Thursday, January 1, 2015

74 Of The Most Amazing News Photos Of 2014



A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) worker in protective clothing holds a child suspected of having Ebola at a treatment center in Paynesville, Liberia, on Oct. 5.


John Moore / Getty Images



Britain’s Queen Elizabeth walks through a field of ceramic poppies that form part of the art installation "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" in London on Oct. 16.


Luke MacGregor / Reuters



A demonstrator throws a tear gas container back at police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 13.


Robert Cohen / MCT / St. Louis Post-Dispatch



In this Sept. 6, 2014 photo, Rev. Linda Hunsaker presides over the wedding of Vivian Boyack (left) and Alice Dubes (center), in Davenport, Iowa. More than seven decades after beginning their relationship, Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, finally got married.


Thomas Geyer/ ZUMAPRESS



Beyoncé performs onstage at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 24, in Inglewood, California.


Jason LaVeris / FilmMagic



Protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of pro-democracy movement, as they mark one month since they took to the streets in Hong Kong's financial district on Oct. 28.


Damir Sagolj / Reuters



Men rescue a boy after activists said forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad dropped explosive barrels in Aleppo on April 6.


Hosam Katan / Reuters



A high wave hits the bank of Qiantang River in China's Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug. 13.


Xu Kangping/EPA



Flowers on Robin Williams' Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Aug. 12 in Los Angeles, California.


Valerie Macon / Getty Images



Laura Youngblood weeps over the grave of her husband, Travis L. Youngblood, during Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May 26.


Pete Marovich/EPA



A Balinese man throws a burned coconut husk during the “Mesabatan Api” ritual ahead of Nyepi Day on March 30, in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.


Agung Parameswara / Getty Images



Smoke rises from Tuffah neighborhood after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on July 29.


Mohammed Saber/EPA



A leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area as a bystander moves out of the way in Meerut on Feb. 23.


Stringer /AFP / Getty Images



Indian Hindu devotees gesture before attempting to form a human pyramid during celebrations for the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Hindu god Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, on Aug. 18.


Indranil Mukher /AFP / Getty Images



Competitors take part in the Tough Mudder London South event on Oct. 25, Winchester, England.


Justin Setterfield / Getty Images



An orphaned baby elephant basks in a mud puddle at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi National Park on Oct. 15.


Goran Tomasevic / Reuters



A man is doused with milk and sprayed with mist after being hit by an eye irritant from security forces trying to disperse demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 20.


Adrees Latif / Reuters



Smoldering debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in a Ukraine field on July 17.


Pierre Crom / Getty Images



A teddy bear is found next to the wreckage at the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on Sept. 9.


Marko Djurica / Reuters



A family member of a passenger from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 shouts at journalists at the Lido hotel in Beijing on March 24.


Jason Lee / Reuters



Afghan women sit in the rafters as they watch girls compete in a tae kwon do match in Herat on Nov. 13.


Aref Karimi /AFP / Getty Images



Ruby Holt, 100, of Columbia, Tennessee, visited the beach for the first time in her life this week at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama, on Nov. 19.


Dennis Pillon / AL.COM / Landov



U.S. President Barack Obama and former U.S. President Bill Clinton speak before Obama's speech at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept. 23, in New York City.


John Moore / Getty Images



Miley Cyrus performs onstage during her Bangerz Tour at Rogers Arena on Feb. 14, in Vancouver, Canada.


Kevin Mazur / WireImage



Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger, kisses caretaker Abdullah Sholeh, 33, in the garden beside their home on Jan. 20, in Malang, Indonesia.


Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images



A Miura's fighting bull horns a runner at Calle Estafeta during the ninth day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on July 14 in Pamplona, Spain.


Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images



The June 27 lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano moves along the ground Oct. 28, in Pahoa, Hawaii. Molten rock from the flow is inching its way towards homes in the town of Pahoa on Hawaii’s Big Island, where close to 1,000 people live.


Andrew Hara / Getty Images



A view of Niagara Falls frozen over due to the extreme cold weather, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 9. The Polar Vortex brought record cold temperatures to the United States and Canada.


Anadolu Agency / Getty Images



Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius reacts as he listens to Judge Thokozile Masipa's judgement at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Sept. 11.


Pool New / Reuters



Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, primarily known simply as Amma ("Mother"), the hugging saint, hugs a devotee and 2-year-old Elena in an event hall arena on Nov. 12 in Berlin, Germany.


Adam Berry / Getty Images



Zheng Feng, an amateur climber, takes wedding pictures with his bride on a cliff in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China, on Oct. 26.


China Daily



White smoke rising from Mount Ontake as Japan's volcano Ontake erupts in Nagano prefecture, central Japan. Dozens of hikers were stranded on the slopes of an erupting Japanese volcano that reportedly killed one person and left 30 more seriously injured, Sept. 27.


AFP / Getty Images



Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California, on Sept. 16.


Noah Berger / Reuters



A Brazil soccer fan cries as Germany scores against her team at a semifinal World Cup match as she watches the game on a live telecast in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8.


Bruno Magalhaes / AP



Troops hold colored cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at the Zocalo square in downtown Mexico City, Sept. 16.


Edgard Garrido / Reuters



Lori Weishaar shovels snow from around her vehicle following an autumn snow storm in Buffalo, New York, Nov. 20.


Aaron Lynett / Reuters



Actor Shia LaBeouf wears a paper bag over his head reading "I am not famous anymore" as he arrives for the screening of Nymphomaniac Volume I at the 64th Annual Berlin Film Festival, in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 9.


JENS KALAENE/EPA



Dutch artist Bart Jansen turns his dead cat into a remote-controlled helicopter in London, Britain, in June.


