What am I seeing?
Pictures don't lie, but sometimes they do muddle the mind. Here are a look at some of this week's most confounding news photos. Can you guess what is going on?
This building seems to defy all laws of nature.
What kind of earthquake causes damage only to the middle of a building?
Or perhaps this is the work of a master of illusions?
It's art!
An installation entitled 'Take my lightning but don't steal my thunder" by British artist Alex Chinneck stands in Covent Garden, London, Oct. 2, 2014.
The installation is intended to cast the illusion that a 40-foot section of the Covent Garden's 184-year old market building is floating.
Chicken fight?
What did this hen do to deserve such wrath?
Sacred ceremony
Actually, it's not about anger at all.
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man performs the Kaparot ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel, Oct. 2, 2014.
It is believed that the Jewish ritual, which involves swinging a live chicken above one's head, transfers the sins of the past year to the chicken, which is then slaughtered and traditionally given to the poor.
It is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year will start on sunset on October 3.
Battle of the ages?
A coordinated offense on a massive scale?
A show of might
No, just a display of military pride.
South Korean soldiers march as onlookers hold national flags during a street parade marking the 65th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 1, 2013.
Monkey-ing around
Have monkey's learned to slam dunk? Where is this simian sports sensation?
On Monkey Island, of course
A macaque gives a dunk shot in Wuhan, China, Oct. 1, 2014.
Over 200 cage-free macaques welcome the tourists at Donghu monkey island.
World's priciest carrots?
Do these veggies really cost nearly twenty dollars?
Sort of
The carrots, and these $793 jeans, are part of a photo essay highlighting the runaway costs afflicting Venezuela's economy.
Venezuela's economic crisis has led to some shocking and surreal price distortions that hit people's buying power dramatically.
Venezuela's annual inflation rate of more than 63 percent is the highest in the Americas, according to official statistics.
Picture taken Sept. 29, 2014.
Bio-hazardous giant chicken?
What is this humongous hen and why is it being escorted by a team in Hazmat suits?
Poultry protest
The big bird, fake of course, was part of a protest against food trade regulations.
Pedestrians walk past environmental activists carrying a giant inflatable chicken during a demonstration against "chlorine chickens" near the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich, Oct. 1, 2014.
The protest is against the planned Free Trade Agreements TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) with the U.S. and Canada, which opponents fear will allow U.S. chlorine-washed chicken and hormone treated meat into the EU.
Sari in space?
A purple-clad woman appears to mingle with martians in this bizarre scene.
Space on the subcontinent
A view of a pandal, a temporary platform, with an art installation titled "Mars Mission," is part of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Oct. 1, 2014.
The festival is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil. India's first mission to Mars entered orbit on September 24.