Mini People

Fantastical illustrations of a person standing in front of oversized animals in some mythical land by Krakow-based artist and graphic designer Dawid Planeta.

 

“The Solitude of Night' by Dániel Taylor

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Disappearing jobs around the world

Geoffrey Hooper, 71, runs one of the city’s last DVD stores Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

 Before May Day, AFP’s video and photo teams spoke to men and women around the globe whose jobs are becoming increasingly rare as technology transforms societies.

 

New beetle species named after Leonardo DiCaprio

Giluk Falls, Maliau Basin, Malaysia, where the beetle G leonardodicaprioi was discovered. Photograph: Hendrik Freitag

  A new species of water beetle found clinging to a sandstone rock in a fast-flowing stream that leads to a waterfall in Malaysian Borneo has been named after the actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
 The tiny black insect, which has a partially retractable head and slightly protruding eyes, was named after the star of Titanic and The Revenant for his environmental activism.
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Dogs are called man’s best friend for a reason.

They manage to prove their loyalty, dedication, and intelligence in situations where they are needed the most. A canine named Lucas demonstrated this by saving his owner from a brutal attack.

 

Living Dead

The heat and weather of the Israeli desert dried and preserved this chameleon after it died midstep. "When I looked into her eyes, I felt like she is still alive," says Your Shot photographer Yair Dvir. 

Sunset Soccer

Your Shot photographer Nafets N. took this picture while on his first trip to Kenya in 2014.

JPS makes an arrest in Stavanger, Norway.

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Street Art Anarchy

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Coaster left in a Sydney pub.

Miguel Marquez Outside 

 

Why you may have been eating insects your whole life

This is because one of the most widely used red food colourings - carmine - is made from crushed up bugs. The insects used to make carmine are called cochineal, and are native to Latin America where they live on cacti. Now farmed mainly in Peru, millions of the tiny insects are harvested every year to produce the colouring. A staple of the global food industry, carmine is added to everything from yoghurts and ice creams, to fruit pies, soft drinks, cupcakes and donuts.
 It is also used extensively in the cosmetics industry and is found in many lipsticks.
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Cuddly Rigor Mortis "The Donut Show"

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Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber

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Hyperrealistic Glass Sculptures by Dylan Martinez

Created using a combination of sculpting (for the solid glass “water”) and glassblowing techniques (for the surrounding glass bubble or “bag”), Martinez’s meticulous attention to detail purposefully plays with viewers’ ability to distinguish between reality and illusion.

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Genesis Belanger’s Ceramic Sculptures

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Larry Harvey, founder of the Burning Man arts festival, has died in San Francisco aged 70.

He suffered a stroke earlier this month and passed away at home on Saturday morning, a statement on the organisation's website said.
 The annual counterculture festival sees up to 70,000 people gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
 It features giant interactive art installations and a huge wooden man that is burnt at the end of the event. "Larry was never one for labels. He didn't fit a mould; he broke it with the way he lived his life," Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell wrote.
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Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer [Emotion Picture]

An egret flies over the Qishu lake in Huangshan, east China’s Anhui province.

Photograph: Shi Guangde/Xinhua/Barcroft Images

 

Small Talk

An African penguin (right) interacts with a Cape Cormorant on Boulders Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.
Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

 

Scientists 'keep pigs' brains alive without a body for up to 36 hours'

Researchers in the US say they have managed to keep the brains of decapitated pigs alive outside of the body for up to 36 hours by circulating an oxygen-rich fluid through the organs.
 While the scientists, led by Yale University neuroscientist Nenad Sestan, say the brains are not conscious, they add the feat might help researchers to probe how the brain works, and aid studies into experimental treatments for diseases ranging from cancer to dementia.
 The revelation, disclosed in the MIT Technology Review and based on comments Sestan made at a meeting at the US National Institutes of Health in March, has received a mixed reaction in the scientific community.
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Mud Madness

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