‘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...
