--- description: 15 Fun Photos to Get You Through the Weekend title: These Fun Photos Will Get You Through Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt982d5ad5d61bed11/698688b136176058b290b45d/ts-hkg9658345.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 7:00 AM CUT  New Zealand players perform the "haka" in the rain after their victory over England in the final match on the last day of the rugby Sevens Tournament at Hong Kong Stadium March 30, 2014. New Zealand players perform the "haka" in the rain after their victory over England in the final match on the last day of the rugby Sevens Tournament at Hong Kong Stadium March 30, 2014.Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 7:00 AM CUT  A child looks at a polar bear during the opening day of the new polar area at the Mulhouse Zoo on April 2, 2014. Sebastien Bozon—AFP/Getty Images  New employees to Japan Airlines Company prepare to release paper planes during a welcoming ceremony at the company's hangar near Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2014. Yuriko Nakao—Bloomberg/Getty Images  New Zealand players perform the "haka" in the rain after their victory over England in the final match on the last day of the rugby Sevens Tournament at Hong Kong Stadium March 30, 2014. Philippe Lopez—AFP/Getty Images  U.S. President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office with Vice President Joe Biden after he delivered a statement on the Affordable Care Act at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2014. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  Pope Francis leads his general weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Alessandra Benedetti—Corbis  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he stands with commanding officers of the combined units of the Korean People's Army in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, April 2, 2014. KCNA—Reuters  Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP Petronas celebrates on the podium after winning the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit on March 30, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vladimir Rys—Getty Images  Japan's Mao Asada competes during the women's free program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, north of Tokyo, March 29, 2014. Issei Kato—Reuters  A Morpho peleides butterfly sits on the nose of a child during a photocall in the Natural History Museum's 'Sensational Butterflies' outdoor butterfly house in London on March 31, 2014. Ben Stansall—AFP/Getty Images  From left, Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway kiss each other after they were announced officially married during a wedding ceremony in London, minutes into March 29, 2014\. Gay couples in Britain waited decades for the right to get married. Matt Dunham—AP  From left, Chris Hoag and Parrish Brown sit in a hammock they put up along the pond in Piedmont Park in Atlanta April 1, 2014. David Goldman—AP  Students take 'selfies' with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives for a visit at Robert-Jungk Europe high school as part of the Europe-Project Day, in Berlin March 31, 2014 . Fabrizio Bensch—Reuters  New first-year pupils attend a primary school in Pyongyang on April 1, 2014\. The duration of primary school education was extended from four years to five in North Korea the same day, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported. Kyodo/Landov  A young Balinese couple kiss during the Kissing Festival known as 'Omed-Omedan' at Sesetan village on April 1, 2014 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The kissing festival is held annually, and during the festival, Balinese youths gather first to pray, then to kiss and dance as spectators douse the teenagers with water. The festival is intended to fend off bad luck in the year ahead. Agung Parameswara—Getty Images  Neymar of Barcelona celebrates his goal during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final first leg match between FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid at Camp Nou on April 1, 2014 in Barcelona. Clive Rose—Getty Images  People row a boat and enjoy viewing cherry blossoms in full bloom on Chidorigafuchi moat at The Imperial Palace in Tokyo March 31, 2014. Kimimasa Mayama—EPA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48371/happy-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48371/happy-photos/"},"headline":"Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend","datePublished":"2014-04-04T07:00:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:44.583Z","description":"Try not to shout \"TGIF\" from your desk. 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