--- title: Feel Good Friday: 25 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend description: From back to school to Burning Man, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right canonical: https://time.com/3269191/feel-good-friday-fun-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-05T11:00:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:28.146Z og:title: Feel Good Friday: 25 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend og:description: From back to school to Burning Man, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right og:url: https://time.com/3269191/feel-good-friday-fun-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78b174498916bb5e/6986a203d0b6f26c25305f26/2014-08-30t170937z_1145362943_gm1ea8v01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: A competitor runs through a foam tunnel during the Brutal Run extreme obstacle course race in Budapest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Feel Good Friday: 25 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend twitter:description: From back to school to Burning Man, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78b174498916bb5e/6986a203d0b6f26c25305f26/2014-08-30t170937z_1145362943_gm1ea8v01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Feel Good Friday: 25 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 5, 2014 11:00 AM UTC  A competitor runs through a foam tunnel during the Brutal Run extreme obstacle course race in Budapest on Aug. 30, 2014. A competitor runs through a foam tunnel during the Brutal Run extreme obstacle course race in Budapest on Aug. 30, 2014.LASZLO BALOGH—REUTERS by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 5, 2014 11:00 AM UTC  HippopoThames sculpture by Florentijn Hofman on the River Thames in London, on Sept. 2, 2014. Guy Bell—Rex USA  A South Korean diver performs a traditional masked dance to promote an event to celebrate the upcoming Chuseok holiday at an aquarium in Seoul on Sept.1, 2014. JUNG YEON-JE—AFP/Getty Images  A youth rides a bicycle on the hills in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sept. 3, 2014. NAVESH CHITRAKAR—REUTERS  North Koreans enjoy a ride at the Kaeson Youth Amusement Park in Pyongyang on Sept. 3, 2014. Wong Maye-E—AP  The Colombian team performs during the Squad Compulsory Vaulting competition at the World Equestrian Games at the Zenith in Caen, France on Sept. 2, 2014. REGIS DUVIGNAU—REUTERS  A teenage girl from the Santa Marta "favela" slum puts on a pair of high heels for a group debutante ball organized by the Pacifying Police Unit from her neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 29, 2014. Silvia Izquierdo—AP  First grade students at a school line up during the start of a new school year on Knowledge Day in Ryazan, Russia on Sept. 1, 2014. Alexander Ryumin—Itar-Tass/Corbis  A competitor runs through a foam tunnel during the Brutal Run extreme obstacle course race in Budapest on Aug. 30, 2014. LASZLO BALOGH—REUTERS  Alex Perez, 5, has his picture taken before the first day of school by Kelly Cunningham at Parnall Elementary School in Jackson, Miss. on , Sept. 2, 2014. J. SCOTT PARK—MLIVE.COM/Landov  Chinese dancer and choreographer Yang Liping performs during the dance performance 'The Peacock' in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2014. HOW HWEE YOUNG—EPA  A dog owner sprays hairspray on her poodle backstage at a dog show in Seoul on Aug. 30, 2014. ED JONES—AFP/Getty Images  A cheerleader for the Edmonton Eskimos goes flying through the air while during the match against Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Canada on Sept. 1, 2014. Todd Korol—Getty Images  A wild bee coverd with pollen crawls over an autumn crocus aka meadow saffron in Chur, canton Grison, Switzerland on Sept. 3, 2014. ARNO BALZARINI—EPA  Leng Yuting, 26, poses underwater for her wedding pictures at a photo studio in Shanghai, Sept. 3, 2014. JOHANNES EISELE—AFP/Getty Images  A 41-year-old man going by the name of Chibatman rides his "Chibatpod" on the road in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014. YUYA SHINO—REUTERS  Slovak aerobatic group "Ocova Shepherds" paint the sky with their gliders at the Slovak International Air Fest SIAF 2014 at the Airforce Base of Sliac, Slovakia on August 30, 2014. JOE KLAMAR—AFP/Getty Images  Youngsters play soccer as the sun sets at the Carcavelos beach in Cascais, Portugal on Sept. 2, 2014. Francisco Seco—AP  A boy swims in a pond in Lalitpur, Nepal on Sept. 1, 2014. NAVESH CHITRAKAR—REUTERS  Gymnasts are silhouetted as they practice their routine in Pyongyang, Sept. 2, 2014. Wong Maye-E—AP  Dillon Bracken (L) and Atalya Stachel dance during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, Aug. 30, 2014. JIM URQUHART—Reuters  A girl looks at paper boats launched during celebrations for the 69th anniversary of the end of World War Two in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia on Sept. 2, 2014. YURI MALTSEV—REUTERS  Students hold hands as they walk from the bus to classrooms at Parnall Elementary School in Jackson, Miss. on Sept. 2, 2014. J. SCOTT PARK—MLIVE.COM /Landov  People gather and play on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 2, 2014. Mario Tama—Getty Images  An anti-government protester takes a morning bath with others at a public pump during the Revolution March in Islamabad, Sept. 3, 2014. AKHTAR SOOMRO—REUTERS  Legendary acrobatic pilot Zoltan Veres of Hungary on his MXS aircraft demonstrates his skills with his F-16 at the Slovak International Air Fest SIAF 2014 at the Airforce Base of Sliac, Slovakia on Aug. 30, 2014. 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