What We Loved This Week, Oct. 2

By John Kuroski | Edited By Elisabeth Sherman

Published October 7, 2016

Updated October 6, 2016

Vintage Snake Charming Photos From Early 20th Century Circuses

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If you loathe and/or fear snakes, then photos like these are surely more than you can bear. And if you’re fascinated by snakes — or at least by outlandish circus performances — then photos like these are exactly your cup of tea. But, either way, you’ve got to admit that snake charming at this level is quite a feat.

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Life Inside The Most Crowded City On Earth

NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty ImagesA father and son on a makeshift styrofoam boat paddle through the Pasig River.

Life inside Manila, Philippines is incredibly cramped. More than 1.78 million people call the Filipino capital home, however tight a fit it is: Indeed, this city holds 110,000 people per square mile, making Manila the most densely populated major city on Earth.

These surreal photos show you what life is like inside Manila’s borders.

Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesMothers and their newborns share space on a single bed after giving birth.

NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople sleep on the steps inside the Quezon City jail.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Elisabeth Sherman is a writer living in Jersey City, New Jersey. She holds a Master's in writing from Columbia University, and her work has appeared in Food & Wine, The Guardian, Yahoo, BBC, HuffPost, VICE, MSN, and Vulture.

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Kuroski, John. "What We Loved This Week, Oct. 2 – 8." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 7, 2016, https://allthatsinteresting.com/what-we-loved-this-week-oct-2-8. Accessed March 14, 2025.