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.
-- Super freaky upside down eyeballs.
What am I seeing?
Women use "Upside Down Goggles" at the Carsten Höller: Decision exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in central London, June 9, 2015.
Apparently, the Belgian artist is a former entomologist who long ago decided to experiment on people rather than bugs.
Höller has been described as an artist in the category of "relational aesthetics."
According to Roberta Smith in The New York Times, "The goal of 'relational aesthetics' is less to overthrow the museum than to turn it upside down." The upside goggles make perfect sense then.
What am I seeing?
Odd, uncomfortable looking attire.
"Moss Men"
"Moss Men" walk along a street during a Corpus Christi procession in Bejar, Spain, June 7, 2015.
The "Moss Men" took part in the Corpus Christi procession to commemorate the Christians who used moss as camouflage in the 12th century to hide from Muslim guards and re-conquer the town.
Did not know that.
What am I seeing?
It's fun to hang around with a skull on your head. He certainly looks thrilled.
What am I seeing?
Enthusiasts dressed as characters from the fantasy novel "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien prepare for the battle of five armies near the town of Doksy, Czech Republic, June 6, 2015.
Several hundred people arrived in the forest to re-enact the famous battle from Tolkien's novel, which published for the first time in 1937.
The guy in the previous photo seems a little worn out by the fantasy battle.
What am I seeing?
New trendy form of exercise?
MERS check
A flight passenger from Busan, South Korea, receives a temperature check upon her arrival at Hong Kong Airport in China, June 5, 2015.
Hong Kong issued a "red alert" advisory June 9, 2015 against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were reported, bringing the total to 95 with seven fatalities.
In the previous photo, workers disinfect the interior of a subway car in Goyang, South Korea, June 9, 2015.
What am I seeing?
Wouldn't we all like to have animals in our work place?
Taxidermy
A worker prepares a trophy of a wildebeest at the taxidermy studio in Pretoria, February 12 2015.
Africa's big game hunting industry helps protect endangered species, according to its advocates. Opponents say it threatens wildlife.
What am I seeing?
Some Afghan Burkas, stilts, one short guy.... hmmm.
What am I seeing?
French stage director Bartabas (R) performs during a dress rehearsal of his new show "On Acheve Bien Les Anges, Elegies" (So Do We Finish the Angels, Elegies) as part of the Nuits De Fourviere festival in Lyon, June 8, 2015.
Weirder still, but maybe worth a ticket to check it out.
What am I seeing?
Just a very odd juxtaposition going on here which makes us wonder.
Political photo op
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses with Miss Plum Fuyuka Baba (R) and Miss Plum Kozue Kimoto, who represent the Kishu Plum Organization, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, June 5, 2015.
And the stuffed kitty gets no explanation? Politicians have a tough job.
What am I seeing?
Someone drop a few balls? The thing is there are these military/police type dudes in the background that draw concern.
What am I seeing?
A protester faces a water cannon during a protest by students and teachers against what they call inadequate education reforms. The protesters used balls to demonstrate just hours before the kick-off of the Chile 2015 Copa America continental football tournament, in Santiago, June 11, 2015.
Wouldn't the balls make things just a little more slippery and dangerous for both sides? Seems a stretch tying an education protest to a soccer game. In another photo, the caption read that the protesters kicked balls to demand education reform.
Seems like a cultural gap somewhere along the line because we still don't get it, but they get points for unusual protest theater
What am I seeing?
Just hanging.
What am I seeing?
People eat at a table lifted above Fenhe River during a promotional event in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, June 5, 2015.
A property developer opened the temporary restaurant which can hold eight customers to promote their office buildings nearby. People lined up to have a free meal in the air with a river view.
Just don't push your chair back. Should we mention the lack of a restroom or does that spoil the fun?
What am I seeing?
Love the outdoor carpeting.
Flower carpet
More than 173,000 potted plants and herbs form a flower carpet in front of the city hall in Antwerp, Belgium, June 8, 2015.
To celebrate the 450th anniversary of the city hall, artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven selected 31 different species to create a design of large geometric figures in bright sixties colors. Van Kerckhoven found inspiration in the Renaissance floor of the Plantin-Moretus museum and in a map of the city by the river Scheldt, which dates from 1575, and includes the river bend. The carpet measures 60 by 30 meters (196 by 98 feet).
Those artists again. We like this better than the upside eyeballs.
What am I seeing?
Lots and lots of laundry drying.
"Thinking of You"
Did we mention artists do interesting things?
Here, dresses and skirts are seen hanging inside a stadium, in an art exhibition titled "Thinking of You" by Kosovo-born, London-based artist Alketa Xhafa-Mripa, in Pristina, June 12, 2015.
Dresses and skirts donated by Cherie Blair and Rita Ora were among 5,000 pegged to laundry lines in the Kosovo stadium in the art installation, drawing attention to the stigma suffered by victims of wartime sexual violence.