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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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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World Elephant Day
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World Lizard Day
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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Don t forget—it’s World Elephant Day
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Too awesome to be a planet
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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Tiny fliers head south
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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
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Protecting Alaska
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Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
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Lunar eclipse
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In the Most Serene Republic
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Aura River in Turku, Finland
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Looking down on the Otter
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The ruins of a Maya superpower
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Up on the glacier
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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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Eurasian scops owl
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Two rocks and a heart spot
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The largest American bison around
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Winter solstice
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St. Patricks Day in County Waterford, Ireland
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Dashing through the snow
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Rosa Parks Day