Offbeat 2018 Gallery

India-Weather-Animals

A Bengal tiger reacts while cooling off in a pond inside a cage during a hot summer day at Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata on June 20, 2018.
The Bengal tiger was recovered injured from the Sundarbans area bordering Bangladesh and has since lost some of its teeth due to aging. Zoo authorities have taken different measures starting from different summer diets, provided fans or incresed the water sources in the cages to keep the animala cool in this season. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKAR

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A general view of the Fenerbahce stadium is seen prior to the rescheduled Turkish Cup semi second leg final football match between Fenerbahce and Besiktas on May 3, 2018 at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul.
The match, a Turkish Cup semi-final second leg at Fenerbahce's ground on April 19, was abandoned in the 57th minute after Besiktas coach Senol Gunes was hit by an object hurled out of the stands. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE

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Competitors, covered with mud, react during the 2018/2019 "Wattoluempiade" (mud games) on July 21, 2018 in Brunsbuettel, Germany.
Around 400 competitors from Germany, Switzerland and the Czech republic perform in several diciplines (like handball, mud races, volleyball soccer) in the mud on the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. / AFP PHOTO / Patrik STOLLARZ

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