--- title: Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend description: From flying off mountains to backflipping in Palestine, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right canonical: https://time.com/3535455/feel-good-friday-15-fun-photos-to-start-your-weekend-3/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-24T10:00:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:21.887Z og:title: Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend og:description: From flying off mountains to backflipping in Palestine, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right og:url: https://time.com/3535455/feel-good-friday-15-fun-photos-to-start-your-weekend-3/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d27f68e3d3800e4/6987629635ba6fd70bc04a5d/par80059091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: A Turkish couple share a romantic sunset at the back of a ferry on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, on Oct. 17, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend twitter:description: From flying off mountains to backflipping in Palestine, here's a handful of photos to get your weekend started right twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d27f68e3d3800e4/6987629635ba6fd70bc04a5d/par80059091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Feel Good Friday: 15 Fun Photos to Start Your Weekend (24 Oct 2014) > Sponsored content. 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A Turkish couple share a romantic sunset at the back of a ferry on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, on Oct. 17, 2014. Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 24, 2014 10:00 AM UTC  A Turkish couple share a romantic sunset at the back of a ferry on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, on Oct. 17, 2014. Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images  "Umbrellas", the sculpture by Giorgos Zogolopoulos is illuminated in pink light to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Oct. 21, 2014. Alexandros Avramidis—Reuters  Zookeeper Nadezda Radovic kisses a three week old white lion cub at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia on Oct. 17, 2014. Darko Vojinovic—AP  A man does his morning exercise on a polluted day by the side of a lake at Nanhu Park in Changchun, Jilin province, China on Oct. 22, 2014. Reuters  Nepalese police officers kneel next to dogs with colored powder on their heads at Nepal's Central Police Dog Training School as part of the Diwali festival, also known as Tihar Festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct. 22, 2014. Narendra Shrestha—EPA  A woman with a child paddles in the Atlantic Ocean in Anglet, southwestern France, where the temperature reached 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) on Oct. 17, 2014. Bob Edme—AP  Actress, multi-platinum recording artist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Selena Gomez inspires 20,000 students at We Day at Rogers Arena on Oct. 22, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Jeff Vinnick—Getty Images for Free The Children  Palestinian boys practice parkour skills amid the ruins of buildings, which were destroyed by Israeli offensives in Beit Lahia town of Gaza on Oct. 18, 2014. Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  Wingsuit flyer contestants jump off a mountain at Tianmen Mountain National Park in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China on Oct. 19, 2014. Reuters  Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani play on improvised swings in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on Oct. 22, 2014. Kai Pfaffenbach—Reuters  The evening sun casts shadows of North Korean boys on an apartment building facade as they make their way down a street on Oct. 22, 2014, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Wong Maye-E—AP  Indian widows wave sparklers as they participate in a celebration for the Hindu festival Diwali on the banks of the Yamuna river in the northern city of Vrindavan on Oct. 21, 2014. Roberto Schmidt—AFP/Getty Images  Denver Broncos cheerleaders perform wearing "509" jerseys celebrating quarterback Peyton Manning's record setting 509th career touchdown pass during a game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Oct. 19, 2014 in Denver. Justin Edmonds—Getty Images  Students from St Andrew's University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the 'academic family' on Oct. 20, 2014, in St Andrews, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images  A Chinese couple takes pre-wedding photos at the occupation zone at Mongkok on Oct. 21, 2014 in Hong Kong. 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