The week's weird and odd pictures

Page last updated at 16:58 GMT, Thursday, 14 January 2010

He Pingping from China, the smallest person in the world, has finally met Sultan Kosen from Turkey, the tallest person in the world. Pingping stands at 2ft 5in (74cm) while Kosen towers far above him at 8ft 1in (246cm).
A passenger gets a funny look as he participates in the ninth annual No Pants Subway Ride in Mexico City. Commuters in New York City also went without their trousers (and skirts) for the day.
A group of women have taken off their winter coats and stripped down to their bikinis for a snowball fight on Blackheath Common in south-east London. They were being filming for a dance music workout DVD.
Baboons at Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside hold hot potatoes to keep warm in the freezing weather. Keepers dished the treats out after struggling to get into work with many saying the snow is the worst the animals have experienced since the mid-1990s.
Darth Vader and a couple of storm troopers swang by for a tour of the New York Stock Exchange. The Star Wars characters were there to ring the opening bell.
A Beluga whale gets a special treat from a diver dressed as Santa Claus during a Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo.
Friends and family of Polish artist Pawel Althamer are touring the world in a gold plane, dressed as time and space travellers, to promote his new exhibition called Common Task.
Shiro Ashida of Japan pulls off a tricky manouevre during the indoor men's artistic single cycling finals at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.