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Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy posing at the MET-ball in New York. Smileyface. (Evan Agostini)
Syrian child in a temporary refugee camp in Ain Issa, Syria. (Delil Souleiman)
People are flocking from all over to watch these flowers blooming in Hitachinakai, Japan. (Kazuhiro Nogi)
These Israeli kids are testing some military grade binoculars during the Israeli independence day celebrations. (Amir Cohen)
Beach jogging in Fortaleza, Brazil. The boats are not beached. (Paulo Whitaker)
Bike-enthusiast and overall crazy looking person Dieter Senft and his "Luther-mobile". Luther, as in the older Martin Luther. (Patrick Pleul)
Kyrgyzstan, the second poorest country in Asia, apparently has pole dancing competitions. (Vyacheslav Oseledko)
Algerian Batman watching over the local elections in Alger. (Zohra Bensemra)
Finnish Valtteri Bottas taking a load of the good stuff to the face after winning his first ever F1-race in Sotchi, Russia. (Sergei Grits)
French anti-riot police set ablaze by molotov cocktails in Paris at the international worker's day marches. French people do not mess around. (Zakaria Abdelkafi)
A Chinese farmer from Altay herding his livestock. Looking forward to summer no doubt. (CSN)
Another Israeli child testing military equipment during the 69th independence day celebrations. The celebration is held on different dates each year on the western calendar. (Amir Cohen)
Members of a dancing club in Hanoi, Vietnam pulling some moves. (Hoang Dinh Nam)
Isaiah Thomas of Boston Celtics checking out his teeth before a game agains Washington Wizards. He lost one of his teeth a couple of days prior to this pic. (Charles Krupa)
Russian soldiers warming up in preparation for Victory Day, marking the day the Germans surrendered in World War 2. (Dimitri Lovetsky)
Chiller clowns keeping the Swiss Polizei dry. The international worker's day celebration here was less tense than the French version.
Watching over the areas surrounding the Eiffel tower in Paris, the French military forces. (Christian Hartmann)
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are fighting over poster spots as well as the French presidency. Election day is this sunday. Good luck. (Pascal Rossignol)
A Ginza Tanaka employee oogling a golden Darth Vader mask on display in Tokyo, Japan. The mask weighs 30 punds and will cost you about 1 000 000 USD. (Koji Sasahara)
Derp-horse at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, US. (Andy Lyons)
And what about Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's great looking Star Wars socks yesterday. (Christinne Muschi)
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel sharing a moment after they both got a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Richard Shotwell)
16 year old girl scout Lucie Myslikova arguing with a neo-nazi in Brno, Czech Republic. (Vladimir Cicmanec)
A visitor at an exhibit by Oleksander Morderer and Tatiana Rublyova in Minsk, Belarus. The exhibit shows ex-military who lost a limb during the war in eastern Ukraine, and is called "Winners". (Sergei Supinksy)
Iraqi police on ISIS-spotting duty in Mosul. Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq. (Danish Siddiqui)
FP edit: I didn't get a single food recipe
orangedoorhinge
using the mirror to avoid having your head exploded is a pretty good idea
WallaWallaWashington
I want to be friends with Crazy Bike Guy
theshadowrealmyugiboy
That girl scout trying hard to not show she's not intimidated. Facing ignorance can be scary.
infamousxiii
Iraqi police wearing navy marpat. Glad to see they havent become burdened with common sense since my last visit in 2012.
TheMershedPerderder
I feel like my dad would care about #2, until I told him the kid was from Syria.
SlumdogChamillionaire94
I want those fucking socks.
lordfluffy
I hope the guy in #10 is okay and unharmed, but I also want to use that image on an album cover.
NayrChastain
I feel like it would make a good cover for a Rage Against the Machine album
lenomdeplume
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine...until it gets annexed by Putin.
GlowstickJedi
Correction: Valterri Bottas had *his* first F1 victory at the Russian GP. It wasn't the 1st Russian GP at Sochi - it was the 4th.
ripostestatistics
Got it, will edit
JakkOfHearts
#20 Kentucky Derpy*
Bubblerocket
Where's Venezuela?
Gawky
loads of rioting and protests going on right now I hear
TheActualDonKnotts
Kiev is in Belarus now? When did this happen?
DrDresDog
Lived in Odessa, Ukraine when I was young. Victory Day and Victory Day parades were always special.
melran
#50 Kiev is the capital of Ukraine, not Belarus.
SmellOfMonkey
Kentucky Derpy
Spinnyd
Gonna be a wet derpy this year, Infield will be a crazy mudwrestling pit
Elezar42
Hmm, I hadn't considered that. Maybe it will be worth going this year!
