Meet Jacob Lewis, just another 22-year-old from Cardiff, Wales. Except that Lewis is homeless, and yet somehow managed to achieve four A* grades that have secured him a place to study law at the prestigious Cambridge University. How did Lewis manage it?…
“You have two cows” is a form of political satire in which the fate of cows is used to demonstrate how certain political systems function. It’s a simple, pithy way to explain complex ideas, and now, brought to life with these illustrations. But how accurate are…
A record breaking solo high wire walk almost ended in tragedy after daredevil Spencer Seabrooke slipped off the rope and almost plummted to his death. Seabrooke lost his footing while 951ft in the air above the Chief North Gully, in British…
Things took an unexpected turn when an elderly man in his 80s who had gone to fish in a lake ended up driving into the water instead. Being the quintessential English man and not wanting to kick up a fuss,…
Jasenko Đorđević is a master of miniatures. The Bosnian artist sculpts using an unusual material — graphite. He transforms the tips of pencils into tiny men, flowers, animals, and everyday objects such as screws. The level of detail is awe-inspiring. Đorđević uses an X-acto…
Diana Kim hadn’t seen her father in decades. And she certainly wasn’t expecting to find him among a group of homeless people she was documenting in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 30-year-old learnt her trade from her father, whom she lived with in…
Senior photos these days seems to involve cute little dresses, unnatural poses, and summer meadows. Yawn. What is that Laura Ashley couch doing in the middle of a field? We don’t remember high school quite like this… And we’re not the only ones. Now…
Dozens of previously unpublished photos of the 1981 royal wedding of Charles and Diana will be sold at auction in Boston next month. They show the moments after the royals became man and wife. The Queen, the Queen Mother, Princess…
Costică Acsinte was an official WWI photographer until 15th of June 1920. Born in the small village of Perieți in Romania, Acsinte was also a pilot during the war. But his passion was photography and as soon as the war…
This is not just any other nude photo series. Anton Belovodchenko’s black and white “bodyscapes” is more fine art than nude. A bodyscape is an artistic style where closeup photographs of the human form convey the impression of landscape. Anton’s work is…
There’s nothing quite like turtle tears to quench your thirst — if you’re a butterfly that is. Nope, this isn’t a photoshopped or extremely well-timed shot. It’s documented, albeit unusual, behavior known as lachryphagy (tear drinking). It’s one of several…
When Chicago mother and photographer Ivette Ivens saw a French bulldog puppy that was born on the same day as her son Dilan, she knew she had to get him. “I saw Farley’s birth date and just knew it’s meant to…
Pint-sized Rohan was only 3 years old when he went for his first board-breaking test at Paek Taekwondo in California, to earn his white belt. The little tyke had many adorable failed first attempts, prompting laughter from all. But Rohan’s instructor encouraged…
We all know that dogs are awesome. And here’s another reason: in one UK hospital, they’re going to be used to sniff out cancer. A trial of whether dogs can smell if someone has cancer has been so successful that…
Meet Kiran Gandhi. The 26-year-old has a Harvard MBA and was the former drummer for M.I.A. She ran this year’s London marathon on the first day of her period — without a tampon or sanitary towel. And it was all for a…
This will be the cutest thing you’ve seen all day. Are you ready? We present a baby Java mouse deer, born weeks earlier at Dutch zoo Natura Artis Magistra. The Java mouse deer is one of the smallest hoofed mammals in the…