--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, rubber duckies suit up with swim caps and medals for a good cause. title: In TIME’s photo of the day, rubber duckies suit up for a good cause image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b86d6d92a5392/69868cef810bbb12dec9149f/h_51028521.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rubber Duckies Suit Up by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2013 9:21 PM CUT  Rubber ducks, all adapted into wearing swimming caps and Special Olympic gold medals, drift down Huangpu River in a charity event in Shanghai. Rubber ducks, all adapted into wearing swimming caps and Special Olympic gold medals, drift down Huangpu River in a charity event in Shanghai.Silver Young—EPA by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2013 9:21 PM CUT  Rubber ducks, all adapted into wearing swimming caps and Special Olympic gold medals, drift down Huangpu River in a charity event in Shanghai. Silver Young—EPA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3803017/rubber-duckies-suit-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3803017/rubber-duckies-suit-up/"},"headline":"Rubber Duckies Suit Up","datePublished":"2013-10-05T21:21:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:39.747Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, rubber duckies suit up with swim caps and medals for a good cause.","url":"https://time.com/3803017/rubber-duckies-suit-up/","keywords":["LightBox","Shanghai","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b86d6d92a5392/69868cef810bbb12dec9149f/h_51028521.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b86d6d92a5392/69868cef810bbb12dec9149f/h_51028521.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rubber ducks, all adapted into wearing swimming caps and Special Olympic gold medals, drift down Huangpu River in a charity event in Shanghai.","caption":"Rubber ducks, all adapted into wearing swimming caps and Special Olympic gold medals, drift down Huangpu River in a charity event in Shanghai.","creditText":"Silver Young—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3803017/rubber-duckies-suit-up/","name":"Rubber Duckies Suit Up"}}]}] ```