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What does a familiar landscape look like when memory starts to reshape it? For multidisciplinary artist Lela Amparo, the answer lies somewhere between reality and imagination. Through atmospheric digital art and experimental image-making, she transforms photographs from her travels into ethereal environments that feel recognizable yet strangely distant - as if they belong to a place remembered rather than a place visited. Amparo's work explores the connections between memory, place, and perception, drawing on her own experiences of migration and geographical displacement. Raised in Tucson, Arizona, and now based in Gothenburg, Sweden, she creates art informed by the distance between two contrasting cultural and geographical realities. Using machine learning as a creative tool, she reimagines real landscapes, allowing familiar terrain to evolve into dreamlike scenes that exist somewhere between documentation and fiction.If you’ve ever wandered the streets of Amsterdam and thought you spotted a cartoon character clinging to a lamppost, you probably just crossed paths with the work of Frank de Ruwe, aka "Frankey.” This inventive street artist is known for turning the city into his personal playground, using clever, quirky installations to breathe life into the everyday. From sneaky visual jokes to heartwarming nods to pop culture, Frankey’s creations aren’t just art but also surprises waiting to be discovered.At first glance, Ricky Barel’s photographs can seem almost impossibly simple. A lone surfer crossing a stretch of sand, a person floating in calm water, or a small window surrounded by an expanse of wall becomes the entire scene. Yet that simplicity is exactly what gives her images their appeal, turning ordinary moments into carefully balanced compositions where every color, shadow, and empty space seems to matter. Barel’s approach is rooted in minimalism, often reducing a photograph to the relationship between a single subject and its surroundings. Human figures and architectural details are isolated against broad, uncluttered backgrounds, while strong negative space gives the eye room to wander. She also frequently photographs from elevated viewpoints, transforming people into small shapes within larger patterns and making familiar environments feel almost abstract. Rather than relying on heavily saturated colors, she lets natural tones and contrasts do the work.A fishing trip off the coast of Alaska turned into a terrifying fight for survival for 15-year-old Derek Parker Aghnaanga, who spent approximately 62 hours clinging to a capsized boat in the freezing waters of the Bering Sea. Derek had been out fishing with his older brother and cousin when their small vessel overturned. With no food or water and temperatures cold enough to cause hypothermia, he remained on the overturned skiff, waiting and hoping that rescuers would find him. When a Coast Guard crew finally spotted the unusual object floating on the horizon, they discovered Derek exhausted but alive. He was rescued by the crew of the Northwest Explorer and treated for symptoms of hypothermia. 🛟 After being brought to safety, Derek revealed that his older brother had become trapped beneath the boat, while his cousin had died the night before the rescue. His survival brought immense relief to his family, even as they faced the heartbreaking loss of the two men who had been with him. #Viral #Survival #DerekParker Inspired by the enchanting stories and whimsical illustrations of Beatrix Potter, artist Threeleaves @threeleaves_artwork created a charming collection of watercolor scenes centered around the everyday lives of cottagecore animals. 🐇🌿🎨 The 16 illustrations bring these little characters into rustic, idyllic settings, capturing their daily adventures through soft colors, dreamy details, and a wonderfully nostalgic storybook style. Each scene feels like a tiny world of its own, filled with the warmth and simplicity of countryside life. With adorable animals, cozy surroundings, and delicate watercolor work, Threeleaves’ illustrations are the kind of artwork that makes you want to step straight into the page and stay there for a while. ✨Vet visits can bring out a very particular side of cats. Some freeze in complete disbelief, others immediately start plotting their escape, and a few seem perfectly content to accept the attention, as long as they’re sufficiently pampered. The adorable patients in this list were photographed during visits to Firehouse Animal Health Centers, a veterinary group in Central Texas. The practice aims to make appointments less stressful by tailoring visits to individual pets and giving cats separate exam rooms, kennels, and treatment areas. Judging by the photos shared on Firehouse’s Instagram page, those visits also produce plenty of wonderfully expressive feline moments. From wide-eyed kittens taking in unfamiliar surroundings to seasoned patients serving the camera with deeply unimpressed stares, every cat seems to have its own strategy for getting through a checkup. 