Hello, beautiful world!
A quick look around us, to really see and appreciate the simple things in life – like the love of kids and … cookies, the patience to create realistic coloured paper birds, the audacity to surf in a freezing ocean or art and fashion in their most beautiful forms!
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Actor Tom Hanks, actress Sidse Babett Knudsen, director Ron Howard, actor Omar Sy, writer Dan Brown and actress Felicity Jones get together in the beatiuful Palazzo Pitti in Florence, as they attend Dan Brown’s book screening 'Inferno' photocall. (Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images) -
Muse Marion Cotillard gets a kiss from Raf Simons as she attends the Dior Croisiere 2016 show in the iconic 'Palais Bulle' on the French Riviera. (Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage) -
Prince Harry genuinely shows his warm side as he shakes hands with pupils at Halfmoon Bay School in Oban as he leaves the Stewart Island in New Zealand. The Prince is in New Zealand from May 9 through to May 16 attending events in Wellington, Invercargill, Stewart Island, Christchurch, Linton, Whanganui and Auckland. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) -
During the same tour, Prince Harry visits the University of Canterbury and meets the Student Volunteer Army, before handing out cupcakes to students waiting in the rain in Christchurch. (James Whatling / Splash News) -
Oh, wait, the mannequin in moving! Sarah Jessica Parker does a photoshoot inside one of the displays at Bloomingdale's while surrounded by several pairs of mannequin legs in New York City. (Broadimage/REX_Shutterstock) -
Usually distant Charlize Theron gets a good laugh as she visits "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon") -
Blake Lively wears an impressive oriental embroidered dress as she and Adrien Brody attend the press conference of movie "Log Out" in Beijing, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) -
An artist has created a series of incredibly realistic models of birds out of wood and paper. Nature-lover Zack Mclaughlin's spectacular hand-crafted sculptures are so life-like they could easily be mistaken for real birds. He creates 3D birds of all shapes and sizes out of paper and wood - then spends up to two days carefully painting them in stunning colours. Zack, 31, has made robins, magpies, hummingbirds and a wide range of other birds - but his most time-consuming creation, an owl, took him a staggering 160 hours. The model maker, who also works as a children's book illustrator, loves nature and draws his inspiration from the animals and plants he sees. Zack, who lives in Shoreditch, London, first started his 3D creations when he made a lantern to help visualise part of a story he was developing for a children's book. (Solent News/REX_Shutterstock) -
In another model of patience and dedication, He Peixi builds a city model of Chongqing with more than ... 50,000 coins in Chongqing, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) -
Norwegian surfboard shaper Kristian Breivik surfs in Unstad beach (69° N), in the Lofoten Islands within the Arctic Circle this year in April. Surfing in the Lofoten Islands started early in the 1960's, and is possible all year round with summertime temepratures in the Atlantic waters close to 5°C and only 11°C during summer time! (AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN) -
Naive sculptures of goats wearing gas masks apear at Chaoyang Joy City, China. The 100 sculptures of goats wearing gas masks with unit price of 15,000 yuan (about 2,416 dollars!) were exhibited at Chaoyang Joy City in Beijing on Sunday. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) -
For all glamour, movie and Riviera lovers, the Cannes Film Festival is about to begin! The official poster of the 68th Cannes Film Festival is seen on the facade of the Palais des Festivals behind palm trees. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
