To mark International Day of Peace, we invite you to look closely at the colorful sail in today"s homepage photo. It"s a composite of 120 small panels painted by children from different ethnic and social backgrounds—each panel offers a message of hope for a better world. The Ship of Tolerance is part of an international outreach program created by the Kabakov Foundation that aims "to promote art as a medium for communication and cooperation between diverse cultures while nurturing the growth and development of young artists in all disciplines." Children are taught the importance of understanding others and making friends with those outside their own cultural experiences. You"re looking at an installation that was moored in Lake Zug, Switzerland.
A gentle wind fills this sail
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
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Find a Rainbow Day
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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Mountain goats
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New beginnings
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Birds of a feather
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Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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World Water Day
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Shark Fin Cove, California
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota
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National Napping Day
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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Happy Hobbit Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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Happy Cousins Day!
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Things are looking up
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act anniversary
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A swim in the sky
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Marine Day, Japan
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Fly me to the moon
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Lantern Festival
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