Jed Bryant, 21, of Piedmont, S.D. holds up a nail similar to the one a co-worker accidentally drove into his skull with a nail gun in Wall, S.D. on Jan. 2. Bryant is waiting for headaches to go away but does not appear to have suffered any serious damage. The nail penetrated Bryant's skull but missed his brain stem by just a fraction of an inch.
The original manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road," in Indianapolis, Jan. 6. Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, bought Kerouac's epic for $2.43 million, a 50-year-old, 120-foot scroll of single-spaced document. Beginning this week, "On the Road" will make a 13-stop, four-year national tour of museums and libraries.
A woman reaches out towards underwear with the cartoon of a monkey printed on it, and men's briefs with strategically placed Chinese characters, Jan. 14, in Singapore. Many people are buying the briefs and panties, designed to bring them good fortune and increase their sexual potency for the year of the monkey, which begins with the Lunar New Year on Jan. 22, a national holiday in Singapore.
A man identified as Lucas Tomas, 22, lies on the grass with Quique, a lion at the Buenos Aires zoo in Argentina, Jan. 11. Tomas scaled a wall at the downtown zoo and jump into the lions pit, holding out his jacket as if it were a bullfighter's cape and challenging one of the two lions inside. He is recovering from minor injuries.
Naked walker Stephen Gough makes his way to John O' Groats, Scotland, Jan. 22, after completing his 900-mile walk - the length of Britain from Lands End. Gough, 44, actually spent most of his seven-month odyssey behind bars - arrested 16 times - following complaints from the public.