--- title: Photos: Feel Good Friday description: TGIF! From pillow fights to a 110-year-old man kissing his wife, we're sure these photos will be a fun start to your weekend. canonical: https://time.com/57982/fun-photos/ author: Phil Bicker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-11T07:00:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:43.854Z og:title: Photos: Feel Good Friday og:description: TGIF! 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Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, left, throws the ceremonial first pitch next to Batman before an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, April 8, 2014. Jeff Chiu—AP by [Phil Bicker](https://time.com/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Apr 11, 2014 7:00 AM UTC  Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, left, throws the ceremonial first pitch next to Batman before an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, April 8, 2014. Jeff Chiu—AP  Foreigners get sprayed with water from elephants to preview the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, April 9, 2014. Rungroj Yongrit—EPA  Former Masters champion Gary Player of South Africa reacts after a putt on the ninth hole during the Par 3 Contest ahead of the 2014 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia April 9, 2014. Jim Young—Reuters  Supporters of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate for the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chant slogans as they leave a rally in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi April 3, 2014\. India, the world's largest democracy, will hold its general election in nine stages from April 7 to May 12. Adnan Abidi—Reuters  Hector Gaitan, 110, kisses his wife Nora Campo inside his home, at an abandoned station of the Nicaraguan Railway Company, the country's defunct railway, located on the outskirts of Managua April 8, 2014\. Gaitan celebrated his 110th birthday just five days before. Oswaldo Rivas—Reuters  A girl jumps to touch cherry blossoms in full bloom in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo April 5, 2014. KIimimasa Mayama—EPA  People fight with pillows at the University's Square on World Pillow Fight Day 2014 in Bucharest on April 5, 2014. Daniel Mihailescu—AFP/Getty Images  A woman enjoys the atmosphere of the festival at the Holi Festival of Colors in Barcelona April 6, 2014\. The festival is fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India. Manu Fernandez—AP  A Chinese dragon dancer does a handstand as he and other performers take a break while shooting a film in the Sanlitun area on April 3, 2014 in Beijing. The popular traditional dance is often performed during the annual Spring Festival at Chinese New Year. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  The Connecticut Huskies celebrate after defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 in the NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the AT&T Stadium on April 7, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. Tom Pennington—Getty Images  A Parkour team practices in Al-Waha April 4, 2014, near the Al-Sodania area that has been bombed in the last war in Gaza. Mohammed Shurrab—Barcroft Media/Landov  Tourists inspect the Yoshino Cherry trees that are blooming in front of the U.S. Capitol on April 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Washington's famed Cherry Blossom trees are on track to be in full bloom this weekend. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, talks to school children holding Chinese and Israeli national flags during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 8, 2014. Diego Azubel—EPA  Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, receives a "hongi", a traditional Maori greeting, by a Maori elder during a welcoming at Government House in Wellington on April 7, 2014\. Britain's Prince William, Kate and their son Prince George are on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia. Marty Melville—AFP/Getty Images  Women play on a swing during a swing festival in Huayin, Shaanxi province, April 4, 2014\. The local swing festival is an annual event held during the period of Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day. China Stringer Network/Reuters  Visitors watch the 16-week-old polar bear twins, Nobby and Nola, cuddle with their mother Giovanna in their enclosure in the zoo in Munich Hellabrunn on April 7 , 2014\. The two little polar bear cups were born in the zoo on Dec. 9, 2013 and were baptized Nobby and Nela on April 7, 2014. Christof Stache—AFP/Getty Images  Cox Laurence Harvey, left, of Cambridge and cox Sophie Shawdon of Isis are thrown into the Thames by their crew after winning the BNY Mellon 160th Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race on The River Thames in London April 6, 2014. Richard Heathcote—Getty Images  Finn, son of Scott Stallings of the U.S., plays during the Par 3 Contest prior the start of the 78th Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2014 in Augusta, Georgia. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  From right, The new mayor of Paris, socialist Anne Hidalgo, wearing her tricolour mayoral sash, and former mayor, socialist Bertrand Delanoe, blow a kiss to each other as Delanoe leaves the Paris city hall during the inaugural session of the newly elected council on April 5, 2014. JOEL SAGET—AFP/Getty Images  A wax statue of former North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il, is set up at the International Friendship Exhibition, a museum complex near Mount Myohyang, north of Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on April 9 2014. Rodong Sinmun—EPA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/57982/fun-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/57982/fun-photos/"},"headline":"Feel Good Friday: 20 Fun Photos to Jump-Start Your Weekend","datePublished":"2014-04-11T07:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:43.854Z","description":"TGIF! 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