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: Dazzling ladyboys in Thailand, unusual makeshift dentists in Pakistan, frenzy across the Arab world, and a guy in Ukraine who thinks he's cooler than he really is.

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Comments

[smeeeee]

03:07 AM on 09/18/2012

Any friend of Ursula Le Guin's is a friend of mine.

[f22]

01:30 AM on 09/17/2012

Hmm... HuffPo's definition of "insane" is markedly different from my own.

[snsurone]

04:39 PM on 09/15/2012

Was that a UFO in photo #5????

[Leon Engelun]

02:18 PM on 09/15/2012

Burning the US flag with a picture of Marylin Monroe on it? Lmao