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65 Cats Are Treated Like Favored Guests at the World Renown Hermitage Museum in Russia
Like the building itself, the cats which roam freely around the basement of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg have endured through changing fortunes.
Originally brought...
Guy Turns Old Tires Into Beautiful Cozy Beds For 6,000 Stray Dogs And Cats in Brazil
Although common sense dictates it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie, nowhere is it written that they can’t do so with a touch of...
A Floating Flower Garden in Tokyo Immerses Visitors With Orchids That Move as You Approach (WATCH)
A three-dimensional mass of floating flowers created by teamLab in Japan has been moving visitors not only with its technological magic, but with its...
Mesmerize Yourself by Watching This Turkish Artist Paint Dazzling Designs on the Surface of Water
The ancient Turkish art of “ebru” (or “water marbling”) uses treated water as a canvas—and the resulting designs are magnificent to behold.
Watch 17-Year-old Hero Catch a Falling Toddler Who Fell Out of a Second-Story Window
This Algerian teenager was in the right place at the right time when he managed to catch a toddler who fell out of a second-story window earlier this week.
City Installs ‘Vending Machines’ That Recycle Plastic in Subway Stations, in Exchange for Free Transportation
One major city wants to tackle the plastic waste problem head-on, and they’re creating positive action through people's fare cards.
Istanbul’s answer is an innovative...
The Sight of Legless Girl Walking With Tin Cans Spurs Good Samaritan Doctor to Make Sure She Walks Tall
This 8-year-old Syrian refugee has been given a whole new lease on life after a Turkish doctor saw photos of her using tin cans for prosthetic legs.
When Woman Unexpectedly Goes into Labor at Foreign Hotel, She Uses the Internet to Give Birth on Her Own
While the internet is also used for cute cat videos and keeping in touch with distant relatives, Tia Freeman sped down the information highway...
Volunteers Never Gave Up on Severely Injured Squirrel—Now in a Loving Home With Hot New Wheels
This little squirrel may not have had a chance at life if it weren't for these determined volunteers – now, she has a loving home and more mobility than ever.
Check Out the 10 Most Amazing Acts of Kindness on GNN For World Kindness Day
Here are your 10 favorite stories of kindness from 2017, with everything from acts of celebrity compassion to sheltering dozens of stray dogs from the snow.
Woman Given Terminal Cancer Diagnosis to be Saved, Thanks to Ex-Husband’s New Wife
Divorce can be a messy affair, and dealing with an ex's new significant other can be even worse – but after she was given...
This Photo of an Old Man and His Kitten is Making Everyone’s Day
We have no idea who this man is, where he is going, or why he is carrying a kitten in his arms – all...
Woman Deceived On the Internet by Older Man Finds Love With Model Whose Photos Lured Her In
Emma Perrier was already heartbroken from a past relationship when she took a chance with online dating. Her hope for romance was renewed when...
Celebs On Social Media Raise Over $1.5M for Somalian Famine
What started as a 2-minute Twitter video became an international campaign to save a nation of starving families.
Famine and blight has stricken the country...
Puppy Rescued From Well After 11 Days is Adopted by Firefighters Who Saved It (WATCH)
This sweet puppy who enraptured the nation may not have made it out of this gaping well if it weren't for an entire community making...
Mall Opens its Doors for Stray Dogs During Winter Storm
Despite the heavy snow pummeling Istanbul this weekend, the city's stray dogs were safe and snug thanks to a generous local mall that opened its...
Dearly Departed Internet Cat Gets Honorary Statue
Tombili the relaxed Turkish feline who redefined cat meme history has gotten a comemmorative statue in his honor.
Mosque Welcomes Stray Cats and Kittens for the Winter (LOOK)
It’s a game of cat and mosque as a Turkish house of worship welcomes some unexpected guests for the winter — whole families of...
Iranians Erect ‘Kindness Walls’ to Warm Up Winter for the Poor
Even as the UN removed a virtual wall of sanctions from around Iran this weekend, the Iranian people were busy transforming the actual walls...
Ed Norton Moved to Tears by Syrian Scientist Story, Raises $400K to Bring Him to USA
Hollywood superstar Edward Norton was so “moved to tears” by the story of a Syrian scientist whose home and family was bombed that he...