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2012: Weird and wonderful pictures

News imageDutch artist Berndnaut Smilde won acclaim for creating clouds in empty rooms with a fog machine. (Courtesy: Berndnaut Smilde and Ronchini Gallery)
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde won acclaim for creating clouds in empty rooms with a fog machine. (Courtesy: Berndnaut Smilde and Ronchini Gallery)

Some of the year's more off-the-wall pictures, including a clever otter, football-playing whales... oh, and men dressed as pandas...

More amazing image galleries of the year:

A year in space

The year in technology

A year of discovery

People of the year

The year in weather

The year in wildlife

Future visions

Places

New frontiers

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