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A garden gnome painted by British musician Elton John is seen on display during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 20, 2013. Chelsea Flower Show, which celebrates its centenary anniversary this year, has temporarily lifted its 100-year ban on garden gnomes, and marks its anniversary by unveiling over 100 gnomes painted for charity by celebrities and which will be auctioned on eBay. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Crazy Wall Mural A mural is seen painted on a wall in Blackpool, northern England June 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Phil Noble)
Largest Group of... Inmates attend a group work-out at the Lurigancho prison on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Friday, June 14, 2013. Inmates are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of prisoners working out at the same time. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Strange Headpiec... A model presents a creation by Belarusian designer Olga Kiselevich during the Festival of vanguard art "Mammoth-2013" in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Lion Gets a Hock... A passerby takes a photograph of an oversized Chicago Blackhawks hockey helmet sitting on one of the lion sculptures outside the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago in celebration of the team's upcoming appearance in the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Chicago. The Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins in Game 1 on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
Flying Bicycle Journalists attend a presentation of a flying bicycle, carrying a dummy, at Letnany's fair hall in Prague, June 12, 2013. The flying bicycle, which was was created by Czech designers, is kept aloft by six electrically-powered propellers. (REUTERS/Petr Josek)
Crazy Sand Sculp... An artist works on the 'Dracula' character, next to 'Castlevania' and 'Frankenstein', at the annual Sand Sculpture Festival, in coastal town Blankenberge, Belgium, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The festival has more than 40 professional sand artists from all around the world, and covers an area of over 4,000 square meters.(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Television Head? A gamer wearing a television makes his way between convention halls during E3 in Los Angeles,June 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Gus Ruelas)
Deer Stuck in Do... In an image provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office a Key deer has its head stuck in a snack food bag Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Florida. Monroe County, Fla., Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Gordon encountered the distressed animal in the Keys and removed the bag from the endangered species mammal. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office)
Very Brave Circu... Oleksiy Pinko, a circus artist, puts his head into a lion's mouth during a show in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Butterfly Face A Lena Margareta mask displayed at The Animal Ball: Masking Previews, on Monday, June, 10, 2013 in London. (Photo by Richard Chambury/Invision for AP Images)
Anyone Squished? Performers present the Bodies in Urban Spaces project from Austrian artist Willi Dorner, not seen, at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal, Sunday, June 9, 2013. "Party at Serralves" it's a contemporary art festival that hosts over 200 events simultaneously on a non-stop 40-hour period, in the Gardens and in the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
Crazy Mohawk The branding of a new Electronic Arts game "Titanfall" is displayed on the mohawk of a man during E3 in Los Angeles, California June 12, 2013. (REUTERS/Gus Ruelas)
Cloud Made of Pl... An interactive sculpture made of plastic bottles entitled "Head in the Clouds" by Studio Klimoski Chang Architects is seen during the Figment NYC art Event on Governors Island, Sunday, June 9, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Many, Many Super... A record 566 employees gather at Sears corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill. to break the Guinness World Record for most number of people dressed as Superman in one place, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Sears is celebrating its tie-in to the MAN OF STEEL TM film, which opens two days before Father‘s Day. (Ross Dettman/AP Images for Sears)
Wedding Dresses ... Finalists in the ninth annual Cheap Chic Wedding Dress Contest sponsored by Charmin rolled out toilet paper masterpieces for the chance to win $2,000, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Charmin)
Cow Milking Cont... Texas Rangers relief pitcher Robbie Ross, right, and Kansas City Royals catcher George Kottaras (26) compete in a cow milking contest before their baseball game Saturday, June 1, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Van Turned into ... A woman walks past a van which has been converted into a stall selling nail polish on a sidewalk in Beijing, June 4, 2013. China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 54.3 in May from 54.5 in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday, reinforcing the view that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is losing steam. (REUTERS/Barry Huang)
