--- description: From inflatable toads to Taiwanese "frog men", here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right title: Feel Good Friday: 12 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c2c067fbdf63725/69869d56810bbb3badc92c48/20140725_zaf_pr2_010.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: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend (25 Jul 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  A visitor poses in an upside-down house, in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the floor becomes the ceiling and furniture appears to defy gravity, July 25, 2014. A visitor poses in an upside-down house, in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the floor becomes the ceiling and furniture appears to defy gravity, July 25, 2014.Andrey Pronin—Zuma Press by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Xiong Chaoyong of the local Asian elephant breeding center poses with a wild elephant in the Wild Elephant Valley in Jinghong city, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province, 21 June 2014. Imaginechina/AP  A giant inflatable toad is seen floating on a lake at the Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, July 19, 2014. Reuters  A visitor poses in an upside-down house, in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the floor becomes the ceiling and furniture appears to defy gravity, July 25, 2014. Andrey Pronin—Zuma Press  Volunteers watch flamingo chicks being released at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, Spain on July 19, 2014. Jorge Guerrero—AFP/Getty Images  David Dinsmore of the U.S. competes during the men's 10 metre semi-final platform event at the 19th FINA Diving World Cup in Shanghai on July 20, 2014. Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images  Taiwan Marine Corps "Frog Men" display stretching routines during a tour at the naval base in Zuoying, southern Taiwan on July 21, 2014. Wally Santana—AP  People dive into the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer's day in Nice, southern France, July 21, 2014. Sebastien Nogier—EPA  A visitor pets a horse during the Rural Society's annual exposition in Buenos Aires on July 21, 2014. Natacha Pisarenko—AP  People swim at the Massenei open air public swimming pool in Grossroehrsdorf, Germany on July 19, 2014. Matthias Hiekel—AFP/Getty Images  Fans wave and yell at NBA basketball player LeBron James (L) of the Cleveland Cavaliers during a promotional event in Hong Kong on July 23, 2014. Tyrone Siu—Reuters  A young man jumps from a tower at a public bathing beach into the Lake Ammersee, in Utting, Bavaria state, Germany on July 23, 2014. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand—EPA  A training session at the 'Tony Parker Camp', a teen summer basketball camp in Villeurbanne, France, on July 21, 2014. Pascal Fayolle—Sipa Press  Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland looks at the trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at Hoylake, near Liverpool, Britain on July 20, 2014. Facundo Arrizabalga—EPA  Tosta, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, shakes off water after a swim in the sea during a hot summer day by Brighton pier in southern England on July 23, 2014. 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