If you're not having any luck with finding love using dating apps and sites here, you might idly wonder about casting your net further afield.
But unless you're looking for a very quirky sort of date, Russia might be the very place to look, the Daily Mail reports.
A collection of bizarre and hilarious dating profile pictures has been collated by worldwideinterweb.com and they couldn't be further from the stereotype of the dashing hero straight from the pages of Dostoyevsky or the blonde supermodel you might hope to meet.
One woman gave a subtle hint to her dates that she's not to be messed with by brandishing an axe in her profile photo, while another will at least attract people with a keen interest in angling by lying alongside a giant fish.
Several men showed off their flexibility, including one performing the splits on the bonnet of a car.
