‘Bee-Attracting’ Competition in Shaoyang, China
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2011
A curious ‘Bee attracting’ competition was held in Shaoyang, China, on July 16, 2011. The competitors stood on weighing scales, wearing only...
Chinese Beachgoers Disregard Algae. Goes Swimming
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2011
A huge swath of algae in the Yellow Sea, 410-square-km in size, is drifting towards the Chinese city of Qingdao and expected to blanket Qing...
14th Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2011
As the hot weather approaches, both local residents and foreigners visited the city of Boryeong, a town around 200 km south of Seoul, South ...
Stunning Map of Twitter And Flickr Users Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2011
At first glance, the image below looks like a satellite image of Europe at night. Actually, it is a map that reveals how active Europeans ar...
Portraits of Squashed Commuters in Japan by Michael Wolf
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2011
Photographer Michael Wolf spent 30 days in a Tokyo metro station, capturing the traumatized faces of commuters on their way to work. Their w...
Amazingly Colorful Retro Gadgets Made of Paper
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2011
Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann are the duo behind the contemporary design studio Zim and Zou based in Nancy, France. Thomas and Zimmer...
Delicate Graphite Busts on Pencil Head
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2011
The latest political magazine of Germany, Cicero’s promotional campaign titled PencilHead is about miniature busts of world leaders on the g...
The Beautiful White Village of Olvera, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2011
Olvera is a small village located in the heart of the Cadiz mountains, Spain. The village’s main monument is the city itself, with its white...
26-Foot-Tall Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe Unveiled in Chicago
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2011
”Forever Marilyn” is a sculpture by Seward Johnson that is to be unveiled today in Chicago, Illinois. The stainless steel and aluminum sculp...
Chopper Dash–Twenty First Century’s Bike Race in 1970’s Attire
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2011
More than 1,500 people lined the streets yesterday at Colne in Lancashire to inaugurate the eight annual Colne Grand Prix. As an inaugural e...
The Singing Ringing Tree at Burnley
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2011
The Singing Ringing Tree is a unique wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overl...
Michigan Residents Celebrate Annual Mud Day
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2011
About 5,000 people turned up the at the Hines Park Nankin Mills Area in Westland, Michigan, for the state's 24th annual mud day. More th...
Millions of Jellyfish Cause Nuclear Reactors Shutdown Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2011
A sudden explosion in jellyfish population in different parts of the world has caused nuclear reactors to be shutdown in Japan, Scotland and...
China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2011
The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, which was featured on Amusing Planet early this year, is open for business. State-run news channel CCTV says the...
Orda Cave: World's Longest Underwater Gypsum Cave in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2011
A team of daring cave divers working on Orda Cave Awareness Project have produced an incredible series of photos of the longest underwater g...
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2011
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is held every year on July 4 at Nathan's Famous Corporation's original, and best-known restauran...
World's Steepest Roller-coaster Opens in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2011
Japan’s Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park has unveiled its 14th Guinness world record-breaking ride – the Takabisha roller-coaster. Nestled at ...
Chevrolet Underground Catwalk 2011: Fashion Show on Subway Train
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
The Underground Catwalk , currently in its sixth year, has become an integral and popular part of the Berlin Fashion Week where models showc...
San Fermin Festival Begins in Pamplona, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
Tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's main square on Wednesday for the launch of the "chupinazo" rocket that marked th...
Hyper-realistic Paintings by Juan Bautista Nieto
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
Juan Bautista Nieto was born in Lora el Rio, Spain. He studied at the Fine Arts Faculty of Seville. Prior to that he studied medicine, to w...
