Arabian Business takes a look at the more unusual photos taken around the world recently.
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The annual event, first held in 1981, is one of the summer festivals in Tokyo and attracts about 500,000 people. (Getty Images)
A model displays an outfit during the Mintdesigns 2009 spring/summer collection, designed by Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi in Tokyo at Japan Fashion Week on Sept. 1. Japan Fashion Week opened through Sept. 7. (Getty Images)
The Great British Duck Race in West London sees 250,000 blue rubber ducks released into the river Thames on Aug. 31. The ducks float 2km down the river to a finish line. (Getty Images)
Australian cricketer Nathan Bracken (above L – without top) and fielding coach Mike Young (above R) dive in the ‘Cage of Death’ for an up-close experience with 80-year-old crocodile ‘Chopper’ (below) at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin on Aug. 31. The Australian team were relaxing in preparation for their second one-day international against Bangladesh on Sept. 3. (Getty Images)
Cricket fans (C) wear water melons on their heads during the one-day international against between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin on Aug. 30, 2008. Australia made 254 runs in their innings. (Getty Images)
Western Lowland gorilla ‘Mouila’ cradles her ten-day-old baby ‘Mahale’ during his first public appearance at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Aug. 28. ‘Mahale’, which means ‘an event’ in Swahili, reflects the success of Taronga’s breeding and research programmes with endangered wildlife. (Getty Images)
Monopoly enthousiasts sit in the courtyard of the former ‘Klapperfeldstrasse Custody’ and play Monopoly on Aug. 27 in Frankfurt/M., western Germany, as they take part in a world record attempt. Players in 22 cities – among them London, Las Vegas, Toronto and Kiev, take part in a world-wide bid to set a new Guinness World Record for most people playing the board game ‘Monopoly’ simultaneously. (Getty Images)
