Tuesday, August 29, 2017

#Photography for the Unusual 8/30


Ohio, US

Fiona the baby hippopotomus makes an appearance for a photoshoot at Cincinnati zoo

Photograph: AFP/Getty

And Fiona is just a little one.




Bacup, UK

Competitors take part in the 10th annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships at the Rose ’n’ Bowl pub. Contestants participate in fancy dress and wrestle in a pool of Lancashire gravy for two minutes while being scored for a variety of wrestling moves

Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

There are some things which are uniquely British and we're thankful for that with Gravy Wrestling.




Nevada, US

Kylie Webb spins inside a metal hoop at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock desert. About 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual arts and music festival

Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters

She's got to be tough when she's barefoot on the Nevada desert sand.




Houston, US

Rescuers push a boat carrying evacuees to high ground during a rain from Tropical Storm Harvey lashes Texas. • More on the volunteers helping flooded communities

Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

In Houston, we see Americans acting their finest with everybody helping anyone they can and we don't need to remind where we see Americans behaving at their worst.




Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France

Huan Huan cradles her cub in a panda enclosure at Beauval zoo. She gave birth to twins but one died soon after. Huan Huan, her partner Yuan Zi and the newborn are the only giant pandas living in France

Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty

Surely we can save the pandas as all they really want is some bamboo leaves.

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