Rex/REX USA



Jeremy Meeks makes a court appearance July 8, in Stockton, California. During his brief appearance the state agreed to let federal prosecutors take over Meeks' case. Meeks was arrested on felony weapon charges June 18 as part of a Stockton police gang sweep. His booking photo was posted to the Stockton police Facebook page and has garnered media attention and secured him a Hollywood agent due to his model-like features.


Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images / Stockton Jail



Women rally In Nigeria to demand more action for kidnapped girls on May 1. At midnight on April 15, 234 girls were kidnapped from their dorm room in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, by Islamic militant group Boko Haram.


Tom Saater for BuzzFeed News



Pope Francis (right) kisses a girl during a special audience with business consultants at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Nov. 14.


Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters



The first out-gay NFL player, Michael Sam, accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during the 2014 ESPYs at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, in Los Angeles, California.


Dilip Vishwanat / Getty Images



The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket with the Cygnus spacecraft on board suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Oct. 28 on Wallops Island, Virginia.


NASA / Getty Images



NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the space station’s Quest airlock for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space Station in this image released Oct. 8.


NASA / Reuters



Dave Seymour and son Duke ride the Wall of Death, a family-run "Demon Drome" stunt attraction in Cornwall, Britain, on Sept. 13.


Rex/REX USA



A man is pictured as he prepares for a parade to celebrate the annulment of an anti-homosexuality law by Uganda's constitutional court in Entebbe, Aug. 9. Stringer / Reuters.


Stringer . / Reuters



WWII veteran Fred Holborn, from the Fleet Air Arm, salutes as he looks at British Legion Union flags carrying "Thank you" messages planted in the sand on Gold Beach on June 5, near Asnelles, France.


Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images



Colleen Epstein, (right) embraces her daughter, Meaghan Epstein (left), a junior at Marysville Pilchuck High School, near the scene of a school shooting that left two dead and four wounded Friday, Oct. 24, at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington.


Jordan Stead / AP



Participants drive around Tokyo as Mario Kart characters for the Real Mario Kart event in Tokyo on Nov. 16, in Tokyo, Japan.


Keith Tsuji / Getty Images


This Teen Wrote A Heartbreaking Blog Post About Her Teacher On The AirAsia Plane

“I want to let everyone see who you really are, as a teacher, as a person, as our friend.”



Ting


etherealpeonies.blogspot.sg


"Never ever, would i have imagined that someone i knew would be on that flight," Ting wrote on her blog on Monday.


"An hour later, our class whatsapp chat was flooded with news that our form teacher, Miss Tina was on that flight."


"Miss Tina" is 26-year-old Florentina Maria Widodo, who was nicknamed Tina by her family and friends.


"It just didn't seem real that you were really on that flight, Miss Tina, it didn't," wrote Ting.


In the blog post, Ting called Tina her favorite teacher. They first met when Tina was still training, and to Ting, she seemed "quiet" and "reserved." The 26-year-old then went on to become a biology teacher at the school, and worked with Ting for many months.


"We had loads of fun in class," Ting wrote in her heartbreaking post.


"And for telling us how dashing/pretty we looked that day. I could see how proud you were of us, for making it through all the way till where we are today."




View Entire List ›


17 Of The Best BuzzFeed Books Essays We Published In 2014

Exploring subjects from skateboarding to Sylvia Plath, and attempting to write your first novel to jumping into the sea, these are some of our favorite essays we published this year. *Ranked in no particular order*



Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed


This Is What Happens To Your Heart When You Dive Into The Sea — James Nestor


This Is What Happens To Your Heart When You Dive Into The Sea — James Nestor


James Nestor, author of DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves, takes us on a transformative journey into the ocean.


Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed


Try To Leave Me If You Can — Katherine Faw Morris


Try To Leave Me If You Can — Katherine Faw Morris


Katherine Faw Morris, author of Young God, on returning to her impoverished home in Wilkes County, North Carolina.


Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed


Not Here to Make Friends — Roxane Gay


Not Here to Make Friends — Roxane Gay


Roxane Gay, author of An Untamed State and Bad Feminist, on the importance of unlikable female protagonists.


Via covers.openlibrary.org




View Entire List ›


36 Reasons Tumblr Was The Best Site In 2014

“Imagine if you sneezed and then spoke another language for the rest of your life…”


It was hilariously honest.


It was hilariously honest.


Via yearinreview.tumblr.com


And not afraid to go there.


And not afraid to go there.


Via yearinreview.tumblr.com


It made us think about life a little differently.


It made us think about life a little differently.


Via yearinreview.tumblr.com


From the subtleties of everyday products...


From the subtleties of everyday products...


Via yearinreview.tumblr.com




View Entire List ›


Police Helicopter Crashes In Las Vegas

Two officers on board were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.


The chopper came down at about 1:29 p.m. PT near the intersection of East Bonanza Road and 23rd Street, police said.


The chopper came down at about 1:29 p.m. PT near the intersection of East Bonanza Road and 23rd Street, police said.


Google Maps/David Mack




View Entire List ›


17 Reasons Why 2015 Will Be The Year Of The Quokka

Get onboard the quokka train!


They are always happy to run into you on the street and won't awkwardly dodge away.


They are always happy to run into you on the street and won't awkwardly dodge away.


imgur.com


Baby quokkas (joeys!) are palm-sized just for cuddles.



instagram.com


Even if you totally forgot to put on deodorant today, they'd never embarrass you over it!


Even if you totally forgot to put on deodorant today, they'd never embarrass you over it!


Flickr: 26644336@N03


They make great parents and make sure their kids get enough playtime outside.


They make great parents and make sure their kids get enough playtime outside.


Flickr: fernando




View Entire List ›