📸: @firehouseanimalThere are only two northern white rhinos left on Earth. Both are female. Fatu and Najin live at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, where a dedicated team of rangers and caretakers looks after them every day. American photographer Mital Patel’s series The Caretakers, winner of All About Photo’s September 2026 Solo Exhibition competition, offers an intimate look at this extraordinary place and the people who have made caring for these animals part of their daily lives. Fatu and Najin cannot simply be returned to the wild. They have never known it. Instead, they live within the conservancy, protected by rangers who have spent years learning their habits and moods, understanding their different behaviors and recognizing the sounds that matter.When the rain starts falling on Japan’s “Cat Island,” some local cats know exactly where to go. The cats have been spotted taking shelter beneath the roof of Miyori Daimyojin, also known as Neko Jinja, a small Shinto shrine dedicated to cats on Tashirojima Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Surrounded by maneki-neko figures, the shrine offers the perfect little refuge from rainy weather. The shrine has a special history. According to local legend, fishermen believed cats were good omens and would bring good fortune and successful catches. After a cat was accidentally killed by a fisherman, the shrine was built to honor it. Today, cats continue to wander around the island and occasionally curl up beneath the shrine when they need somewhere dry. Considering this is a shrine dedicated to cats, perhaps these little visitors aren’t exactly trespassing. They may simply be checking in on their ancestral headquarters. #Animals #Japan #Cats #Tashirojima Playgrounds are usually associated with daylight, children running around, and the familiar shapes of slides, swings, and climbing structures. But after dark, even the most ordinary playground can take on a completely different character. In Japan, some older concrete play structures already look more like oversized sculptures than conventional playground equipment - and photographer Fujio Kito has found a particularly striking way to document them. Kito has spent years photographing unusual playground equipment across Japan, often at night. His subjects include structures shaped like animals, robots, plants, dinosaurs, telephones, and other unexpected forms. Carefully placed lighting isolates them in the darkness, turning familiar playground equipment into dramatic, almost surreal figures.Photographing birds is no easy task. They can be unpredictable, constantly on the move, and often disappear just as quickly as they appear. Capturing a truly remarkable image takes patience, timing, and sometimes a little luck. That’s part of what makes the images featured in the Audubon Photography Awards so impressive. Now in its 17th year, the competition celebrates photographers and videographers who capture the beauty and behavior of birds while highlighting the habitats and environments they depend on. The 2025 and 2026 editions also mark an important expansion, with photographers from Chile and Colombia joining those from the U.S. and Canada. Explore the winners and honorable mentions of the 2025 and 2026 Audubon Photography Awards, and discover more about the competition and how it supports the mission of the National Audubon Society. #Photography #Birds #Nature #AudubonThe cutest police officer is leaving people smiling, snapping photos, and asking if he’s really on duty. His name is Nimis, and he’s a local celebrity in Amsterdam. Nimis is a black cat adopted by a couple who live on a houseboat. To keep him safe while he makes his daily “patrols,” they got him a bright yellow life vest—making him look just like a little officer on duty. Not long after, he even got a matching police patch that keeps people guessing: is he the real deal? Swipe and see for yourself. #Animals #Cats #Nimis For years, Jean Marie Smith, also known as the “Hay Bale Lady,” has been creating large-scale hay bale art for a local nonprofit’s annual Halloween event. Her collection took her about two weeks to complete and features 17 new creations, including Kermit, Frankenstein’s Monster, Sally, SpongeBob SquarePants, Winnie the Pooh, Stitch, Dory, Hello Kitty, Spider-Man, and more. 👻 Smith primarily works with round hay bales, sometimes incorporating square ones, and transforms them through sculpting, painting, shading, and highlighting. The finished pieces are displayed outdoors for families attending the Halloween event, turning the hay bales into giant photo opportunities. What makes the project even more special is that Smith creates many of the sculptures with her grandchildren in mind. She says she hopes to keep making them for as long as she physically can, bringing new characters and plenty of smiles to the community each Halloween. ❤️ Apparently, hay bales have been severely underestimating their artistic potential all along. 🌾😂 #Halloween #HalloweenDecor #HayBaleArt #HayBaleSculpture