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The traditional Maori greeting of touching noses.
You'll see these pictures posted all over the internet but we can thank Imgur user Zingolix for curating them into an amazing and thought-provoking collection.
The traditional Maori greeting of touching noses.
A picture of contrasts
Young boys in Bangladesh lie about their age to work as shipbreakers. (Minimum working age is 14).
It's actually the birds that do the fishing!
Riding the rails in Bangladesh.
This is an intimate portrait of Etienne Ouamouno from Maliandou, Guinea. He is father of the baby thought to be Patient Zero in the Ebola epidemic
Hawaiian surfer Ha’a Keaulana trains by running across the ocean floor carrying a 50 pound boulder.
The assault rifle is so this Syrian girl can protect her family against ISIS.
Bundled up against the elements in Oymyakon, Russia, the coldest village on Earth
A boy rescues his sister from underneath the rubble of their home in Syria
An Iranian girl practices parkour in Tehran - aka freerunning.
At the Kanchanaburi 'Tiger Temple' in Thailand a buddhist monk shares his meal with a tiger.
A Palestinian girl with a Kalashnikov rifle, amid armed militants in Gaza City.
Four year old Karina Chikitova survived 11 days in a bear-infested Siberian forest with only her puppy for company.
An ancient tribe with modern weapons. This Surma warrior was pictured near Turgit in Ethiopia.
Visually impaired albino girl wearing a beautiful white dress at the Special Needs Education Resource Centre in Malingunde, Malawi.
Clara gantt is reunited with her husband's body after more than 60 years. Sergeant Joseph Grantt went missing during the korean war
A haitian policeman immobilizes a man arrested on suspicion of murder.
Iselin Rose Borch survived the massacre on the Norwegian island of Utoya in 2011, in which 110 people were shot dead by Anders Breivik.
No words needed but let's say hope, acceptance, and for the future, normal.
Our world is beautiful and ugly too. Thank you Zingolix for sharing.