NOINOON
Didi! Hurry up! Giro started today!
OldMadDad
Please keep doing this
Bernie4Life2
My favorite was the derp horse
Spinnyd
Horses can be very derpy
artfullodger
Just to say, Kiev is in Ukraine, not Belarus :)
ripostestatistics
Sure is, my bad
jb32647
Yeah I got confused too. Maybe he could've meant Minsk.
DanFranzen
"French people do not mess around" - well, not when it comes to cooking things.
BronyDanza
They don’t mess around when it comes to being horrific colonial and post-colonial rulers in Africa either. https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U
vateli
These are not policemen in front of the eiffel tower, they are from the army. Source: I am French and they patrol everywhere since terrorism
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
And seeing their red beret, they're paratroopers.
ripostestatistics
Ok, sorry. Thanks for the edit
Zelliana
Exact. Although the Green Peace act today showed the protection claimed isn't so effective. XD (Coucou patriote, parisien toi aussi ?)
vateli
Yeah exactly. (Nope Alsacien :p)
iLynux
Would you say France is in a state of martial law, then? If the armed forces are policing?
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
No, the state of martial law is clearly defined in the french constitution, and it's not it. They do not have police powers. 1/2
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
They're just here to calm the population down. I'm in the french military and I can tell you it's a pain in the ass for them.
BrusselsSproutsAreEvil
By "calming down" i do not mean terrorize.It's so that people feel safer. Since they do not have police powers, their action is very limited
GwenShepard1
we don't feel safer... mostly the contrary
vateli
You are free to do whatever you want, they are just here to take actions if there's a problem. They just walk around most of the time
iLynux
I can't say I'm against that. Plenty of people in the US would be, though.
vateli
Be against what and why ? You got me curious
iLynux
US citizens would strongly oppose military patrolling of civilian spaces.
5inchFury
Not what imagined Syrian child looked like
Begotten
That part of the Mid East is pretty diverse
SonderingStrike
There are many white people in Northern Africa, it's only a bit hotter than Spain.
5inchFury
Yeah, Syria isn't in Africa... To the map!!
SonderingStrike
But it is on the same Latitude... or Longtitude, fuck, I always forget... but whatever the case, it is the same temperature ish so white.
5inchFury
Sorry, reread my post and I sounded like a jerk. I've been to Turkey and Israel and the people look nothing like this. Was just surprised.
rhinostone
Too bad people give more of a shit when they are lighter-skinned and have blue eyes
CrusadingJihadi
We tend to care more about people who look similar to us and share the same beliefs. It's just human nature.
rhinostone
And im actually currently living in Lebanon, the strange thing is, even arabs seem to care more about people with western features. Very odd
MidiArbite
Probably worried that enough dead whites may encourage a new crusade.
rhinostone
Thats true, but we need to make the effort to rise above that
gasolinerainbow
I lived in Hitachinaka for 2 weeks went to that park. The flowers were great and all but there was a dragon roller-coaster. Much better.
ripostestatistics
Oh sweet, where in Japan is it?
gasolinerainbow
It's on the east coast about an hour from Tokyo in Ibaraki prefecture then i moved up to Omika near Hitachi where they make the electronics
ripostestatistics
Got it. Worth going there? Im planning a trip for christmas
gasolinerainbow
Oh yeah the park's beautiful and the beach is really nearby. There's a cool train that takes you there with pokemon. Japan suburbs is lovely
ripostestatistics
Thanks a lot
GrammarAndPunctuationNazi
Looking at #1 and then seeing #2 makes you realise what a fucked up world we live in...
SaintPoop
Even there are majority of people struggling, we cannot deprive people of their right to have some fun.
Gawky
we sure could try harder to help people starving and dying, not just "Struggeling"
itsthejacket
Ya the contrast on that is disgusting. My first thought
Shitbuttfartpoopasscrapturdpissqueef
I'm not gonna lie.. I didn't know Syrian's could have that complexion. I imagined
itmeanspeaceamongworlds
Arabs aren't dark skinned and neither blue eyes nor blonde hair are that rare. Also there's more than one ethnicity in Syria.
WiggleBum
Most of us levantines (Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian) aren't exactly "Arab". Arabs are those from Arabia, we're more mutts.
itmeanspeaceamongworlds
Same for North Africa.
WiggleBum
True
xxoctavianxx
"taking a load of the good stuff to the face"
REDS1X
Vettle was sooooo mad.
avi8tor
Torille saatana !
KartallOS
Just started watching Archer! That is the good stuff to the face. Now choke me.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Are we still doing phrasing?
Anatoos
Marine Le Pen is actually pretty much a female version of Donald Trump. I really hope my country doesn't fuck up as bad as America did... :(
ConfusedHoe
Tu penses aller voter ?
