Photos Of The Week

American author Ursula K. Le Guin once famously said: “What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?” We tip our hats to Madam Le Guin and bring to you some of the most insanely fascinating photos from around the world.

This week in pictures: Subway-surfing saints in Mexico, hurricane riders in New Orleans, boogieing British policemen, and a peculiar Japanese bird with a look so piercing, it reminds you of your high-school headmistress.

Check them out below and vote for your favorite.

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Comments

[Melinda P]

02:37 PM on 09/05/2012

this is pretty werid

[yttika1]

01:48 PM on 09/05/2012

Nice to see that in the photo from Spain, the people were covered with tomato juice instead of bull's blood.

[ldb11413]

12:14 AM on 09/05/2012

Why would someone name their store Hitler? I can't imagine that they would do much business.

[hanspij]

11:54 AM on 09/05/2012

Do you think that 60 or 70 years back,when that name was placed,those ppl in India knew who Hitler was?And yes, they have had a good businiss , untill the media made this into the world.

[ldb11413]

09:02 PM on 09/05/2012

Are you serious? Do you have any sense of history? Indian soldiers , several million at that, fought in world war II against Nazi Germany? Why respond if you really have nothing useful to say?

[jonjb5]

10:48 PM on 09/03/2012

I gotta stop reading this.

[unami]

03:55 PM on 09/03/2012

American author Ursula K. Le Guin once famously said: “What Republican could live in this world and not be a razy sociopath?”

[ChesapeakePirate]

12:03 PM on 09/03/2012

That Michael Jackson impersonator should be getting a lot of work. He has an extremely amazing resemblance to Jacko.

[giftoflife898]

07:13 PM on 09/03/2012

agree.

[PhishyPaul]

09:16 PM on 09/03/2012

Check out foreverdangerous.com or find it on Facebook for Carlos project with Jennifer Batten.

[crimson petal]

06:09 AM on 09/03/2012

The photo of the kid with the monkey freaked me out. It's so wrong on alot of levels. it's not clinging to him, he;s got it by the neck, Looks like he just bagged dinner, But after looking closely at the monkeys other hand, it evidently has skills...

[Matt Owens]

12:31 AM on 09/02/2012

A bunch of photos with NO CAPTION...

HP, who are you hiring? Your journalism is gradually slipping into territory deemed incompetent. You want a smart, talented, writer? (who's more than capable of writing one-sentence captions for your photos of the week). Hire ME. I work double shifts 6 days a week as a waiter and even I, with my seemingly meaningless journalism degree, knows that photos posted on a news site should be accompanied by captions. What are we looking at?! Pictures speak a thousand words but it would help to write one sentence to further explain things. Get your act together, for god sakes. It's embarrassing. (Go ahead, censor this comment.) Wouldn't be surprised in the least. But know in your hearts that it is 100% true. Peace.

[m1jones]

11:22 PM on 09/02/2012

The photos have captions. Click on the upper right hand side rather than on the arrow on the photos and you will see the caption for each photo over the ads. It is not huffer's fault that you haven't yet seen them.

I can see why you would be exhausted by your jobs.

[Matt Owens]

11:56 PM on 09/02/2012

Oh, that's practical (sarcasm)

[BoFo]

11:29 AM on 09/03/2012

You wrote:

"I ... knows ..."

That should be "know".

You also wrote:

"for god sakes"

That should be "for God's sake".

Oops! So much for that journalism degree.

BTW, the pics do have captions -- they're to the right.

No job for you!

[Chlowina]

11:36 PM on 09/01/2012

Would be nice to be able to read the comments that go with the pictures. However, advertisements prevent that from happening.

[m1jones]

11:22 PM on 09/02/2012

Click on upper right hand side - captions will show. Don't use the automatic slide feeder.

[Chlowina]

01:56 PM on 09/03/2012

Thanks... will do that. 

[larrymanbandana]

10:24 PM on 09/01/2012

Some of these photos were odd but none of them were "insane".

[m1jones]

11:23 PM on 09/02/2012

quibble, quibble, quibble

I liked the bird - better than the Republicans who dominated the news last week.

[JJR60616]

09:48 AM on 09/03/2012

A lone voice cries out from the crowd...

"The emperor has no clothes!"