Riding the turnip wagon...

A Pakistani man sits on the back of a vehicle loaded with vegetables in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Mystery sandbar piano in 'photo of the day' photo shoot

The mystery piano, found on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, is used in a 'photo of the day' photo shoot before it was removed from the sandbar.

Filipino tree nymph butterfly

A Filipino tree nymph butterfly feeds on a poinsettia at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida.

Framed by her racquet

Vania King of the U.S. is framed by her racquet as she makes a forehand return during a first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia

Service

Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Virginie Razzano of France during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia

Temporary shelter

A family from Bolivia sit inside a makeshift shelter in the Indoamericano Park at the Villa Soldati neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Clashes between squatters and residents who want them out the park, exploded last week killing at least 3 people and injuring dozens, according to local media and police.

AP photo

Mount Etna - dramatic eruption

Fiery lava erupts from Mount Etna, the famous Sicilian volcano.

Photo: turtle on wheels

Tzvika, a turtle who suffered a spinal injury from a lawn mower, pulls herself along with the aid of newly attached wheels at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv.

Full moon over Disney World

A full moon is seen over Cinderella Castle at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Cardinal framed by tree branches

This photo was uploaded to a Weather Underground gallery.

Bird hiding in grass

Ceres statue silhouetted against full a moon

A statue of Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture, is silhouetted against the rising moon as it stands on top of the Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City

Moon flyby

A Boeing 747 flies in front of the moon near Marseille, France.

Windblown umbrella catching rain - photo

A New Yorker continues to use his umbrella, even after the wind turned it inside out, as he walks down Liberty Street.

How much water will an inverted umbrella hold?

Trashy music in Cambridge - literally

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A tourist takes pictures of a street musician performing from inside a trash receptacle in Cambridge, England.

Obama photo in a caption contest

This photo is making the rounds on the Internet. It has been given many different captions.

The photo appears to show the leader of the free world perplexed by an umbrella that won't go through a gate during his recent visit to New Orleans.

Following are captions found on various web sites:

1) Let's see, how did Mary Poppins do it?

2) Red beans and rice will do that to ya.

3) This is above my pay grade.

4) It's Bush's fault.

5) It's a Republican plot. Get Axelrod. He'll know what to do.

6) Don't just stare at me Michelle - tell me how to work this thing.

7) If Nagin was still Mayor, he'd know what to do.

8) Outsmarted by an umbrella!

New Orleans 5-year comparison photos

Huge flip flops on a Nantucket beach

These sand sandals were seen on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket.

Mystery horse-boy on Google Street View

Google Street View has a fleet of GPS- and camera-equipped cars (pictured at right) that have captured a lot of oddities including what appeared to be a dead girl as reported in the second link below.

This is apparently the first horse boy picked up by Google Street View cameras.



Horse boy was made popular by a BBC news story at the first link below. It appears to be a man in a purple shirt, black pants and a brown horse-head mask, standing on a street corner in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Why are we even spending time on this non-story about a prank designed to generate publicity. We must be bored with nothing better to do. Otherwise why would we post two large photos of the prank?

We can only hope third-rate pranks, designed to be picked up on Google Street View cameras, don't migrate to this country.

Link here and here.

Lightning at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece

A flash of lightning illuminates the sky above the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple in Athens.