World record

Dot Portnoy, 83, on vacation from Florida with her husband, dances while attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records' record for "the most amount of people gathered in their underwear in the Times Square section of New York on Aug. 5, in NewYork City. Organizers were hoping to get 2,271 people to strip down to their underwear, the current record is 2,270

Inmates participate in a group work-out at the Lurigancho prison on the outskirts of Lima, Peru on June 14. Inmates are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of prisoners working out at the same time

Nearly 5,000 participants perform in a hula hoop competition to break the Guinness World Record for most people dancing with hula hoops, at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand,

Students take part in a record attempt with CPR dolls in Lingen, Germany, on June 18. Six hundred paramedic students took part in a record attempt on CPR dolls at the same time

Chefs pose for a photograph at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, on March 16. According to the organizers, 2,340 chefs and sommeliers met during an attempt to beat the Guinness World Record of the largest gathering of chefs in one place. Dubai set the record in early January 2013 with around 2,847 participants

Participants get ready to apply facial masks on their faces in Taipei on July 28. Some 1,213 people reportedly broke the Guinness World Record by applying facial masks for 10 minutes at the same time in an event organized by a local face mask company