--- title: Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend description: From back to the US Open to a cat breaking a world record, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right canonical: https://time.com/3330716/feel-good-friday-14-fun-photos-to-start-your-weekend/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-12T16:17:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:26.850Z og:title: Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend og:description: From back to the US Open to a cat breaking a world record, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right og:url: https://time.com/3330716/feel-good-friday-14-fun-photos-to-start-your-weekend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8483a01e632d32d/6986a2f6cd804d6ba6cccb81/2014-09-10t110845z_151591388_gm1ea9a1g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: A performer practices a dance move before taking part in at the festivities marking the end of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Trichur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sept. 10, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend twitter:description: From back to the US Open to a cat breaking a world record, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8483a01e632d32d/6986a2f6cd804d6ba6cccb81/2014-09-10t110845z_151591388_gm1ea9a1g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend (12 Sep 2014) > Sponsored content. 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A performer practices a dance move before taking part in at the festivities marking the end of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Trichur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sept. 10, 2014. Babu—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Sep 12, 2014 4:17 PM UTC  A Palestinian man plays with his baby on a beach on Sept.7, 2014 in Gaza city. Mahmus Hams—AFP/Getty Images  Dozens of hot-air balloons in the sky during the start of the 24 Warsteiner Montgolfiade Balloon Festival in Warstein, Germany on Sept. 7, 2014. Thomas Rensinghoff—EPA  Rebecca Redwine from Grandma's in the Park has one eye visible from between nealry 100 towels as she competes in the towel carrying contest during the 10th annual Iron Range Housekeeping Olympics held Sept. 8, 2014, at American Lodge and Suites in Virginia, Minn. Mark Sauer—AP  A performer practices a dance move before taking part in at the festivities marking the end of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Trichur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sept. 10, 2014. Babu—Reuters  French choreographer and dancer Dominique Hervieu, also director of the 16th edition of the "Biennale de la Danse de Lyon" festival (Lyon Dance Biennial Festival), gestures as she speaks on Sept. 5, 2014 in Lyon. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek—AFP/Getty Images  Marin Cilic of Croatia holds his trophy after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan during their 2014 US Open men's singles finals match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept. 8, 2014 in New York. Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  A couple hugs on the bleachers at Rentschler Field during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Connecticut and Stony Brook on Sept. 6, 2014, in East Hartford, Conn. 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