Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

Why the long face? A manufacturing boob has turned a smiling horse plushie into an icon of Chinese youth cheesed off with its gruelling "996" work culture. A worker mistakenly stitched the mouth of the festive foal made for the "Year of the Horse" upside down -- turning its smile into a frown and catching the mood of a generation that has enough of working 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. The "Crying Horse" has become an internet sensation, with a related hashtag getting more than 100 million views on social media platform Weibo.