Pot for Pets? In this photo taken Thursday, May 30, 2013, Companion Cannabis, by Holistic Therapeutics, a Marijuana medicinal tincture for dogs and cats is seen at La Brea Compassionate Caregivers, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles Thursday, May 30, 2013. Stories abound about changes in sick and dying pets after they've been given marijuana. There is a growing movement, led by Los Angeles veterinarian Doug Kramer, to make it more widely available. Others, however, urge caution until there's better science behind it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Fashion Made fro... A model presents a creation made of plastic bags and straws during Trash Fashion Show in Macedonia's capital Skopje, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Teams from 47 high schools from Macedonia participated in the show with creations made of redesigned materials from waste such as plastic bags, newspapers, cardboard, plastic bottles, cans, used paper, etc. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Tomato Fight Revellers play with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in Sutamarchan province in Boyaca, Colombia, June 2, 2013. (REUTERS/John Vizcaino)
Jumping over Bab... A man representing the devil and called El Colacho jumps over young babies in the village of Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos, northern Spain, Sunday, June 2, 2013. The Colacho represents the devil who takes away the evil from the babies as he jumps over them in this medieval religious custom dating back to the 17th century. (AP Photo/Israel L. Murillo)
Huge Ice Cream C... A child hugs an advertisement sculpture for ice cream in Osnabrueck, Germany, Thursday June 6, 2013. Weather forecasts predict rising temperatures for Germany during the next view days. (AP Photo/dpa,Friso Gentsch)
Mud Day Celebrat... Participants play in the mud during Mud Day celebrations, at the American Club in Hanoi June 2, 2013. The first-ever Mud Day in Vietnam took place on Sunday, to promote the upcoming World Environment Day on June 5, local media reported. (REUTERS/Kham)
Rug Made of Salt A man prepares a traditional rug made of colored salt prior to a special Catholic Mass celebrating Corpus Christi outside the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2013. The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Very Unique Plan... A toilet bowl with plants growing in it, sits on the sidewalk on Lenaustrasse in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday May 28, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Jens Kalaene)
Isn't That Dange... People ride on top of a crowded commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Officials have failed for years in their battle to prevent commuters from riding illegally on train roofs. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Host Kisses Robo... Jury member and casting show host Heidi Klum stands on stage with an actor dressed in a robot costume during the final show of the German television model casting show 'Germany's Next Topmodel' at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Uli Deck)
Largest Flag Eve... An aerial picture shows a huge Romanian flag on the Clinceni Airfield, south of Bucharest, Romania, Monday, May 27, 2013. Romania entered the Guinness Book of records after it unveiled the largest flag ever made. It took about 200 people several hours Monday to unfurl a five-ton flag of Romania which organizers said measured 349.4 meters by 226.9 meters, about three times the size of a football pitch.(AP Photo/Bogdan Cristel, Pool)
Blue Sheep? A white dove flies over the art project "Blue Sheep" in the inner city of Mainz, Germany, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The action artists Bertamaria Reetz and Rainer Bonk have been traveling around Europe with their blue sheep for three years and are now in Mainz for two days. (AP Photo/dpa, Fredrik von Erichsen)
Fun Dog Costumes Toy poodles, left to right; Pu, Peach and Poko pose at a dog show event in Tokyo, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Pikachu Car A girl poses in front of a car in the shape of a Pokemon character, at a show room in Tokyo, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
A Flower Car? People visit the flower exhibition, "Exhibition of green cars" in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Decorated Garden... A garden gnome painted by British musician Elton John is seen on display during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 20, 2013. Chelsea Flower Show, which celebrates its centenary anniversary this year, has temporarily lifted its 100-year ban on garden gnomes, and marks its anniversary by unveiling over 100 gnomes painted for charity by celebrities and which will be auctioned on eBay. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Sky Paper Lanter... In this photo released by Middle Way Meditation Institute, Philippines, through Nutannan Srithorn, thousands of youths release into the sky paper lanterns to celebrate "World Peace Through Meditation" in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record Friday May 24, 2013 at the University of the Philippines campus at Miagao, Iloilo city in central Philippines. The organizers claimed to have released 15,185 sky lanterns breaking the current Guinness World Record of 12,740 sky lanterns released in a single event. The old record in 2012, the 12,740 sky lanterns were released in a single event in Romania during the opening of a shopping mall. (AP Photo/Wanlop Kiettijanon, Middle Way Meditation Institute, Philippines)
