Anyone who has been abroad has encountered many people posing as statues in many popular squares and roads in famous cities.
Often, they are people who try to make some extra money from passers-by who admire their creativity and, most of all, their ability to sit stone-like for many minutes, sometimes even hours.
Two such human statues made an appearance in Valletta this morning.
The Malta Independent thanks reader Ian Vella for sending us this photo.