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Photo credit: By Till Niermann/Wikimedia Commons & Jacques-Louis David/Wikimedia Commons – This simple pose became an instant shorthand for leaders to signify their power and authority.

Art, Joy

The real reason famous men in old portraits always raised their right hands, but never their left

Evan Porter

1/7/2026
Parent-teacher associations in Maasai community. Captured by James Roh for Pura

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Education, Identity

Transforming girls’ education across the world takes a village.

Sarah Watts

3/30/2026
Photo credit: Jacques-Louis David/Wikimedia Commons & John Jabez Edwin Mayall/Wikimedia Commons – Why do men in famous portraits all have one hand in their coat?

Art, Culture, Joy, Pop Culture, Popular

Historians explain why men in old-timey portraits always had one hand in their vest or coat

Evan Porter

12/19/2025
Photo credit: via Jan Langer/Aktualne – Jan Langer's incredible photos are timeless.

Culture, Generations, Health, Popular, Wellness

12 unforgettable side-by-side photos of people over 100-years-old with their younger selves

Upworthy Staff

7/27/2025
Photo credit: Angelo Merendino – Angelo Merendino with his late wife Jennifer

Joy, Love Stories

A husband documented his wife’s battle with cancer capturing love and loss beautifully

Upworthy Staff

4/27/2025
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Family, Parenting

A new father shares why creating an email address for his baby boy is the perfect gift

Erik Barnes

1/6/2025
Photo credit: Canva – The world is full of so many cool things.

Most Shared

Archivists from around the world share their most unique finds—and some are super weird

Eric March

8/17/2023
Photo credit: SOURCE: iSTOCK – Array

Body Image, Identity, Popular

Here’s why you look better in mirrors than you do in pictures

Tiffany White

3/12/2023
Photo credit: Gretchen Kelly (left), Annie Reneau (right) – Array

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Google Nest, Popular

When childhood photos remind us of our most precious relationships

Annie Reneau

12/20/2019
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31 powerful photos from the massive, awe-inspiring March for Our Lives.

Parker Molloy

3/24/2018
Heroes

See stunning before and after shots of coral reefs as ocean temps rose by only 2 degrees.

James Gaines

11/9/2017
Uncategorized

Why this photographer wishes his viral underwater photo didn’t exist.

Evan Porter

9/20/2017
A photographer saved his trash for 4 years. These stunning photos are the result.

Erin Canty

8/2/2017
Heroes

NASA’s new pics of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot are taking the internet by storm.

James Gaines

7/13/2017
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15 celebrities wanted you to see how they are when the camera’s off. So they took photos.

Thom Dunn

7/7/2017
Heroes

Don’t you think heat waves suck? 20 photos show how old-timers beat the heat.

James Gaines

6/30/2017