SFGate: Day in Pictures
Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012
Who's up for a game of Speedo Twister? Wrestlers warm up before a practice session in Allahabad, India.
Hot Chihuahuas! When it's 95 degrees in Vienna, people don't walk their dogs - they push them.
Another fine mesh I've gotten myself into: A frazzled wild leopard climbs out of a water tank he fell into on a tea estate in Haskhowa, India. Rescuers lowered the net to help the cat escape, which he did after biting the nylon several times.
Wish I had my lucky human's foot: Apparently overcome by nerves, bashful Bigfoot buries his head in 11-year-old Eli Roberts' arms before he competes in the Rabbit Show at the 4-H Fair in Marion, Ind.
Windsor nut: Jeff Shaw and his hound, Russell, await the start of the Backwards Budget 5K run around Halifax Mall in Raleigh. The wrong-way race is a satirical tribute to the North Carolina Legislature's "backwards" approach to budgeting.
Out of my way, arachnid: A butterfly ignores a small spider (barely visible at top left of bloom) while zeroing in on the nectar of a sunflower blossom near Timpson, Texas.
The French are going to be hard to beat in London: Olympics swimming qualifier Alain Bernard of France gets some tips from an expert at Marineland in Antibes.
Out of the bucket and into the Bay of Rays goes a Blue-spotted Fantail at Sydney Aquarium. The new exhibit includes tropical palms and a pink illuminated sunset scene.
Tonguin' the young-un: Only 1 day old, little Bashu is still wet behind the ears, mainly because of mom Iwana's insistant lapping. (Artis Zoo in Amsterdam.)
Off-the-wall art: What must be one of the world's largest snow globes hangs from the facade of the Royal Opera House in London. The sphere by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibarea contains a life-sized ballerina figure.
Sap seeker on a slack line: A toddy tapper crosses between coconut trees to collect sap for making palm wine, or toddy as it is locally known, in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka.
Get him off of me! A tabby in a home used by contestants preparing for the Miss Night Queen transgender beauty pageant in Guatemala City is stronger than he looks.
Time to reap: Jordanian farmer Falah al Abbadi harvests wheat by hand on the outskirts of Amman.
Enchanted, Madame: A statue of Mozart comes alive to kiss the hand of a tourist in Vienna.
Mats in Manhattan: Ten-month-old Leo Erichsen is held up by his mother, Tatjana Eres of Denmark, as she joins thousands of yoga enthusiasts for a class in New York's Times Square marking the summer solstice.
A jogger speeds past a huge sculpture made from plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro.