Offbeat 2017 Gallery

France-Animals

This picture taken on April 19, 2017, shows a blue lobster at Oceanopolis, a sea center in Brest, western of France.
Scientists say that this specimen is extremely rare : one lobster among 2 or 3 millions is of blue color. This color is due to a genetic anomaly that develops an excess of crustacyanine, name of this blue pigment. / AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU

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Models Lauren Green (L) and Abi Moore wear floral dress creations, representing an iris and a poppy respectively, by New Zealand artist Jenny Gillies as they pose on the eve of the opening day of the Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, northern England on April 19, 2017.
The flower show, which features over 1, 000 exhibitors and hosts the UK's biggest exhibition by flower arrangers and florists, opens on April 20 and runs until April 23, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF

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Visitors attend the Hull Fair, one of Europe's largest annual travelling fairs, in Hull, north east England on October 9, 2017.
Showmen and women have brought their rides and stalls to the city for more than 700 years, first appearing in 1278. One of the attractions of the fair is the arrival of the famous local fish and chip stall, Bob Carver's, which sells the local delicacy pattie and chips, a deep fried potato and sage cake served with chips and mushy peas. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS

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