16 photos proving 2013 was bizarre

James Hyslop of Christie’s holds a very rare and complete partially fossilized elephant bird egg at the auction house in London.  (Andy Rain / EPA)

Police officers escort an anti-Greenpeace activist in Moscow. The activist was dressed as a polar bear, like the Greenpeace activists he was protesting.  (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP/Getty Images)

Belarussian soldiers from an Interior Ministry special unit roughhouse during Maslenitsa celebrations on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. Maslenitsa is a medieval pagan festival celebrating the end of winter and the coming of spring.   (Tatyana Zenkovich / EPA)

A supporter of Mexico’s national team checks his cellphone before a match between Japan and Mexico at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  (Robert Ghement / EPA)

Balinese parade participants carry giant effigies of a devil known locally as Ogoh-ogoh in festivities before Nyepi Day, or Day of Silence, in Bali, Indonesia.  (Made Nagi / EPA)

French daredevil Alain Robert reaches into his chalk bag as he scales the Habana Libre hotel without using ropes or a safety net, in Havana.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

A model creates a strong impression at a Patrick Mohr show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin.  (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)

Fans in usual gear and in costume arrive for the opening session of the 2013 New York Comic Con.  (Timothy Clary / AFP/Getty Images)

A young reveler takes part in a parade called La Calabiuza on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Tonacatepeque, El Salvador.  (Jose Cabezas / AFP/Getty Images)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang.  (Jason Mojica / Associated Press)

Dieter Besuch of Germany wins the Partial Beard Freestyle category during the World Beard Championships in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.   (Franziska Kraufmann / AFP/Getty Images)

Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy perform a free skate at Skate America 2013 in Detroit.  (Geoff Robins / AFP/Getty Images)

A student is among the flotsam left at the culmination of St. Andrews University’s Raisin Monday in St. Andrews, Scotland, which includes a shaving-foam fight in the historic quad.  (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

A model parades a creation from the Sheguang Hu Hu Sheguang Haute Couture Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing.  (AFP / Getty Images)