Iwona Pinkowicz is a photographer who grew up in a tiny rural village in Poland. Looking for a way to thank her father for his hard work and support, she decided to take her dad, who’d never left Poland before,…
When Ryan and Amy Green lost their 5-year-old son Joel to cancer, they channelled their grief into creating “a videogame developer’s love letter to his son”. Computer programmer Ryan began making “That Dragon, Cancer” while Joel was still alive; he had already…
To find a cat that doesn’t run hissing and spitting from water is one thing, but one-eyed cat Kuli is taking things to a whole new level. This adventurous kitten’s favorite hobby? Surfing. Kuli was adopted by Alexandra Gomez and…
From bare bums to puking brides and photobombing dogs, bridesmaids, and even dolphins, these wedding snaps are hardly the picture of romance and bliss most brides (and grooms) hope for. #1. There’s this lady arriving with a blow-up doll (we’ve…
On January 12th, Agnes Akarelia turned 102. It’s a big number for anyone, but Agnes, America’s oldest teacher, is still teaching and doesn’t have plans to stop any time soon. Agnes, born in 1914, is known as “Granny” to both…
British artist Emma Fay combines her incredible artistic skill with the flexibility of her acrobatic models to create stunning body art that is mind-bendingly realistic. It takes a moment to spot the contorted human body behind the animal in Emma’s “Marvels…
There’s a train station in Hokkaido that is so remote and barely used that it was due to be closed — until train operators realized one girl relied on the service to get to school. The Kami-Shirataki station in Japan’s northern…
A kind stranger was caught on camera recently giving the very shirt off his back to a topless homeless man on the subway in New York. In a video captured by onlooker Lazaro Nolasco, the man removes his t-shirt and…
People have been taking to Twitter and sharing all the joys of married life via the hashtag #MarriedPeopleIssues. It turns out marital bliss isn’t all hand holding and roses, but pimple popping and, er, farting. #1. Spending time alone, together.…
When it’s cold outside, you just want to park up, run indoors and get cozy. But the person who left their car beside Lake Erie on a freezing, stormy night returned to find their car had turned into an ice…
Everyone loves kittens, and most people aren’t averse to looking at hot guys, so finally someone has put the two together to make quite possibly the best Instagram account ever. Hot guys and kittens. It just makes sense. They’re so strong,…
There’s a man on Instagram who has declared himself the fraternal twin of TV star and model Kendall Jenner. And he’s proving it to the world with the magic of Photoshop. So-called “Kirby Jenner” edits himself into images with Kendall.…
A chance encounter with a friend’s freckled son inspired British photographer Brock Elbank to create this stunning series of portraits celebrating the beauty of freckles. “What I find interesting about individual characters [I have photographed] is that many have struggled with their…
We’ve had rainbow hair and glitter hair, but, according to Instagram, the hair trend of 2016 is going to be neon glow-in-the-dark locks. Hair dye producers Manic Panic have created a range of glow-in-the-dark colors that bring the spirit of…
The world’s oldest animal, Jonathan the 183-year-old giant tortoise, was slowing up in his old age but, with the help of a healthy new diet, he’s as sprightly as ever. Since 2005, Jonathan has been recognized as the world’s oldest living…
Mihaela Noroc, a Romanian photographer, is travelling the world creating an Atlas of Beauty. She snaps women from every country and continent, saying, “My goal is to show that beauty is in our differences, not in trends, money or race.” “I…