Offbeat

A Saudi man grooms a camel that won a beauty contest during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed, 150 kms west of Abu Dhabi, on December 25, 2015. The festival, which attracts participants from around the Gulf region, includes a camel beauty contest, a display of UAE handcrafts and other activities aimed at promoting the country's folklore. Photo: AFP
Tourists walk above a tea plantation in Enshi, Hubei province, December 27, 2015. Photo: Reuters
More than a thousand eggs are boiled with spices in a pot during a "crazy egg eating" game in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, December 27, 2015. Nearly a thousand tourists participated in the game. A tourist had five hot eggs eaten in a minute, according to local media. Photo: Reuters
A woman takes part in a traditional horse parade through the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica December 26, 2015. Thousands of riders participated in the parade, which is part of annual year-end festivities. Photo: Reuters
Bai Dijun rides his homemade carriage which resembles the carriage used by the British royal family, in Liangping, Gansu province, December 27, 2015. Bai makes money from renting the carriage to tourists and as props to commercial performance organizers, according to local media. Photo: Reuters
Goyo, an eight-month-old mini pig, plays with a dog in Mexico City, December 21, 2015. Mini pigs can grow to about 30 kg (66.1 lbs) in weight and about 35 cm (1.1 ft) in height, according to the company Mini Pigs Mexico. The company says that the mini pigs' popularity as pets is growing and around 300 are sold every year in Mexico, with prices ranging from $350 to $1,600. Photo: Reuters
Skateboarders practice at the Kaos Temple skatepark in the northern Spanish village of Llanera in the Asturias region on December 26, 2015. The skatepark is a former church, turned into a place of pilgrimage for lovers of skate culture by the Church Brigade collective. This currently deconsacrated church was built in 1913 and abandoned for decades until the collective Church Brigade and artist Okuda San Miguel turned the Santa Barbara temple into a skateboarding park. Photo: AFP
Swimmers participate in the annual Christmas winter swimming competition in the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic, December 26, 2015. Photo: Reuters
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