--- 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 title: Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8483a01e632d32d/6986a2f6cd804d6ba6cccb81/2014-09-10t110845z_151591388_gm1ea9a1g.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 (12 Sep 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 12, 2014 4:17 PM CUT  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. 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](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 12, 2014 4:17 PM CUT  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. Jessica Hill—AP  Luisa Riedel's rabbit called Lenny jumps during the Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, Germany on Sept. 7, 2014. Jens Meyer—AP  \*\*EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TITLE TO STAFF\*\* Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter strides onto the field as he is introduced for Derek Jeter Day events, before the team's game against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sept. 7, 2014\. Jeter has announced that he will retire after this season. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times) Barton Silverman—The New York Times/Redux  Participants climb over a wall at the "Tough Mudder" endurance event series in Arnsberg, Germany on Sept. 6, 2014. Ina Fassbender—REUTERS  A high school student gets her hair adjusted by friends outside the Lycee Marie Jeanne public school for girls before the start of their first day back to school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sept. 8, 2014. Dieu Nalio Chery—AP  A super moon rises in the sky near the Eiffel tower as seen from Suresnes, Western Paris on Sept. 9, 2014. Charles Platiau—Reuters  Serena Williams of the U.S. leaps with the trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the womenís singles final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Sept. 7, 2014. Chang W. Lee—The New York Times/Redux  Alley, a cat, of the United States secured her place in the 2015 Guinness World Records book for the longest jump by a cat record, at six feet (1.83 metres). 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