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What We Loved This Week, Aug. 21 – 27

Everyday photos turned into movie posters, awe-inspiring new Mars images, sealed inside plastic for art, the “Rich Kids of Tehran,” and life in post-Soviet Ukraine. Your Ordinary Photos Turned Into Intense Movie Posters Reddit user Your_Post_As_A_Movie has long been turning mundane photos into pitch-perfect fake movie posters. Pets become action...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 26, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Aug. 21 – 27

Everyday photos turned into movie posters, awe-inspiring new Mars images, sealed inside plastic for art, the “Rich Kids of Tehran,” and life in post-Soviet Ukraine. Your Ordinary Photos Turned Into Intense Movie Posters Reddit user Your_Post_As_A_Movie has long been turning mundane photos into pitch-perfect fake movie posters. Pets become action...

By All That's Interesting • August 26, 2016

33 Stunning Photos Of Humans Rendered Tiny By Earth’s Most Gorgeous Expanses

In Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot appears the following passage about the minuscule speck that is planet Earth as seen from the depths of space: “Consider again that dot. That’s here, that’s home, that’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 24, 2016

33 Stunning Photos Of Humans Rendered Tiny By Earth’s Most Gorgeous Expanses

In Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot appears the following passage about the minuscule speck that is planet Earth as seen from the depths of space: “Consider again that dot. That’s here, that’s home, that’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human...

By All That's Interesting • August 24, 2016

33 Brutal Photos That Capture The Futility Of The Mexican Drug War

Battlefield scenes from the Mexican drug war with no end in sight.

By John Kuroski • Aug 23, 2016

33 Brutal Photos That Capture The Futility Of The Mexican Drug War

Battlefield scenes from the Mexican drug war with no end in sight.

By John Kuroski • August 23, 2016

Old New York Before The Skyscrapers In 39 Vintage Photos

These fascinating photos of old New York reveal what the city looked like before towering buildings dominated the skyline.

By Savannah Cox • Aug 22, 2016

Old New York Before The Skyscrapers In 39 Vintage Photos

These fascinating photos of old New York reveal what the city looked like before towering buildings dominated the skyline.

By Savannah Cox • August 22, 2016

The High And Lows Of Nyaope, Africa’s Brutal New Street Drug

A brutal look at how Nyaope (a.k.a. Whoonga) -- the devastating drug made with rat poison and HIV meds -- is wreaking havoc in South Africa.

By John Kuroski • Aug 18, 2016

The High And Lows Of Nyaope, Africa’s Brutal New Street Drug

A brutal look at how Nyaope (a.k.a. Whoonga) -- the devastating drug made with rat poison and HIV meds -- is wreaking havoc in South Africa.

By John Kuroski • August 18, 2016

21 Stunning Vintage Photos Of The Années Folles Of 1920s Paris

You probably know the City of Lights as one of most romantic places in the world. And nearly a century ago, with horse-drawn carriages clopping down cobblestone streets and the whole thing preserved for history in luscious black-and-white, that was truer than ever. Immerse yourself in 1920s Paris with these...

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 17, 2016

21 Stunning Vintage Photos Of The Années Folles Of 1920s Paris

You probably know the City of Lights as one of most romantic places in the world. And nearly a century ago, with horse-drawn carriages clopping down cobblestone streets and the whole thing preserved for history in luscious black-and-white, that was truer than ever. Immerse yourself in 1920s Paris with these...

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 17, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • Aug 16, 2016

37 Eerie Scenes Of Abandoned Places Across The UK

These eerie scenes of abandoned places around the UK reveal the ghosts of its industrial past and the looming specter of its uncertain future.

By John Kuroski • August 16, 2016

La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 15, 2016

La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • August 15, 2016

Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

Much of the way we think and speak about Iran is broken, and that comes at least partially because much of Iran’s reality is obscured from view. What, then, are we to make of the bits and pieces of Iranian “reality” that surface in the form of the “Rich Kids...

By Savannah Cox • Aug 14, 2016

Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

Much of the way we think and speak about Iran is broken, and that comes at least partially because much of Iran’s reality is obscured from view. What, then, are we to make of the bits and pieces of Iranian “reality” that surface in the form of the “Rich Kids...

By Savannah Cox • August 14, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Aug. 7 – 13

The best of old-school cool, America’s strangest conventions, history’s dumbest inventions, Missouri’s summertime Santa convention, and appalling vintage anti-suffrage propaganda. Retro Photographs That Define Old-School Cool There’s cool and then there’s old-school cool. Our favorite pop culture icons are often celebrated for their creativity and contributions to their arts. But...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 12, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Aug. 7 – 13

The best of old-school cool, America’s strangest conventions, history’s dumbest inventions, Missouri’s summertime Santa convention, and appalling vintage anti-suffrage propaganda. Retro Photographs That Define Old-School Cool There’s cool and then there’s old-school cool. Our favorite pop culture icons are often celebrated for their creativity and contributions to their arts. But...

By All That's Interesting • August 12, 2016

27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York

A look inside how punk music emerged from the depths of 1970s and 1980s New York City in twenty-seven candid photographs.

By Alexander Baldwin • Aug 11, 2016

27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York

A look inside how punk music emerged from the depths of 1970s and 1980s New York City in twenty-seven candid photographs.

By Alexander Baldwin • August 11, 2016

Welcome To Kumbh Mela, The Largest Human Gathering On Earth

These eye-popping images from Kumbh Mela reveal what it's like when 100 million people come together for this one-of-a-kind event.

By John Kuroski • Aug 8, 2016

Welcome To Kumbh Mela, The Largest Human Gathering On Earth

These eye-popping images from Kumbh Mela reveal what it's like when 100 million people come together for this one-of-a-kind event.

By John Kuroski • August 8, 2016