Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue adjusts his mask before an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Children play with toy guns during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan, 24 May 2020. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three day festival marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
This drone shot shows Indian farmers collecting paddy saplings to replant in a field on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Agriculture is the main livelihood of more than 50 percent of India's population. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
An LGBTQ member prepares before a streamed performance of “Pride at Home”, at the National Theatre in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 4, 2020. To celebrate 20 years of gay pride in Venezuela, LGBTQ members organized a presentation of different artistic shows via live streaming amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
A female member of the Ahbab Al-Mustafa Battalion holds a gun as she undergoes military training in Aleppo's Salaheddine district, June 24, 2013. (Photo by Muzaffar Salman/Reuters)
The death of Berkin Elvan - a Turkish teenager who died after being hit by a tear-gas canister on his way to buy a loaf of bread during last summer's Gezi protests-- has once again fed anti-government sentiment in the country.
Many laws still in existence throughout the united states are wildly outdated, rendering them completely ridiculous, useless and bizarre. The absurdity is illustrated by new York-based photographer Olivia Locher, who catalogs the crazy rules and regulations of each state in a playful photographic series ‘I fought the law’. Readers might be surprised to learn that in Rhode island, it is illegal to wear transparent clothing, nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool in California and Arizona residents may not have more than two dildos in a house. Take a look at the ongoing series below to find out more about the peculiar oddities present in the American legal system.