What am I seeing?
Some pictures need more explaining than others.
These are a few we came across while reporting the news this week.
Is this a surprise gift for some lucky someone?
Is the thatch repaired?
Burns Day
Stuart Cochrane from the Burns Birthplace Museum walks past the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway, Scotland, January 23, 2015.
The cottage where Scotland's Bard was born in Alloway, Ayrshire has been wrapped up in a big red bow as part of this years events to mark his 256th birthday.
What's so interesting?
Is there something more interesting than a press conference?
Renaissance backdrop
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hold a press conference in front of Michelangelo's statue of 'David' at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, January 23, 2015.
The two leaders are expected to discuss a range of political and economic issues as well as the plans of the two countries within the framework of the G7, during this Italian-German Bilateral Summit which is being held in Florence instead of Rome.
A question of balance?
I think I know what it is, but how?
More importantly, why?
Republic Day dress rehearsal
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) camel contingent march in formation down Rajpath during the full Republic Day Dress rehearsal in New Delhi, January 23, 2015.
India celebrates Republic Day on January 26 with U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama, as chief guest.
A stamp?
Is it a stamp?
A brooch?
A tribute to a top hat?
Winston Churchill: The pipe
A Bakelite pipe depicting Winston Churchill is displayed at Chartwell in Westerham, England, January 23, 2015.
The 'Death of a Hero' exhibition is opening at Chartwell, home of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death and state funeral in 1965.
Is the Lost Ark in there?
But, what if I want something off the top shelf?
What's worth stacking so high, anyway?
National Newspaper Archive
Resident engineer John Roberts poses as he looks at the millions of newspapers stored on racks at the National Newspaper Archive in Boston Spa, United Kingdom, January 23, 2015.
The British Library's brand new National Newspaper Building officially opened today. The newly built storage space holds 60 million newspapers and periodicals spanning more than three centuries. The temperature and humidity controlled store is operated by robot cranes and can retrieve newspapers from any time and date.
The British Library spent six months moving the archive from its previous home in Colindale, north London.
What am I seeing?
This one photo sums up the theme of this series. I am not sure where to start describing or even start guessing what's happening here.
Ski with your pet competition
A contestant skis with his pet duck during a skiing with pets competition in Sanmenxia, Henan province, China, January 12, 2014.
It's alive!!!
Did someone spill glow-in-the-dark dye in the bay?
Is this the part of the movie where the baby turtle swims into the radioactive waste and begins its horrific mutation?
It's still scary
The truth is almost as scary. Glow-in-the-dark blue waves caused by the phenomenon known as harmful algal bloom or "red tide", are seen at night near Sam Mun Tsai beach in Hong Kong January 22, 2015.
Algal blooms occur when there is a sharp growth in algae population in a water system, and are considered harmful when resulting in negative impacts on other organisms.