Hot air balloons shaped like colourful animals rise at festival in Taiwan

Street vendor and customers hold onto dozens of balloons as fierce winds blow in China

Pet dogs celebrate friend's birthday with food, party hats and balloons

Locals fly colourful hot air balloons during annual festival in Thailand

Fairground hack! Carnival-goers heat darts with lighter to pop balloons on coconut shy

Sharpshooter mall-goer pops all balloons with BB gun in China

Naughty sausage dog gnaws at watermelon balloons during annual dachshund parade in St Petersburg, Russia

Graduate receives 13.7k USD worth of banknotes in garlands and balloons from her parents

Colourful hot air balloons fill the sky during balloon festival in Thailand

Partygoers play funny pop-the-balloon game

Hawk-eyed 'sniper' shows off shooting skills by popping rows of balloons without missing

Vendor climbs up street lamp to retrieve his loose balloons in southern China