Feel Good Friday: 11 Fun Photos To Start Your Weekend

Switzerland perform their Women's Free Combination Synchronised Swimming Routine at Europa-Sportpark on Aug. 15, 2014 in Berlin.
Switzerland perform their Women's Free Combination Synchronised Swimming Routine at Europa-Sportpark on Aug. 15, 2014 in Berlin.Adam Pretty—Bongarts/Getty Images
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Pope Francis blesses a crying child who does not want to be separated from his mother to be blessed by the pope, as a Vatican gendarmerie (C) smiles, at the pope's arrival for a closing Holy Mass of the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, Seoul on Aug. 17, 2014.
Pope Francis blesses a crying child who does not want to be separated from his mother to be blessed by the pope, as a Vatican gendarmerie (C) smiles, at the pope's arrival for a closing Holy Mass of the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, Seoul on Aug. 17, 2014. Reuters
Fabian Torero plays with the hospice's cats. Torero's mother, Maria, cares for 175 cats with leukemia at her home in Lima, Peru. on Aug. 15, 2014.
Fabian Torero plays with the hospice's cats. Torero's mother, Maria, cares for 175 cats with leukemia at her home in Lima, Peru. Aug. 15, 2014.Martin Mejia—AP
Switzerland perform their Women's Free Combination Synchronised Swimming Routine at Europa-Sportpark on Aug. 15, 2014 in Berlin.
Switzerland perform their Women's Free Combination Synchronised Swimming Routine at Europa-Sportpark on Aug. 15, 2014 in Berlin.Adam Pretty—Bongarts/Getty Images
Ice Bucket Phenom
Tennessee Titans players taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge after practice in Nashville, Tenn. August 20, 2014.Mark Humphrey—AP
View of a Batman-shaped kite during the 30th kite-flying festival in Sao Goncalo, a surburb of Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 17, 2014.
View of a Batman-shaped kite during the 30th kite-flying festival in Sao Goncalo, a surburb of Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 17, 2014. Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images
People and their dogs attend Mass during Dog Day, in El Alto, Bolivia on Aug. 16, 2014.
People and their dogs attend Mass during Dog Day, in El Alto, Bolivia on Aug. 16, 2014. Juan Karita—AP
Members of the Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band react to winning the annual World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green, Scotland on Aug. 16, 2014.
Members of the Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band react to winning the annual World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green, Scotland on Aug. 16, 2014. Russell Cheyne—Reuters
Australiaís Javier Pelkonen, center of pile, is mobbed by teammates after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Czech Republic at the Little League World Series on Aug. 16, 2014, in South Williamsport, Pa.
Australiaís Javier Pelkonen, center of pile, is mobbed by teammates after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Czech Republic at the Little League World Series on Aug. 16, 2014, in South Williamsport, Pa. Matt Slocum—AP
GERMANY-EUROFURENCE
Delegates to the Eurofurence, "Europe's biggest furry convention" pose for a picture in front of the conference hotel in Berlin on August 21, 2014. ODD ANDERSEN—AFP/Getty Images
A clown prepares to take part in a Clown Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 17, 2014.
A clown prepares to take part in a Clown Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 17, 2014.Manan Vatsyaya—AFP/Getty Images
Nuns greet Pope Francis as he arrives for a closing Holy Mass on the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, Seoul on Aug. 17, 2014.
Nuns greet Pope Francis as he arrives for a closing Holy Mass on the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, Seoul on Aug. 17, 2014. Kim Hong-Ji—Reuters

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