Seven unusual wedding celebrations from around the world

People may be getting married later than ever, but that doesn’t mean weddings are getting more staid. Here are some unusual wedding celebrations around the world:

Gerhard Pyper and his wife Jan stand in the English Bay after taking part in the 89th annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia.



Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue are wed in Tokyo by a humanoid robot named ‘I-Fairy’.



Akemi Kito and Hiroshi Matsuoka wed inside a chapel made of ice at the ‘Igloo Village’ on Lake Shikaribetsu on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.



Prasit Rangsiyawong kisses his bride Varuttaon Rangsiyawong mid-air in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok, Thailand.

Joey Bayo and his wife Lea plant a mangrove tree after their wedding in San Jose town, Puerto Princesa, Palawan city, western Philippines.



During a mini-marathon celebrating the New Year, grooms run with their brides in Sanya, in south China’s Hainan province.



Erin Finnegan and Noah Fulmor got married in the first weightless wedding aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 727 while flying over the Gulf of Mexico.