--- description: From Paris Fashion Week to Mudflat Olympics, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right title: Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt819ff6a188a98c10/69869b4635ba6f2828c02f8d/2014-07-05t055805z_1662435739_tb3ea7501.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Photos](/tag/photos/) ## Photos Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Feel Good Friday: 16 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Nuns from the enclosed monastery of Imaculada Conceicao celebrate Brazil's victory as they watch on television at the end of the 2014 World Cup quarter-final soccer match between Brazil and Colombia in Piratininga, Brazil on July 4, 2014. Nuns from the enclosed monastery of Imaculada Conceicao celebrate Brazil's victory as they watch on television at the end of the 2014 World Cup quarter-final soccer match between Brazil and Colombia in Piratininga, Brazil on July 4, 2014.Nacho Doce—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Wounded members of the Ukrainian forces, Ukrainian paratroopers Ruslan Yarish (R) and Oleksandr Ponomaryov (L) kiss their brides during their wedding in the central military hospital in Kiev, Ukraine on July 9, 2014. Maxim Marusenko—EPA  A man wearing a horse mask reaches out to shake hands with U.S. President Barack Obama during a walkabout in Denver on July 8, 2014. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  An alpaca sleeps in wild flower covered grassland at Alpaca-Land farm in Unken, Salzburg province in Austria on July, 6, 2014. Kerstin Joensson—AP  Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the second 201 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from York to Sheffield, France on July 6, 2014. Jacky Naegelen—Reuters  Soldiers wave during a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to inspect the defence detachment on Ung Islet, which is defending an outpost in the East Sea of Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang July 7, 2014. KCNA/Reuters  Wearing traditional Belarus costumes, girls jump over a bonfire as they celebrate the Ivan Kupala night, an ancient heathen holiday, held in the countryside near the town of Turov, some 260 km southwest of the capital Minsk, Belarus on July 6, 2014. Viktor Dracheva—AFP/Getty Images  Revellers run with Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain on July 7, 2014. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez—Getty Images  Nuns from the enclosed monastery of Imaculada Conceicao celebrate Brazil's victory as they watch on television at the end of the 2014 World Cup quarter-final soccer match between Brazil and Colombia in Piratininga, Brazil on July 4, 2014. Nacho Doce—Reuters  Participants plough the waters of the Forest Lake shortly after the start of the swimming stage of the Ironman European Championship in Langen, near Frankfurt, Germany, July 6, 2014. Arne Dedert—EPA  Ukrainian soldiers feed pigeons next to their APC, near the city hall in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on July 8, 2014. Sergey Bobok—AFP/Getty Images  Performers present creations from the Haute Coiffure Fall-Winter 2014/15 collection by French designer Charlie Le Mindu during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris on July 7, 2014. Etienne Laurent—EPA  Museum worker Brittany Janaszak cleans a 94-foot-long blue whale model at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on July 8, 2014. Adrees Latif—Reuters  Some of the 350 participants lie on their backs in mudflats as part of a record attempt event for the 2014 Mudflat Olympics, outside of the city of Brunsbuettel, northern Germany, July 6, 2014. Daniel Reinhardt—EPA  A Chinese shopper sleeps with her child on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store in Beijing on July 6, 2014. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Workers carry a rope next to a figure of Gulliver at the amusement park 'Gulliver's World' in Pudalga on Usedom, Germany, July 8, 2014. Stefan Sauer—EPA  Bengal tigers play in a pool of water at the zoo in Malabon, Metro Manila, July 11, 2014. 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