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International Yoga Day will be celebrated across the world on June 21, 2018 this year. The theme for Yoga Day 2018 is "Yoga for Peace." Over the past few years yoga has been influenced by some rather unusual fitness fads. Here are 5 unusual yoga trends you may not have heard of before.

Forget horse-driven carriages and luxury cars. These newlyweds from Karnataka have the Internet's attention for the unusual set of wheels they picked for their wedding procession. The groom, a JCB operator, said he was keen to showcase the machine that helped him earn a decent living. And so, he took his beautiful sari-clad wife for a spin around town in the bucket of a JCB digger.

Various versions of the video circulating all over social media show fans picking up litter like discarded cups and bottles in their sections before leaving the stadium. One version of the video has collected over 6.2 million views since it was posted on Twitter earlier today.

A Wendy's employee in the United States posted a Facebook status asking people not to eat at the outlet in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Her advice came with a video showing a rodent - still very much alive - inside a bag of burger buns and a picture of a cigarette left lying on the production table in the kitchen.

John Muntean uses science and math to make magic angle sculptures that change according to angle and positioning.

From Facebook and Twitter to WhatsApp, chances are, you've been inundated with "Chai pi lo" memes over the past week. The Internet's newest sensation, Somvati Mahawar, has been urging people to drink cups of chai in the viral video. From Mumbai Police to Mother Dairy, everyone seems to be piggybacking on Ms Mahawar's viral fame. Including, surprisingly, an American graduate of the prestigious Yale University.

A Chinese restaurant is probably regretting its generosity in offering patrons an all-you-can-eat deal so good that hungry customers literally ate it out of business.

A blonde Iceland midfielder has become a social media sensation, attracting more admirers than the population of Iceland after a cameo role in the 1-1 World Cup draw with Argentina. Rurik Gislason came on as a second-half substitute on Saturday to win admirers worldwide purring over his cool Nordic looks.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Yashodha from Kalaburagi in Karnataka has won hearts on Twitter for saving the life of a feral monkey.

In the late 1980s, William Morton-Smith, a California-based doctor, was rummaging through a garage that contained some of his deceased parents' belongings. He opened the drawer of an old desk, and "there was a bunch of loose coins," says Morton-Smith's son, Tim.

Neymar's coif featured shaved sides and a blond-dyed mop at the front, and become the subject of many memes. So there was national relief when the superstar was photographed at the team's Sochi base with the offending noodles-feathers part of his hair snipped off.

Belinda Whitaker's electric wheelchair conked out and she was stranded on the road. Bilal Quintyne, a 24-year-old amateur boxer, out for a run, noticed her and decided to help by pushing her wheelchair all the way home.

Four friends from Mexico are posing all over Russia with a cardboard cutout of their friend who couldn't join them - thanks to his wife. Internet is flooded with pictures of the men posing with the cutout that shows their friend dressed in a T-shirt that reportedly says 'My wife didn't let me go'.

French students may be suffering one of the most stressful weeks of their young lives as they take their high school exams, but at least they won't be distracted by fighter jets. France's cutting-edge Rafale military planes will be flying on adjusted schedules this week in a bid to minimise disruption for the students, the commander of a military base told AFP on Tuesday.

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