Peak joy.

[new lyrics for old songs]

 

World’s Ugliest Dog

Wild Thang, a pekingese, won the 34th World’s Ugliest Dog contest at at the Marin-Sonoma County Fair in Petaluma, California.

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Dead at 88, Donald Sutherland

Actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. 

  Here take a look back on his varied film career that included Don’t Look Now, M*A*S*H, Kelly’s Heroes and The Hunger Games.

 

Hot wheels

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Poster of the Day

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 An electoral poster of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) with portraits of the party president, Jordan Bardella, and the president of its parliamentary group, Marine Le Pen, is defaced in Paris.

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Ode to joy.

[new lyrics for old songs]

 

Happy Earth Day

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Labourers unload watermelons from a boat at the Buriganga River during harvesting season, Monirul Alam/EPA. 

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Hello Spring

Photo by Ivan Klindic

 

Tell-tale signs of image manipulation

The release of the first official picture of the Princess of Wales and her three children since her operation was undoubtedly meant to end speculation about her recovery.

 But that has backfired spectacularly after the princess was forced to admit she had edited it. 

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Never Quit

In the days when smoking was advertised everywhere, the sell was often genuinely bizarre: from dancing polar bears to Ronald Reagan to recommendations from friendly doctors 

by Emma Beddington, pictures selected by Sarah Gilbert. 

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Happy Leap Day

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Too Cute to be Eaten

A chef known as Onigiri Gekijō transforms onigiris into adorable characters.

 

Here is how AI imagined different dog breeds to represent all 50 U.S. states.

ALASKA – ALASKAN WILDERNESS HUSKY

ARIZONA – DESERT SUN HOUND

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Screams from the balcony.

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No pain, no gain

Rather than tormenting ourselves with “new year, new you” flannel, let’s take a horrified, judgmental look at some “new year, bad old them” pictures. Because things could definitely be worse.

 Historically, “pain is beauty” was taken literally, giving rise to centuries of wild claims, dangerous hacks and impossible-to-attain standards.

 By Emma Beddington, pictures selected by Sarah Gilbert

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Gone But Not Forgotten

As he does every year, British artist Chris Barker compiled images of the well-known people who died in 2023 into a composition that evokes the iconic cover for the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. There sure are a lot of familiar faces in this one.

 

The End is Near

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I hope you've been good this year

In European folklore, Krampusnacht, or Krampus Night, falls on 5 December, marking the arrival of Krampus, a half-goat, half-demon that punishes naughty children during the festive season.

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Casa Dalí ,Coco Capitán

Casa Dalí spans 96 pages of images that spotlight the small home on Spain’s Costa Brava that Dalí and his wife Gala bought in 1930.