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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Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California
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A new park with a new mission
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Nature Photography Day
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Paleontology meets art
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Over and under the delta
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Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
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At the gates of the ksar
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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Monarch butterflies in Angangueo, Mexico
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Santorini, Greece
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Rock formations at Sedona, Arizona
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The lights of Paris
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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Remembering Krakatoa
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Bohemian Switzerland
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
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World Meteorological Day
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Groundhog Day
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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Necropolis of Dargavs
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European Day of Parks
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Pasadena Chalk Festival supports local arts education
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Palouse farmland, Washington state
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Is this Minecraft headquarters?
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The desert blooms
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Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
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