A lighter look

But where's his water pistol? A man in a pink cowboy hat swims in the Elbe river in Dresden, Germany Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP

Look, the fancy dress isn't great, but he's made an effort! People throw vegetables at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas festival in Piornal, Spain Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Perhaps some decking and a few window boxes might cheer them up a bit. Newly built houses in Dadun village, Lingshui Li autonomous county, Hainan province, China Photograph: Reuters

Looking more like a chihaha, a female chihuahua named Grizett wears a fashion item during an event in Tokyo Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP

Is that what's known as a snowplough? Nul points for technique as Daiki Ito of Japan fails to start and slides down the course at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Sapporo, Japan Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

They told him at the interview that he would be cleaning a goldfish bowl. A diver cleans the shark tank at the Resorts World Sentosa's Marine Life Park, Singapore Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Lucky she didn't have eight! A puppy sleeps on its mother's back in the Haresta neighbourhood of Damascus Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Er, what did that weather forecast say? A group of contestants wait for a wave during the Mavericks Invitational surf competition in Half Moon Bay, California Photograph: Stephen Lam /Reuters

Ski jumping Polish-style this time. It's the highlander carnival skiring race in Bialy Dunajec in the Tatra mountains, Poland. Surely they don't take the horse down the high jump? Photograph: Grzegorz Mormot/EPA

Avert your gaze! A worker cleans a sculpture by the Colombian artist Fernando Botero in Medellín Photograph: Albeiro Lopera/Reuters

The last time we saw those specs was on Elton John at Watford FC in 1982, surely? A Democratic Republic of the Congo supporter at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations football match against Ghana Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

No, I'm sorry, that's just too easy. Boris Johnson speaks at the Mansion House in the City of London Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA