31 Images That Show The True Face Of The World These images show how awesome humans can be , or how cruel , the world we live in is not simple or perfect , the pictures below show our true colors , for good and for worse Source: Imgur Popular On The Awesome Daily 24 Children From Around The World Posing With Their Toys. The Differences Are Mind-Boggling. Over the course of 3 years, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti met with children from 58 different countries to take portraits of them with their toys. Tangwizi was born in a Maasai village in the south of Kenya in a small hut made of dung and straw. His bed is made of a few rags on the ground. He always plays outside with all the other children of the village but every night he sleeps together with his unique toy: a little plush monkey. Kalesi loves to cook for her dolls using her small cooking tools and the mud from the garden. Maudy was born in a hut in a small village close to Kalulushi, in Zambia. Reanya was born in Kuala Lumpur, but now lives in a big, new house built in one of the many satellite cities around the capital. Chiwa lives in a small hut with her mother, father and sister. Orly was born in Browsville to a Mexican mother and American father. Li Yi was born in Shenyang, a big city in the north part of China. Arafa and Aisha are twins. Noel is 100% Texan!
These 75 Iconic Photos Will Define The 21st Century So Far. Everyone Needs To See This. Welcome to Distractify. This is how future generations will remember us as people of the early 21st century. Take a moment with me to reflect on the conflicts, triumphs, and world changing moments all of us have witnessed together in the past 14 years. We chose this list of 100 photos to capture the most iconic moments so far. It's hard to believe we still have 86 years of history left to write. As I created this list, I was reminded that regardless of our differences in ideology, we're all people of the 21st century together. I hope you enjoyed, and please share these powerful photos with others.
PJL: August 2013 (Part 1) Features and Essays Lynsey Addario / VII Lynsey Addario: Finding redemption in the world’s ‘rape capital’ (CNN Photo blog) Democratic Republic of Congo Pete Muller: Mugabe Faces Test in Zimbabwe Vote (NYT) Related: Mugabe Faces Test as Zimbabwe Votes Glenna Gordon: Nigerian Weddings: Money and Marriage in a Massive African Economy (The Daily Beast) National Geographic: The Serengeti Lion (National Geographic) interactive multimedia Richard Mosse: The Enclave (New Republic) Congo Dillon Marsh: ‘Invasive Species’ in Cape Town (CNN) Cell phone towers disguised as trees have popped up all around South Africa Alessandro Gandolfi: Harenna, the last coffee collectors (Parallelo Zero) Ethiopia Mosa’ab Elshamy Mosa’ab Elshamy: Witness to a Massacre: Photographs from Rabaa (LightBox) Egypt Narciso Contreras: A Burst of Violence in Cairo (NYT) Moises Saman / Magnum Photos Moises Saman: Human trafficking in the Sinai (Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin) Ahmed Deeb: Tunnel Children (zReportage) Gaza Strip Benjamin Lowy
Have you seen the Phantom? Culver tales for Halloween The Phantom of Argonne goes back to at least 1926. The story behind his ghostly presence is not known. Culver photo/Jan Garrison After 120 years, one would think Culver Academies would have a number of Halloween tales of terror to share. But, surprisingly, there aren’t that many. Here are a few we were able to find: The one that has been around the longest is “The Phantom of Argonne.” According to a March 26, 1926 Vedette article, this dark figure patrols the third floor halls of Argonne. One time the cadets heard “weird shudders and moans.” The phantom reappears in a Feb. 1, 1994, Vedette article when girls living in Argonne said “a man dressed in a tuxedo appears in the mirror in their bathroom. That article added that Argonne residents reported hearing the showers mysteriously turning on and off. Another spooky tall tale that has stood the test of time around Culver Summer Schools & Camps campfires “explains” why there is no Division 2 in Woodcraft Camp.
Mysterious Found Footage Offers a Rare Glimpse of 1940s Chicago - Jenny Xie At a recent estate sale on the south side of Chicago, Jeff Altman spotted a canister of film simply labeled "Chicago" and "Print 1." That tidbit of information was intriguing enough for Altman to drop $40 on the print. Altman, who works in film post-production, took two weeks to inspect and fix minor issues before scanning and turning it into a digital video. The result is this short film, a marvelous and thorough overview of 1940s Chicago, when the Wrigley and Tribune Towers were still considered modern landmarks. In contrast to typical city promotional films, this video offers glimpses of downtown spots like Buckingham Fountain along with the city’s manufacturing plants and meat-packing facilities. Based on the credits, it appears the video was produced by the Chicago Board of Education, with an assist from United Airlines (for the aerial shots). Altman writes that he thinks the video was meant to attract people or companies to Chicago, or perhaps as a resource in the classroom.
40 Weird Historical Photos that Actually Happened. But I Still Can't Believe that Baby in #12 | Luxemodo It’s almost impossible to believe that the things depicted in these photos occurred since, well, the advent of photography. It’s almost unfathomable that life was so different a mere 50, 75 or 100 years ago. These photos serve as an excellent reminder that the things we know and are familiar with change rapidly. Imagine how our photos will look to a future generation in, say, 100 years from now. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.) 14.) 15.) 16.) 17.) 18.) 19.) 20.) 21.) 22.) 23.) 24.) 25.) 26.) 27.) 28.) 29.) 30.) 31.) 32.) 33.) 34.) 35.) 36.) 37.) 38.) 39.) 40.) Source: Reddit