China: Cat Frozen as Owner Swings It Back and Forth in Jiangsu

On October 4, 2025, in Jiangsu province, a vendor was seen playfully holding his cat by its front paws and gently swinging it back and forth like a pendulum. The slim cat remained motionless, seemingly frozen by confusion or mild fear, as the man repeated the motion. The owner claimed he was “training” the cat, though commenters urged caution.

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illustration - Illuminated View Of Swings - Pushkar

Illuminated view of swings at the Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan , India on November 03, 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

Celebration of Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv

Celebration of Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv

A priest swings a censer during the flower-laying ceremony at the monument to fighters who died for the freedom of Bulgaria in the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (18771878) on Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Celebration of Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv

Celebration of Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv

A priest swings a censer during the flower-laying ceremony at the monument to fighters who died for the freedom of Bulgaria in the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (18771878) on Bulgarias Liberation Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, swings in a batting cage at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

Refugees Seeking Shelter During The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Gaza Strip

Palestinian girls sit on swings in their tent as their father Tayseer Obaid, who was displaced with his family from the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, digs a trench in an attempt to protect his children from the cold and Israeli strikes, in a makeshift camp in Deir el-Balah on January 8, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Palestinian children swing on makeshift tire swings during sunset, with rubble and displacement camps visible in the background in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

A young girl swings on a makeshift swing fashioned from a tire in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Palestinian children swing on makeshift tire swings during sunset, with rubble and displacement camps visible in the background in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Palestinian children swing on makeshift tire swings during sunset, with rubble and displacement camps visible in the background in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

A child swings on a makeshift swing fashioned from a tire in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

A young girl swings on a makeshift swing fashioned from a tire in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

A child swings on a makeshift swing fashioned from a tire in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Gaza Hit By Deadly Israeli Strikes

Palestinian children swing on makeshift tire swings during sunset, with rubble and displacement camps visible in the background in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Thousands Protest Near Democratic Convention - Chicago

Thousands Protest Near Democratic Convention - Chicago

A Chicago resident swings on a swing set as converge on a park to protest the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL, USA, Monday, August 19, 2024. Photo by Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

CANADA-ONTARIO-CALEDON-SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL

CANADA-ONTARIO-CALEDON-SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL

(240728) -- CALEDON, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A child swings at a sunflower field during the 2024 Sunflower Festival in Caledon, Ontario, Canada, on July 27, 2024. The annual event kicked off here on Saturday and will last till Aug. 18 this year. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Memorial service for Iryna Farion in Lviv

Memorial service for Iryna Farion in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 21, 2024 - A priest swings the censer during the memorial service for linguistic professor and former MP Iryna Farion, who was shot dead on the street on July 19, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Memorial service for OUN battalion commander Mykola Kokhanivskyi in Kyiv

Memorial service for OUN battalion commander Mykola Kokhanivskyi in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 16, 2024 - A priest swings a censer during a memorial service for the commander of the OUN volunteer battalion Mykola Kokhanivskyi, who died near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region on June 10, at St Michaels Golden-Domed Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Ashes of UPA commander Yevhen Shtendera buried in Lviv

Ashes of UPA commander Yevhen Shtendera buried in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 13, 2024 - A priest swings a censer during the funeral ceremony of sotnyk of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) Yevhen Shtendera, who died in Canada on August 23, 2022, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Requiem for victims of Russian missile strike on Ohmatdyt Hospital in Kyiv

Requiem for victims of Russian missile strike on Ohmatdyt Hospital in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 12, 2024 - A priest swings the censer at the photographs of health professionals killed by the Russian missile attack on the Ohmatdyt National Specialized Childrens Hospital on July 8 during a requiem, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Requiem for victims of Russian missile strike on Ohmatdyt Hospital in Kyiv

Requiem for victims of Russian missile strike on Ohmatdyt Hospital in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 12, 2024 - A priest swings the censer at the photographs of health professionals killed by the Russian missile attack on the Ohmatdyt National Specialized Childrens Hospital on July 8 during a requiem, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Funeral of Ohmatdyt doctor killed by Russian missile strike in Lviv

Funeral of Ohmatdyt doctor killed by Russian missile strike in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 10, 2024 - A priest swings the thurible during the funeral ceremony for nephrologist Svitlana Lukianchyk, who died in the Russian missile attack on the Ohmatdyt Childrens Hospital in Kyiv on July 8, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, Lviv, western Ukraine.

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ursula Von der Leyen, the lead candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the presidency of the European Commission, speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Manfred Weber of the European People's Party (EPP) speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ursula Von der Leyen, the lead candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the presidency of the European Commission, speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ursula Von der Leyen, the lead candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the presidency of the European Commission, speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Manfred Weber of the European People's Party (EPP) speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION-EPP

(240610) -- BRUSSELS, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ursula Von der Leyen, the lead candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the presidency of the European Commission, speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2024. TO GO WITH "World Insights: Europe swings right as centrist groups suffer heavy blow in parliamentary election " (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

Baseball: Rockies vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Rockies vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani swings in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 1, 2024.

Charak Puja Festival - Bangladesh

Charak Puja Festival - Bangladesh

A Hindu monk swings from a rope tied to a wooden pole and attached hooks pierced into the skin of his back for a ritual performed during the Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, 13 April 2024. Charak Puja is a festival of penance that is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. The Bangalee nation celebrates the traditional Chaitra Sankranti festival, marking the last day of the Bangla year. Charak puja is one of the major events of the festival, and it is performed during the day-long celebration of Chaitra Sankranti in rural Bangladesh. Chaitra is the last month of the spring season in the Bangla calendar. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Charak Puja Festival - Bangladesh

Charak Puja Festival - Bangladesh

A Hindu monk swings from a rope tied to a wooden pole and attached hooks pierced into the skin of his back for a ritual performed during the Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, 13 April 2024. Charak Puja is a festival of penance that is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. The Bangalee nation celebrates the traditional Chaitra Sankranti festival, marking the last day of the Bangla year. Charak puja is one of the major events of the festival, and it is performed during the day-long celebration of Chaitra Sankranti in rural Bangladesh. Chaitra is the last month of the spring season in the Bangla calendar. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Communist Reds in town rally - Moscow

Communist Reds in town rally - Moscow

A young woman swings on a swing near Russian Communist party campaign event named "Reds in town" in Moscow on March 11, 2024. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

Memorial service for Lithuanian volunteer Tadas Tumas in Kyiv

Memorial service for Lithuanian volunteer Tadas Tumas in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 7, 2024 - A priest swings the censer at the coffin of Lithuanian volunteer Tadas Tumas who was killed on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, on February 23, 2024, during the memorial service at St Michaels Golden-Domed Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Tribute to perished soldiers of 113th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade in Kharkiv

Tribute to perished soldiers of 113th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade in Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 2, 2024 - A priest swings a censer to consecrate the grave of a serviceman who perished in the Russia-Ukraine war at a military cemetery in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-DAILY LIFE-CHILDREN

(240201) -- RAFAH, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A displaced Palestinian child swings on an electricity cable at the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

Winter in Kyiv

Winter in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 15, 2024 - Swings are seen in Saint Volodymyrs Hill Park in winter, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.