Anatoos
Je ne suis pas majeur malheureusement...
ConfusedHoe
Espérons que les gens iront voter, et voter pas Le Pen (en tout cas j'irai !)
Anatoos
Si seulement tout le monde pensait pareil.
ImgursLibertarian
I'm not a cop or military lover, but I hope the protester that threw the molotov cocktail was caught and put in prison.
ImCheckingNames
Username check out.
MyDobieCastor
I still haven't completely figured out why usernames are checked. Care to explain?
ImCheckingNames
Your username doesn't check out.
vampirehedgehog
ImCheckingNames
Username checks out
ImgursLibertarian
Also, your username checks out....
ImCheckingNames
Touche
ImgursLibertarian
Attempted murder is not "messing around."
ripostestatistics
I agree. I also said they were not.
ImgursLibertarian
Nor is it simple more "tense."
SwagLordAujae
What I don't get is that the French try so hard to fight each other, BUT NOT TRY AND FIGHT THIS HARD AGAINST ANYONE ELSE WTH FRANCE!
CringeMetal
For a libertarian you sure care a lot about state workers
ImgursLibertarian
? I care about people. People have natural rights. You deserve to NOT BE SET ON FIRE.
semirelatedcomments
In a free society I will set fire to whomever I please.
ImgursLibertarian
Your rights end where another person or their property begin.
CringeMetal
Also, you said they should be sent to prison, that's another state own facility payed by tax dollars...
ImgursLibertarian
Libertarianism is NOT anarchy. Most LP members are Minarchists. Meaning the smallest government that is effective.
Yetiphobia
Don't worry. If there's one thing the rich pricks know about, it's how to punish those who dare to kick their dogs.
ImgursLibertarian
Easy there Rothbard.
Yetiphobia
Be as sarcastic as you'd like. Paramilitaries are state agents, and only refrain from murder when it's clear they won't get away with it.
EmberFiretail
And the one guy on Imgur that condones burning people to death.
Yetiphobia
Or maybe it's that you're one of the half a million guys on Imgur who can't infer anything but black and white.
EmberFiretail
You do know burning to death is the most painful way to die right? this guy is not a Nazi, he's just a police officer.
Yetiphobia
Well, I'd like to know how you know what is the most painful way to die, but let's leave that aside. I don't endorse setting people...
Zelliana
They quickly put some protestants into detention, I think they got him/her. After the Champs Élysées's attacks, Paris is pretty tensed
ImgursLibertarian
Sweet
warlord7
Isn't it 2017? What are they running around putting Protestants in prison for?
Zelliana
And it's not prison, but detention, they keep them for 24hrs until they find something to charge them for.
CTMGame
Putting them in prison is a huge step up from the last time. You know, THIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre
Zelliana
Because protestants threw Malakoff cocktails and almost killed a policeman, and also broke a lot of things on their ways
louloubrisefer
Un manifestant = a protester. In this case un émeutier = a rioter
Zelliana
Thanks I messed up with my french corrector I guess, I know that, we use protestants as protesters too.
warlord7
I'm just messing with you. Protestor = one who protests. Protestant = non-Catholic/Orthodox christian.
Zelliana
Thanks xD
Zelliana
I guess I messed up with my french orthographic corrector as he recognized protestants = protestors.
LadyMacB
The Israeli independence day is actually on the same day every year, they just happen to use a different calendar than most of the world.
AvielMenter
They mostly use our normal Gregorian calendar, but the lunar calendar is used for holidays, like יום העצמאות .
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
Thanks for the example, that was helpful.
ripostestatistics
Oh allright. Thanks
Allofyoush
It goes by the moon instead of the sun.
planetfinder
Eh, that's a little bit debatable since their lunar calendar doesn't match the Earth's revolution period.
planetfinder
It's a true statement that the celebration doesn't occur at the same place in Earth's annual cycle each time.
iPutTheBSinBSc
Its not just a lunar calendar there may not be an integer amount of moons per solar year but there isnt an integer amount of days either 1/2
iPutTheBSinBSc
while the former is more significant, both are solved in a similar manner of adding a day or month in some years. 7/19 years are such 4 jews
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
Odd are they living in the future? Or is their year 2017?
LadyMacB
The Hebrew calendar is currently in the year 5774
TheFatOneSpeaks
*5777
MitchBeaucannon
Do they have flying cars by now?
sandwiched
Pfft. We had those like 13 years ago. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-flying-car-to-provide-revolutionary-rescue-tool/
LadyMacB
Sadly, no.
MidiArbite
And people say jews are smart! They're over three thousand years ahead of us and still can't make good tech! /s