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  Sailboats in Warnemünde, Germany Its a Pirate Day! Lets sail and talk like a big, burly PIRATE! The holiday (yeah, we're calling it a holiday) was first imagined in 1995 by two US residents from the state of Oregon. September 19 was chosen for the annual observance since one of them had an ex-wife whose birthday fell on that day and they figured they could remember it. A few years later, seeking widespread adoption, they pitched the idea to humour columnist Dave Barry, who wrote, 'Every now and then, some visionary individuals come along with a concept that is so original and so revolutionary that your immediate reaction is: "Those individuals should be on medication"'. From there, it went viral, and these days, September 19 is celebrated internationally, with major brands and media personalities joining in the silliness. We're fans, too. Just picture us typin' this here with an eye patch, peg leg, an' pocket full o' swag doubloons. Arrr!   

Mobile bookstore in Douai, Picardy, France A well-cooked Stephen King, please!  For lovers of reading Today's photo shows "La Baraque aux livres" (a nod to the emblematic french fries huts of the region), a traveling bookstore that circulates in the streets of Douai.  The owner of this second-hand bookshop located at 7 rue Léon Gambetta in Douai decided in 2016 to become mobile and go directly to meet the locals to create even more proximity with his customers.  La Baraque aux Livres mobile offers second-hand books of all kinds, from art and history books to comics, manga, novels and paperback books, all carefully selected and sorted.  If you go through Douai, try to catch the bookmobile!

NASA astronaut works on the International Space Station during a spacewalk in 2006(© NAS) A stroll above the stratosphere If this photo from 320-plus kilometres above Earth dizzies you, imagine how it felt to be Alexei Leonov on March 18, 1965. The Soviet cosmonaut achieved the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA - but you and I just call it a spacewalk). He spent about 20 minutes outside the orbiting Voskhod 2 capsule. It was the ultimate risk: no one knew just what could happen to a human body in the vacuum of space. Near heatstroke, drenched with sweat, and with his suit dangerously inflating, Leonov barely made it back inside the airlock. Of course, the art of EVA has been perfected since, and that vertigo-inducing panorama is now the view from the office for those aboard the International Space Station. The spacewalker you see here isn't Leonov but NASA's Robert Curbeam busily replacing a faulty component. On this mission in 2006, Curbeam set a record wi...

Cherry blossoms near the Imperial Palace with Tokyo Tower as the background ,  Tokyo ,  Japan   Cherry Blossom Everywhere! It's a serene sight of Tokyo, where you can see cherry blossom everywhere these days.  Its the start of spring and its the best season to visit Japan, especially Tokyo.  Chidorigafuchi Park  is filled with these cherry blossoms and so with people who come from all around the world just to gaze the loads and loads of these trees, laden with pink, white  and  purple  hanami   ( cherry  blossom).  There are more than 150 types of cherry blossoms, bloom here but survive only for a short period of time. When you come here, have a stroll in the enchanting gardens, inhale the fresh air that is filled with hope, love and beauty. Rent a boat and enjoy a long rowing session with your love ones. Spend a full day in a most modern city surrounded with nature and beauty. This year however, Cor...