A large male chimpanzee embarked on a daring escape from a zoo in Japan this week, and a photo of him avoiding capture highlights our selection of some of the best offbeat photos of the week.
On Thursday, a chimpanzee fled from a zoo in northern Japan and tried desperately to avoid being captured by climbing an electric pole. Chacha, the male chimp, was on the loose nearly two hours after it disappeared from the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai.
In India, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began their official visit to the country and stopped by wildlife reserve to feed some elephants, because elephants.
In England, it was Liverpool’s annual Ladies Day at the Grand National Festival horse race where one presumably intoxicated British man decided to pose for a photo…with his pants down.
Have a look at our weekly roundup of some of the best offbeat, slice-of-life photos from around the world.
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