--- description: From the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to the World Band Pipe Championships, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right title: Feel Good Friday: 10 Fun Photos To Start Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8152cabd82ef5718/6986a073e8524b669a60462a/4536556761.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: 11 Fun Photos To Start Your Weekend by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 7:35 PM CUT  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 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 7:35 PM CUT  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. 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. Adam Pretty—Bongarts/Getty Images  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. Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images  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. 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. Matt Slocum—AP  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. 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. 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