We"re in Kenya"s Amboseli National Park today to celebrate Siblings Day with these baby African elephant twins and their mom. Siblings Day is celebrated every April 10 in parts of the US and other areas of the world. In 1995, Claudia Evart, who lost her siblings at a young age, created this holiday and established the Siblings Day Foundation, which is working to get the holiday officially recognized in the US alongside Mother"s Day and Father"s Day. India"s Raksha Bandhan is the oldest sibling holiday that is still widely observed today, usually falling in August. Hindu women commemorate this day by wrapping a band around their brothers" wrists as a sign of mutual care and respect. If this seems like too much, maybe just pick up the phone and give a loved one a call.
Siblings Day
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Red Planet Day
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I see one!
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Mangrove Conservation Day
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A sea of swirling stone
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Zion National Park, Utah
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Oymyakon, Russia
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World Otter Day
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Behold the blood moon
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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Cordouan Lighthouse, France
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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Find a Rainbow Day
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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