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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World Environment Day
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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There once was a lighthouse from...
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World Jellyfish Day
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Bald cypress trees in Georgia
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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A treaty for science
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A medieval Moorish gem
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Hiking the High Trestle Trail
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When in Rome...celebrate Saturnalia
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Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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We did not invent this, honest
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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Fire-damaged forest near Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Balloons and camels are two ways to catch a ride here
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, England
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Independence Day
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World Space Week
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What are these creatures?
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Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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Eurasian scops owl
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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A truly American monument
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The moai you know
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Baddest of the badlands
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