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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And they’re off!
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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Best fronds forever
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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Hiking the High Trestle Trail
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Castle on a hill
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Notes from an underground lake
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Looking down on the Otter
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
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Swimming with the sea cows
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It s time to fall back
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Relationship status: It s complicated
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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I see one!
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
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Beavers Bend
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World Children s Day
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Hitsujiyama Park, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Poppies for Armistice Day
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Monet still makes an impression
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Wildebeest on the move
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Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
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A tree amid the Tetons
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Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
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A prison fit for a count
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Happy Boxing Day!
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