Remember Lost ? That early-2000s TV show about a plane crash on a remote island cloaked by a mysterious force field, hidden from every map? Remember “the Others”—the shadowy figures who stalked and toyed with the survivors, a group that initially seemed hopelessly unprepared for their new habitat? And remember how, episode by episode, it became clear these castaways weren’t exactly the woolly little lambs they’d initially appeared to be?...

Widower Rafael Del Col wanted to do a tribute to his late wife Tatiane Valques, so he and his three-year-old daddy’s little girl Raisa recreated the family photoshoot together. Tatiane died in a car crash in 2011 when Raisa wasn‘t even one year old little girl. Tatiane was pregnant with the second child at the time. The original family portraits were done in 2009, a week before the couple‘s wedding. In the recreation of the solo shot, Raisa wore the same jewelry that Tatiana used in the shoot....

Most of us know what it’s like to work for a company that needs to up its culture game. A belittling boss that finds a way to bully you should the opportunity arise, two-faced colleagues who are ready to throw you to the wolves when it suits them, or an environment that doesn’t inspire you to grow and do the things you once loved – whatever it might be, it’s not an uncommon phenomenon....

This August, Microsoft Japan took on an experiment, called the “Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019” in which they trialed the 4-day work week for their entire workforce. Around 2300 employees were given five Fridays off with no reduction in salary and no days taken off of their annual leave. Naturally, the experiment proved to be a huge success with the increased productivity of almost 40 percent and greater employee satisfaction (92....

In this adorable series mom and daughter are interpreting movies and books they love. Their chemistry and harmony adds a little magic to these pictures. The characters include not only Cinderella or Peter Pan, but also the heroes of Hayao Miyazaki, Tim Burton and those played by Charlie Chaplin. It is an ongoing project, potentially infinite. More info: Facebook Alice In Wonderland Maleficent The Borrower Arrietty Kiki Delivery Service Corpse Bride Carl Fredricksen (Up) Tinker Bell Princess Mononoke Little Red Riding Hood The Mad Hatter Peter Pan The Snow Queen Black Swan The White Rabbit Anyone can write on Bored Panda....

I grew up as a single child in a little home set in a small urban community. I was raised by a single father who worked during the day and was an artist in the evenings. Now, I am a stay at home father, and an artist, helping to raise my daughter, Haley. This photo essay titled “Long Summer Days” follows my daughter’s journey through childhood as she struggles with the boredom of living as a single child in the same small home where I grew up....

The 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics have been marked by multiple controversies since the Games began on February 6, and now the ice dancing competition has become the latest flashpoint. On Wednesday, February 11, a judging scandal erupted in the ice dance event when American favorites Madison Chock and Evan Bates were narrowly beaten for gold by the French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron . A major judging controversy erupted after Team USA narrowly lost ice dance gold, despite five of nine judges reportedly favoring Madison Chock and Evan Bates....

You have to be careful what you ask for on Twitter. An organization of “crazy mothers”—if they’ve already reclaimed that accusation, who knows why “anti-vaxxer” is the one they take issue with—have released a statement asking the media to call them “vaccine risk aware,” calling the widespread use of “anti-vaxxers” derogatory and inflammatory. Commenters put forth their criticisms of the proposed term, not to mention hundreds of scathing alternatives. Maybe people would not have such an “inflammatory” attitude towards anti-vaxxers if they did not spread repeatedly debunked information that is contributing to the resurgence of measles , a disease previously eliminated in the US....

“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve,” Jon Krakauer writes in his bestselling book about adventurer Chris McCandless, Into the Wild , “to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.” And since the rest of us have to interact with them every day, whether it’s at work, in school, or simply in a line at the store, we decided to collect a list of things young people have said that made them seem a little disconnected from reality....

