Funny moment around the world

Farmers in southern China used 60,000 pieces of corn to form a giant dragon to celebrate the harvest. Video filmed in the city of Mianyang in Sichuan Province on October 29 shows tourists taking pictures with the 35-metre-long dragon made from corn. According to the farm owner Ms Zhong, it is harvest season and the corn dragon was made to celebrate the joy of harvest. The video was provided by local media with permission.

A photographer who makes amazing light paintings has shared a behind-the-scenes video to explain his unusual method. Hannu Huhtamo created the image by combining different lights and long exposure to give the illusion of an adult swan and their cygnet sitting on the water of Lake Saimaa in southeast Finland. The image, titled Serenity, is the latest in a series by Hannu as he has been using this style since 2008. In a video, shot by his wife Sanna in July 2021, Hannu stands in the lake completely dressed in black, as the sun sets behind him giving a slight orange glow, which reflects off the surface of the water. He takes various lights from his pocket including a long flexible one that he bends to create the swan's body and neck. Hannu then takes a smaller torch to create intricate details like the wing. He then repeats the process to create the smaller swan sitting by the first's side. Hannu said: “I just had to do some light drawing in front of this amazing scene. "Mosquitos all over me and small baby perches were nibbling my toes as I stood in the water with bare feet.” The photographer uses an Olympus camera with Live Composite mode so he can stack several frames into one image in real-time and see it as it happens. It means he can create an amazing image without using photoshop or any post-production touch-ups.

A guy in Newcastle, Australia, created a "natural boomerang" by throwing a stick off a cliff and then catching it as the wind blew it back towards him. "This was taken at sunset as we were hiking up to this viewpoint and noticed it was super windy and couldn't throw any twigs or branches off the edge," Mark Harrison, the filmer, said. "It felt like we were super Aussies throwing boomerangs off the cliff and catching them again. Too much fun." This clip was filmed in February 2020.

Terrifying footage from December 2011 shows a fishing ship struggling as it is battered by huge 50-foot waves near Bantry Bay, Ireland. The SANTAMAR is seen crashing over the huge waves in footage recorded from a nearby ship named the Grampian Avenger.

A county in southern China turned all the traffic lights red to control COVID-19 after one new case emerged. Video filmed in the county of Qianshan in Jiangxi Province at around 8 pm on October 30 shows the traffic lights all red at an intersection and vehicles running the lights. According to reports, one person tested positive for COVID-19 in the county and then the local police issued an announcement to turn all traffic lights red from October 30 to try to restrict residents from going out to control the spread of COVID-19. Vehicles running the red lights after 9 pm on October 30 will be punished. According to local reports, the announcement was an emergency measure as the traffic flow was large in the evening of October 30 and it has already been reduced. No drivers were punished by running the red lights. The video was provided by local media with permission.

'A difficult childhood, devoid of vitamins; wooden toys nailed to the floor; hairy hands of a nanny boxer; a chamber pot with a handle inside; baby carriage a dump truck; low ceilings and a rattle made of nails ...' In every joke there is only a fraction of a joke, so we finish with jokes (at least for the moment) and look only at the wooden toys that my friend Alexander Bukuev makes. Development, manufacturing, painting - he does everything himself with his own hands. Alexander changed the scheme of the classic nutcracker - he had a lever sticking out of the back, in new models the lever did not spoil the appearance of the toy. Pencil holders will decorate both a child's school desk and an office desk. Piggy banks for coins - he has many different types. Also makes tanks, helicopters, soldier figures et cetera. And I didn’t show you the chess set made by him - there is a photo, but the work is not over yet - the finishing of the playing field is in progress. Imagine chess pieces 25-40 centimeters high. Everyone is different, even pawns :-) For each figure there is a separate shelter niche around the table perimeter. But such a pleasure is worth somewhere from USD5000. At first glance, Tchaikovsky would have come up as background music, but I decided to move away from the template - so you are listening to the theme 'Federal Highway' from the techno-opera 'The Little Mermaid' by Victor Argonov (Vladivostok, Russia). P.S. It's very hard to put together a video on one gigabyte of RAM, but I did it. )))

Suki from Kentucky has a pet rat that loves getting tossed onto the bed. Suki tosses the rat and the rat runs back to get tossed again.

Group of people at a park in Brooklyn, New York hold a cover or tarp under the tree as a safety net for the cat stuck in the tree. A man shakes the tree branch which causes the cat to fall and land in the cover.

Massive fails

This hamster named Panda in Varna, Bulgaria is determined to get out of her enclosure, so she resorts to Spider-Man like moves to escape, in this funny clip from November 2. "The 250-grams hamster stays upside down for minutes looking for an escape. These mammals are unique as they are so small but have so much energy, that girl - Panda, is doing that 24/7" said the filmer.

A haunted house gets into the spirit of Halloween and is covered in scary decorations from horror movie classics, such as Michael Meyers, Pennywise the Clown, and other monsters.

A house in Long Island, New York goes all out with Halloween decorations and covers their front lawn with skeletons, tombstones, and all sorts of other monsters.

Dangus lektuvas

People visit their loved ones on All Souls' Day on November 1 in São Paulo and fans of F1 driver Ayrton Senna stop by his grave for a visit. A retired gentleman from the fire department visits every year and he himself was part of the funeral procession at the death of the F1 driver. Translation of the interview with Celio Gonçalves: [3:46-4:53] – Good morning, my name is Celio Gonçalves, I am a retired firefighter sergeant from São Paulo, I have many memories of pilot Ayrton Senna, I worked in the unit in the 4th GI and at that time we were part of the transport of the body of pilot Ayrton Senna. To this day I have memories and I have the fireman's truck plate with me, so whenever possible I come to visit our hero who left marks, I miss him, and is a reason to remember him with greatness. This is a Brazilian! that made a difference at the time and thank you very much. His father was buried along with 94 years old, and they were remarkable people. And one day we will all go through this.

American woman switches to strong New Zealand accent after 2 weeks in coma – despite never travelling there

School headmaster ziplines over students in show to mark countdown to 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Chaos as thousands stuck in enormous queues waiting to enter COP26 venue

Firefighters rescue dog cowering under bridge after it fell into river in Jakarta

Dad scares son with fake spider in Tupperware container

Electric race car, dubbed world's first, on show at COP26

Woman sits on memorial and has a photoshoot at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

A cafe in Vienna offers visitors to participate in challenges from the Squid Game

New Yorker wearing a Grinch costume walks around Times Square

Residents forced to wade through submerged streets as downpours leave Jakarta flooded

Hilarious woman pranks her gullible brother by having him hold a bag to catch the falling ice which already comes inside a bag