Ghyslain Raza, of Quebec, Canada, performs a Star Wars mock battle using a golf ball retriever light saber in a video recorded in November 2002, and then released onto the internet by his friends. Millions have since downloaded the video and many clones have been made with music and special effects. Now Raza, known far and wide as the "Star Wars Kid," has a growing fan base, but he doesn't want the attention.
Hindu youth form a human pyramid as they try to reach and break an earthen pot-containing yogurt hung above a street, as part of Janamashtmi festival celebrations in Bombay, India, Aug. 20. Janamashtmi, the birth anniversary of Hindu god Krishna, is celebrated across India.
An Indian policeman watches a jail inmate apply makeup before his performance in the Central Jail at Bhopal, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Aug. 13. Inmates of the jail performed cultural events as part of the celebrations of India's Independence Day, which is observed on Aug. 15.
Vicki Holster of Glen Rock spits a cricket during a contest at the annual pest controllers convention on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University, Aug. 21, in New Brunswick, N.J. The contest, possibly the first of its kind in New Jersey, was part of the 56th annual educational clinic of the New Jersey Pest Management Association.
California gubernatorial candidate, comedian Gallagher seeks funds for the state as he campaigns outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Aug. 13.
Revelers lie in smashed tomatoes and throw tomatoes at each other during the annual tomato fight known as 'The Tomatina' in Bunol, eastern Spain Aug. 27. Tens of thousands of people pelt each other with tons of overripe tomatoes in what is said to be the World's largest tomato battle.
A damaged Hummer sits in the parking lot of Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina, Calif., Aug. 23, where vandals torched and vandalized sport utility vehicles early Friday morning. Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for the estimated $2.5 million damages at four car dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley on its web site.
Emily Monts, 6, seeks relief from the heat as the temperature nears 90 degrees at Spring Lake in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Aug. 26.
Jeff Smith, 11, jumps backwards off a community dock in Nice, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 21, on Clear Lake. School started for most children in Lake County Monday, Aug. 25.
American magician David Blaine atop the London Eye Aug. 28 as part of his latest challenge for the program David Blaine: Above The Below. Blaine aims to spend 44 days starting in early September suspended in a clear glass box over the River Thames without food, communication or distraction of any kind.
Contestants in the grand finals of the greased-pole climbing competition make their way up the poles, during Independence Day celebrations, Aug. 17, at Ancol Marina, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The bicycles at the top and cash are amongst the prizes awarded.
People ride around the Black Rock Desert on an art car at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nev., Thursday afternoon, Aug. 28.
Watermelon carvings of California gubernatoral candidates, from left, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and Gov. Gray Davis are shown at The Harvest Festival, Aug. 29, in Long Beach, Calif. Carver Hugh McMahon said the melons take about two hours to make and last three to four days.
Six-year-old Kade Stutes spends a quiet moment with his frog, Bryan, backstage before the big frog jumping competition, Aug. 31, at the Rayne Frog Festival in Rayne, La. Bryan failed to make it to the finals, but Kade took home the honor of Mr. Tadpole of the 31st annual festival.
A human skull with a single bullet hole showing rests in a glass case, July 11, at the Siriraj Hospital forensic museum in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai forensic scientists shot at this and other skulls on display as an experiment to see how bullets ricochet inside a human head. The off-beat museum is a popular tourist stop in Bangkok.
"Snappy," a baby Freshwater crocodile sits above the eye of an 11-meter long SuperCroc replica at the launch of the crocodilian display at the Australian Museum in Sydney Wednesday, Sept. 3. Nicknamed "SuperCroc," the ancient African dinosaur-munching monster was believed to have roamed the earth 110 million years ago.
A new mural in the Great Northern Town Center in Helena, Mont., Aug. 28. The mural, featuring people and events in the city's history, depicts a nude bordello dancer, left, that some say bears a striking resemblance to Montana Gov. Judy Martz, right. For her part, Martz said she doesn't think it looks like her.
Gianfranco Bettiol tastes wine from a bottle bearing the image of former Nazi dictator of Germany, Adolf Hitler, made by winemaker Alessandro Lunardelli, in a bar near Rome, Aug. 21, 2001. Germany has protested Italy over the bottles, the Justice Ministry said Sept. 5. Justice Minister Brigitte Zyprieswrote to her Italian counterpart to say the labels are "contemptible and tasteless."