It’s no secret that nowadays people consume a lot of things at a very fast pace – a phenomenon that’s called overconsumption. Sadly, likely nobody is guilt-free of this sin . Sometimes we even participate in it without realizing it. If you partook in any of the trends you will find in this list, people online will likely deem you an overconsumer. Did we pique your interest? Are you eager to check out if you’ve done any of these?...

Sometimes, nature calls. And when nature is calling you to have a smoke, but you don’t have a lighter, well, you have to get creative. That’s basically what happened when a man decided to light his cigarette off the eternal flame in Paris . Video of the incident has gone viral and could spell deportation for the person who did it. A man in Paris could face deportation for lighting a cigarette off the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier....

United by mourning and healing, the people of Toronto have rallied around an anonymous hero – a dead raccoon who lay on the sidewalk for more than 12 hours before the city’s animal services finally scooped it up to take it to a better place. After he was reported to Toronto’s city administration and animal control department on the morning of July 9th, more than 12 hours elapsed before he was eventually removed....

Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig spent twelve years photographing Soviet bus stops. The project unexpectedly began in 2002 when he challenged himself to take one good picture every hour on a long distance bike ride from London to St. St. Petersburg; 30,000km and 13 countries later, Herwig published “ Soviet Bus Stops .” However, the project was not without its difficulties. “Despite my efforts not to arouse suspicion I was, on several occasions, accused of being a spy and only narrowly avoided getting caught up in something rather awkward,” Herwig writes on Kickstarter....

Russia is the home to many a thing. Some of them marvelous, some of them pretty odd, the country’s vast lands fit it all , as we have already established here at Bored Panda . Having said that, probably no one could argue that Russians are commonly known to cross the lines of what is deemed normal and surprise the world with something that would make people use the famous saying “only in Russia”....

A new series of self-portraits I took that exclude my face. For each photo, I set up a tripod and used a 10-second self timer to capture the shot. Most of them were captured in the span of a week. Only a few of them involved computer editing while others were taken using practical effects. You can also check my previous creative selfies and surreal self portraits . More info: Facebook | Instagram...

If you’re an aunt or uncle, you might love spending time with your niblings . You can spend the entire day building spectacular Lego creations, eating ice cream and running around the playground pretending to be a monkey. But it’s no secret that hanging out with kids is exhausting. And unless you’ve volunteered to babysit free of charge, it’s certainly a job that deserves compensation. One sitter reached out to Reddit for advice after being asked to work an overnight shift while only getting paid for the hours when the child was awake....

The National Building Museum in Washington has become the unlikely home of an enormous ocean of one million plastic bubbles and a plastic beach open to visitors who want to hop in for a truly bizarre experience. The beach, designed by an experimental design firm named Snarkitecture, has a sloping all-white beach-front and mirrors to expand the space twofold, and there’s even a concession stand! According to the organizers, the plastic bubbles are recyclable....

Regular family relationships come with their ups and downs, but blended families have it even worse. Keeping the peace can become a challenge when exes can’t agree on parenting styles or don’t see eye to eye on boundaries, and often it’s the kids who suffer the most. One teen has turned to an online community for advice after his stepmom called him “disgusting” for refusing to help out with his stepsiblings now that his dad is basically MIA....

After sharing our recent “best of” roundup from the 2025 International Photography Awards , we wanted to zoom in on a part of the competition that looks at the other end of photography as a craft: the best shots from non-professional photographers. There’s something extra exciting about this division. It feels as if the photographers are a little less chained to what’s practical, commercial, or client-friendly. You get bolder risks, stranger angles, more playful ideas, and experiments that might not make sense on a job… but look absolutely unforgettable in a gallery....

Discover the results of The Independent Photographer’s photo contest, that took place in October 2019, and that was organized around the theme ‘People’. From all the corners of the world, across all cultures and borders: the People Photography Award aimed to discover and celebrate the diversity of the human race. Competition Judge was Magdalena Herrera. Born in Havana to a family of artists, Magdalena Herrera studied fine art and art history at the Sorbonne in Paris before starting her career as a photographer and art director....