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
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
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There’s a dog in there somewhere
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
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A triumph of light
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Southern right whale
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Light show at the skatepark
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Penn Station
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Bridge over the River Tara
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Friendship Day
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Spread some love with Bing
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Till the cows come home
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Green is the new black
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A treaty for science
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
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Point Reyes National Seashore in California
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By the light of the fireflies
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Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
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Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
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Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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