Far-Out Photos

• Sculptor Liu Bolin created a bronze effigy of President Barack Obama that bursts into flames, in Beijing, Nov. 4. "Obama is an exciting and forward-looking global leader. He's so hot right now, so I wanted to translate that through my work," said Liu.
  
  
  

  Elizabeth Dalziel, AP

• A NASA image released Nov. 3 shows nearly the entire sky as seen in infrared wavelengths at one-half degree resolution. The image was assembled from six months of data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. The bright horizontal band is the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, with the center of the galaxy located in the center of the picture.
  
  
  

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• Skulls are displayed in the Capuccini cemetery in Palermo, Sicily, on Oct. 29.
  
  
  

  Marcello Paternostro, AFP / Getty Images

• Volkswagen enthusiast Chris Redford shows his VW-themed tattoos at the Final Fling VW Show in Woolacombe, England, Oct. 24.
  
  
  

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• Martial artists employed by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police show their skills during the 48th anniverary of the ITBP in New Delhi, India on Oct. 23.
  
  
  

  Prakash Singh, AFP / Getty Images

• A woman views an artwork titled "Eye See You" by Australian artists Tim and Shayn Amber Wetherell as part of an outdoor art exhibition on Oct. 30 in Sydney, Australia.
  
  
  

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• Joel Waul, 28, climbs on top of his rubber band ball outside his home in Lauderhill, Fla., Oct. 23. Waul has spent the last six years building the 6-foot, 7-inch-tall, 9,032-pound behemoth, but now his work is done. A team from Ripley's Believe it or Not hauled the ball away on Thursday in a large, flatbed truck. It will be featured in one of the company's museums.
  
  
  

  Alan Diaz, AP

• A Nihang, or Sikh warrior, Babe "Balwant" Singh, wears a 700-meter-long, 132-pound turban as he poses for photographs in Amritsar, India, Oct. 18.
  
  
  

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• Competitors in the first Miss Pole Dance Sudamerica 2009 competition perform in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 19.
  
  
  

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• Marcos Antonio da Luz, 34, "washes" his face with broken glasses during a street performance in the Florida neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Daniel Garcia, AFP / Getty Images