 2014. The car rolled off the edge of a road after the driver was late to brake, according to local media.
Monkey king
The king of all he surveys?
He looks awfully serious. What sort of decree is his highness enacting?
One hungry monkey
A macaque monkey emerges from a waste bin after searching for food in Hong Kong, Aug. 8, 2014. Monkey nuisance complaints in Hong Kong rose to 529 incidents last year, the highest in 5 years, according to government figures. The animals' increasing reliance on humans for food is being blamed for growing aggression as their population expands in the territory's country parks.
A new species?
A new species discovered in the jungle?
An orange menace?
Is this one of those poisonous ones?
Flower fair
A man carrying a ladder passes by a flower structure during a Flower Fair in Medellin, Colombia, Aug. 1, 2014. Flower growers known as "silleteros" build large structures from flowers for the fair every year.
Off the end of the runway?
A plane heading for the skies?
A B-1 bomber model?
Testing the latest in streamline design?
Swimming for dinner
A penguin swims with a fish in its beak in the pool of its enclosure at the Hanover zoo in Germany, Aug. 8, 2014.
Three of a kind?
A three panel mirror?
A gathering of Elmos?
Halloween in July?
Elmos galore
Jorge, an immigrant from Mexico, center, stands amidst others dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo, while they look to make tips for photographs in Times Square in New York City, July 30, 2014. Elmo and Cookie Monster have long delighted young viewers on TV's "Sesame Street," but the recent antics of New York street performers dressed as the beloved characters have drawn the ire of city officials and now the show's producers. Sesame Workshop, which owns the rights to Big Bird, Ernie and the assorted puppet monsters on the 45-year-old program, said on July 29, 2014 it was drafting plans to stop performers who dress up as the characters from appearing in Times Square, where they pose for photos with tourists and then demand tips.
Head bangers ball?
A heavy metal fan rocking out?
An emergency trip to the salon?
That's a face in there, right?
A head flip and thrust
Marie-Julie Malboeuf of Canada lifts during the women's 58kg weightlifting competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 26, 2014.
Why is this man smiling?
A facial at the spa?
Scratching that itch?
Why is this man smiling, anyway?
Buddha gets a facelift
Buddhist monks clean the dust off of the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at the Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, August 7, 2014. About 100 Buddhist monks take part in brushing away dust as a part of the preparation for the Buddhist festive period of Bon around August 15 when Japanese Buddhists honor and welcome the spirits of ancestors.