Cheetos Art Today, the Cheetos brand and Life of Dad announced the Dad On the Run blog is the winner of the Cheetos Mix-Ups art contest. In celebration of the launch of Cheetos Mix-Ups snacks, the Cheetos official spokescheetah, @ChesterCheetah, challenged fans to create masterpieces using Cheetos Mix-Ups, the first-ever shareable mix of four cheesy Cheetos snack shapes and flavors all in one bag. (PRNewsFoto/Frito-Lay North America)
Elvis Pugsley In this May 19, 2013, photo Diane Schafroth holds Elvis Pugsley at Milwaukee Pug Fest in Franklin, Wis. The annual event, that helps pay for medical and dental bills for rescued pugs, attracted more than 1,700 pugs and other smushy-faced dogs along with 2,900 humans from the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Five Mile Long R... A record breaking five mile long ribbon stretches along the beach linking some of the shore towns that were hardest hit by the Superstorm Sandy, on Friday, May 24, 2013 in Seaside Heights, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
House Balancing ... A man powers a boat near a house built on a rock on the river Drina near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, about 160km (99 miles) from the capital Belgrade May 22, 2013. The house was built in 1968 by a group of young men who decided that the rock on the river was an ideal place for a tiny shelter, according to the house's co-owner, who was among those involved in its construction. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Man Balancing El... A five meters high sculpture "Pentateuque," created by Contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle, is displayed in Central, business district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The artwork brings to real life the fantastical and seemingly impossible act of an average man balancing a gigantic elephant. The elephant and the man are modeled on one at the Singapore Zoo and on the artist himself. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Bike Riding Cat In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013 photo, bicyclist Rudi Saldia and his cat Mary Jane pose for a portrait during an interview with the Associated Press in Philadelphia. Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
World's Largest ... Hundreds of people, who participated in the creation, pose with the new world's largest pillow for the Guinness World Record in downtown Prilep, central Macedonia, on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The pillow measures 17,12 x 17,12 meters (56 x 56 ft) and weighs 6.760 kg (14.903 pounds). (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
'The Rush of Nat... British artist Marc Quinn poses by his sculpture 'The Rush of Nature' as it is unveiled to mark Chelsea Flower Show’s 100 year anniversary during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)(REUTERS/Damir Sagolj)
Commencement Cap Ben Goldfarb of New York checks his phone during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 20, 2013. Goldfarb, is receiving a degree from the School of Forestry with a focus on Marine Conservation. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Laced Up Heels A model showcases an outfit from Dubai based designer Gisellablu on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Singapore during the annual Audi Fashion Festival held in the city-state. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Four Seasons Gar... In this May 15, 2013 photo, visitors to The New York Botanical Garden view sculptures by Philip Haas depicting "Winter," left, and "Autumn," right. The painted fiberglass sculptures are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation on view through Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Bun Festival Climbers collect mock buns during the Bun Scrambling contest at the bun festival at midnight in Cheung Chau island, Hong Kong Friday, May 18, 2013. The Bun Festival is the traditional event celebrating the islanders' deliverance from famine centuries ago and is meant to placate ghosts and restless spirits. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Google Glasses Google Glass team members wear Google Glasses at a booth at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Ballroom Dancing... Oleksiy Pinko, a circus artist, dances with a lion during presentation of the new program in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Cake for Nigeria A large decorative cake celebrating Nigeria sits on display in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Baker Tosin Jemide made the cake to celebrate Nigeria's upcoming centenary celebration. The cake includes dolls and pictures of leaders in the country's history, including the late military dictator Sani Abacha. Nigeria's north and south became unified under the control of British colonialists in 1914. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)