-
1 of 13March 6, 2012. Thousands of spiders build new webs after floodwaters forced them to move to higher grounds in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.Lukas Coch—EPA -
2 of 13March 5, 2012. Snow covers a demolished house in Marysville, Ind. after a tornado ripped through the town.Nam Y. Huh—AP -
3 of 13March 4, 2012. The Perito Moreno glacier is seen after the rupture of a massive ice wall near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.Andres Arce—Reuters -
4 of 13March 2, 2012. The water of the Grone stream has turned green after a fire in Goettingen, Germany.Stefan Rampfel—DPA / Landov -
5 of 13March 2, 2012. A general view shows many residential buildings in downtown Qingdao city in eastern China's Shandong province.Wu Hong—EPA -
6 of 13March 5, 2012. Smoke rises from the debris as a fire burns in a military barracks, near an underground munitions depot, in Brazzaville, Congo.Elie Mbena—AP -
7 of 13March 2, 2012. Israel's separation barrier as snow falls near Hebron, West Bank.Uriel Sinai—Getty Images -
8 of 13March 5, 2012. The Minamisanriku Disaster Emergency Center headquarters is seen out the window during a bus tour to learn about the effects of last year's March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Japan.Daniel Berehulak—Getty Images -
9 of 13March 8, 2012. Debris and non recyclable home items lay strewn over the ground where houses and factories once stood in Kesennuma, Japan.Daniel Berehulak—Getty Images -
10 of 13March 7, 2012. Snow geese, estimated some 30,000 strong, take off from the Middle Creek Reservoir near Kleinfeltersville, P.A.Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA -
11 of 13March 7, 2012. Children and adults scavenge for recyclables and other usable items at the Trutier dump on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Spencer Platt—Getty Images -
12 of 13March 7, 2012. The northern lights in Abisko, Swedish Lapland.Francois Campredon—AFP/Getty Images -
13 of 13March 3, 2012. An amateur astronomer captures a meteor or meteorite near his home in Northern Scotland.Graeme Whipps—Rex / Rex USA
From thousands of spiders in Australia and a massive ruptured ice wall in Argentina to the aftermath of the U.S. tornadoes and the wake of last year’s Japanese tsunami, TIME’s photo department presents a selection of surprising and surreal vistas from the past week.
More Must-Reads From TIME
- What Wildfire Smoke Does to the Human Body
- Prince Harry Breaks Royal Convention to Testify in Court
- Teens Are Taking Wegovy for Weight Loss
- Elliot Page: Embracing My Trans Identity Saved Me
- How a Texas High Jumper Has Earned Nearly $1 Million
- What the Debt Ceiling Deal Means for Student Loan Borrowers
- How Past Lives Combines Memoir and Artistry
- 7 Ways to Get Better at Small Talk
