40 Powerful Photos Show A Different Side to Life

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Maiko, or apprentice geisha, greet each one another with soft smiles

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Meanwhile in Denmark, there's a tree that took the shape of a house to protect itself from the wind.

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Who held the 2014 Guinness world record for longest fur on a cat? Colonel Meow, a Himalayan-Persian crossbreed. The beautiful feline passed away in 2014.

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Oh, you know. Just having lunch in Tuscany, Italy.

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This is what rush hour looks like at Yellowstone National Park.

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Look at how small these 1,500 people look as they run across the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys!

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A whirlwind of colors and geometrics in the Peacock Room at Sammezzano Castle in Tuscany, Italy.

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Check out this mind-bending house by Szotynscy and Zaleski in Poland.

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Much love to these animals and staff at this elephant orphanage in Nairobi.

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Did you know about the Irish Redhead Convention? Hundreds of red-headed people meet in the village of Crosshaven near Cork to celebrate their unique feature.

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Glimmers of green at a mosque in Iran.

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You may have seen the Hala tree before, as it's an important tree to Hawaiians, but few of us have seen Hala fruit.

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The miniature tan figures are the camels and the black ones are their shadows. An incredible capture!

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The Integatron in Landers, California, is reportedly the only all-wood, acoustically perfect sound chamber in America. It is also believed to be based on "Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials."

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Filipinos attend a Holy Mass at a church in Baclaran, a neighborhood district located south of Manila, for Ash Wednesday. The cross markings on their forehead signify the start of Lent.

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A lucky lamb is rescued from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, 2011.

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Volcanic lights by Japanese photographer Takehito Miyatake.

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Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Room -- The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away at David Zwirner, New York. You've probably seen thousands of selfies featuring this installation at the Broad, Los Angeles.

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An interesting ad for Nissin-Ajinomoto's instant ramen noodles in Brazil.

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The world's largest crochet quilt gracing the stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral.

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A stunning blue iceberg on the volcanic beaches of Iceland.

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She doesn't even know what's happening.

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Sister Kate and apprentice Sister Darcy run a small cannabis operation in Merced, California. They aren't actually nuns, according to The Daily Beast, but they have a mission to help patients find relief from pain. Their products, however, have little to no THC which means that patients do not get high after using it.

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The iconic Fushimi Inari Shrine in Japan's cultural capital.

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Feast your eyes on this opalized fossil from Australia.

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A Guaraní girl holds a dead rat. Guaraní are indigenous to the South American country of Paraguay.

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A rare scene of wild horses.

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Here's an incredible transparent elevator at AquaDom's hotel aquarium in Berlin, Germany.

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This is what bone looks like as an electron microscope image.

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Have you ever seen a peacock with white plumage?

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This monster bluefin tuna was caught by a Coromandel fisherman in New Zealand!

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If you're ever in San Diego, California, stop at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad.

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This is what 300,000 people marching for climate change in New York City looks like.

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What city is nicknamed the Venice of America? Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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This nostril-looking thing is a blue whale's blow hole!

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Twelve thousand participants come together for the Gilbert Arizona Temple Cultural Celebration.

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Fungi the Dolphin is believed to live off the coast of Dingle, Ireland, all by himself!

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This is what an ant's eye looks like at 20x magnification.

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The Lion Monument in Lucerne, Switzerland, commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred during the French Revolution.

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The rugged shoreline of the Ruby Beach at Olympic National Park, Washington, is a popular spot to explore.