--- title: 14 Fun Photos to Jump Start Your Weekend description: From a cute baby giraffe to a joyful reunion, Time's photo editors offer a selection of photos to brighten your day. canonical: https://time.com/76384/feel-good-friday-14-fun-photos-to-jump-start-your-weekend/ author: Phil Bicker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-25T12:50:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:42.497Z og:title: 14 fun new photos to brighten your day og:description: From a cute baby giraffe to a joyful reunion, Time's photo editors offer a selection of photos to brighten your day. og:url: https://time.com/76384/feel-good-friday-14-fun-photos-to-jump-start-your-weekend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a4a4f552b600a/69868c66d0b6f23ef8303f96/2014-04-22t124303z_841268536_gm1ea4m1l.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: A pair of bride and groom jumps in front of barricades outside a regional government building seized by pro-Russian armed men in Kramatorsk og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 14 fun new photos to brighten your day twitter:description: From a cute baby giraffe to a joyful reunion, Time's photo editors offer a selection of photos to brighten your day. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a4a4f552b600a/69868c66d0b6f23ef8303f96/2014-04-22t124303z_841268536_gm1ea4m1l.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Feel Good Friday: 14 Fun Photos to Jump Start Your Weekend > Sponsored content. 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Baz Ratner—Reuters by [Phil Bicker](https://time.com/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Apr 25, 2014 12:50 PM UTC  Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, feed giraffes at Sydney's Taronga Zoo April 20, 2014. Chris Jackson—Reuters  Young men dressed in traditional Paloc folk costumes pour water from buckets on two young women performing an Easter folk tradition for the Easter sprinkling in Kazar, some 100 km northeast of Budapest, Hungary, April 18, 2014. Peter Komka—EPA  Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates his victory with his team following the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on April 20, 2014 in Shanghai, China. Clive Mason—Getty Images  Filipinos cool off in the polluted waters of Manila Bay during Easter Sunday in Manila, Philippines, April 20, 2014. Ezra Acayan—NurPhoto/Corbis  Trent Morrow of Sydney, Australia, also know as "Marathon Man" laughs as Andrea Olivo of Venezuela tugs on his cape as she has her photo made ahead of Monday's 118th Boston Marathon, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Matt Rourke—AP  Children enjoy the Hatirjheel Lake during the hot summer weather in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 22, 2014. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury—NurPhoto/Corbis  Nicolas Henin (L), former French hostage and journalist, is greeted by his family moments after a transfer by helicopter from Evreux to the military airbase in Villacoublay, near Paris, April 20, 2014. Philippe Wojazer—Reuters  A participant dressed in costume holds an umbrella at the annual Easter Bonnet Parade in New York April 20, 2014. Carlo Allegri—Reuters  President Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michelle Obama alongside the Easter Bunny during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, April 21, 2014. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  Dressed in folk costumes, young women peer out from a house waiting for male visitors amid performances of local Easter folk traditions at the Open Air Village Museum in Nyiregyhaza, northeast of Budapest, Hungary, April 21, 2014. Attila Balazs—EPA  Meb Keflezighi of the U.S. celebrates with his wife Yordanos Asgedom after winning the men's division of the 118th running of the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014. Brian Snyder—Reuters  A bride and groom jump for a picture in front of barricades outside a regional government building seized by pro-Russian armed men in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 22, 2014. Baz Ratner—Reuters  Donny McDermott, 6, grooms his Shetland pony before taking part in the annual 'London Harness Horse Parade' on April 21, 2014 in Ardingly, England. Oli Scarff—Getty Images  Rothschild giraffe Tatu and its five-day-old cub Jabulani at the Zoo-Aquarium in Madrid on April 20, 2014. 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