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.
Kind of looks like something out of Star Wars or some ancient symbolic architecture.
Burning Man
It's that time of year again... Burning Man.
An aerial view of the temporary city of tents, vehicles and RVs at Burning Man 2015 "Carnival of Mirrors" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
What am I seeing?
Giant floating balloons?
Migrants in Hungary
Tents are blown away by the wind near a collection point in the village of Roszke, Hungary where many Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan migrants have been stuck as they try to make their way towards Germany and elsewhere in Europe, September 9, 2015.
What am I seeing?
Cool giant goose.
Burning Man
Participants climb the art installation "Got Framed" during Burning Man 2015 "Carnival of Mirrors" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
In the previous photo, Lea touches the art installation "Penny the Goose" at Burning Man.
What am I seeing?
Bizarre gorilla costumes for sure.
What am I seeing?
Rwandan children perform in baby gorilla costumes for approximately 20,000 Rwandan villagers, government officials and tourists as part of Rwanda's annual Kwita Izina (baby naming) ceremony for the country's rare mountain gorillas in Kigali.
Living in parks straddling Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the rare mountain gorillas have become the center piece of Rwanda's growing tourism industry.
In the previous photo, people dressed as gorillas perform during the annual naming ceremony in Kinigi, September 5, 2015. Some 24 baby gorillas were named as the country continues to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the gorillas, already declared an endangered species.
What am I seeing?
Some of these folks look more relaxed than the others.
Janmashtami
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai, India, September 6, 2015. The Janmashtami religious festival is one of the most popular events in the Hindu calendar and marks the birthday of Lord Krishna.
In the previous photo, devotees who tumbled as they treid to form a human pyramid lie on the ground.
What am I seeing?
Just taking a walk through town with their cows in somewhat formal attire.
Qixi Festival
A "foreign handsome man" leads a cow down the street while "wooing for a lover" on Han Street the day before the Chinese traditional Qixi Festival in Wuhan.
The Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl (also known as Niulang and Zhinv in Chinese) in Chinese mythology. It is an important festival, especially for young lovers. It is also sometimes called the Chinese Valentine's Day or the Double Seventh Festival.
What am I seeing?
Lots of picnickers on white blankets?
good symmetry.
What am I seeing?
People have breakfast in bed during a challenge for a Guinness World Record for the most people having breakfast in bed together at a Sheraton Hotel in Beijing. Over 400 Beijing residents created the new Guinness World Record.
What am I seeing?
Not really sure what he's chewing on.
Weapons exhibition
Members of the Lebanese Army's airborne regiment perform a drill, held as part of a weapons exhibition during the Security Middle East Show in Beirut, as a sandstorm engulfed Lebanon for a second day September 9, 2015.
In the previous photo, a soldier in the Lebanese Army's airborne regiment eats a snake during a drill.
Catfish accident
A new sport called street fishing?
What am I seeing?
A man looks at catfish fallen from a truck on a street in Kaili, China.
The door of a truck carrying 6800 kgs (14,991 lbs) of catfish opened accidentally as it traveled along the street. With the help of local firefighters and residents, most of the fish were cleared up in about two hours.People pick up catfish which have fallen from a truck on a street in Kaili, Guizhou China. The door of a truck carrying 6800 kgs (14,991 lbs) of catfish opened by accident as it traveled along a street in the town. With the help of local firefighters and residents, most of the fish were cleared up in about two hours.
What am I seeing?
We can read so many things into this.
3-D Luminarium
Festival goers relax inside the 3-D Luminarium inflatable installation by British designer Alain Parkinson during Budapest's one-week, round-the-clock Sziget ('Island') music festival on an island in the Danube River. The open-air festival, one of Europe's largest, usually draws crowds of around 600,000 from all over the world.
What am I seeing?
Wet looking, lovely color.
What am I seeing?
Young acutus crocodile are seen at Panagator, a sustainable crocodile farm, on the outskirts of Panama City September 11, 2015.
According to Gladys Vallarino, owner of the farm and of a specialty boutique shop selling items made from crocodiles, the farm looks after more than 19,000 Acutus and Fuscus species of crocodiles and donates five percent of its crocodiles annually to the Panamanian authorities to be put into the wild, in accordance with the regulations of the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species). The handmade fashion items sell for $200 to $3,000.