Welcome to highlights of humans exhibiting our quirky, clever and diverse nature. Each section will help you see humans and our world from a different perspective.
First we’ll start of with some humor as we observe human attempts at logistics. The slideshow that originated these images is from the Czech Republic, but I couldn’t get any further info. I wish I could thank the person who assembled these photographs because I’ve seen lots of collections about logistics and this was the best I’ve seen. Also I can’t thank the person who sent me the link to the slideshow because it’s been waiting in my downloads file for years waiting for me to figure out how to save images off of power point. 🙂
The pictures are often not of great quality because they were taken spur-of-the-moment to capture a moving target. But look past the quality and I guarantee you will marvel and/or get a chuckle out of at least one of them.
Now we’ve got some intriguing statistics, mostly about the US. I can’t vouch for precise accuracy but choose to believe they are close enough to help us think of things in a new and different way.

The number of bourbon barrels in Kentucky outnumbers the state’s population by more than two million.

There’s a town in Washington with treetop bridges made specifically to help squirrels cross the street

Only one-third of all $100 bills are actually inside the United States. Many are under mattresses all over the world because of money laundering.

In 1922, a man built a house and all his furniture entirely out of 100,000 newspapers. The structure still stands today in Rockport, Massachusetts.

The Library of Congress contains approximately 838 miles of bookshelves—long enough to stretch from Houston to Chicago.

There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of liquid.

There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City.

There is an island full of wild monkeys off the coast of South Carolina called Morgan Island, and it’s not open to humans.
“The World in Faces” is the remarkable project of Australia-based photographer Alexander Khimushin. By photographing people of different nationalities and disappearing ethnic minorities in traditional clothing, his goal is to document the cultures that remain. “I often take portraits of elderly people that are the last native speakers of their indigenous language or the last ones who make and wear traditional clothing. Many of the more than 10,000 ethnic groups currently living on this planet might not be around in a decade or two.”
I have found selecting favorites among his images to be nearly impossible. If you are so inclined, I encourage you to look at more of them on his website,

An elderly Nyangatom tribe woman. When girls from this tribe are born they receive a necklace from their father. It is added to throughout their lives.
Thanks to: Jen, Anita, Wim
Love that baby in the pail!
Again – many thanks for the most amazing collection of photos.
Incredible pictures as always. Thank you for collecting them and sharing them with the world at large, making it smaller by doing so.
These pictures are works of art. The old and the young, our past and our future. We are all individuals who make up this incredible world. I have found some new places to travel to.
LUVIT ALL! truly AMAZING photos.
Thank you so very much to all of you people involved, from the bottom of my heart. Great pictures!!
Magnifica manera de conozcamos y queramos más a otros integrantes de la humanidad.
Felicitaciones y gracias!
Yet another very entertaining session..thankyou
I watch your pictures with utmost enthusiasm – each time is a new experience! I do thank you SO much for your work putting this together. I must say, this time I enjoyed both sections, but the “World in Faces” left me hoping for more – and more.
I hope you followed the link to the website that has so many more.
Ah, once again Dusky, you have given us such food for thought and images that strike my heart with their authenticity and beauty. Thank you for this gift in the time of wild fires that are heartbreakingly scary. Art and life can be uplifting even in crisis. Hugs to you. Paula
Thank you for the wonderful images of terrestial laughter and beauty in equal measure.
(Acts 10:34, 35) At this Peter began to speak, and he said: “Now I truly understand that God is not partial, but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. — NWT Bible
How little we know of the diversity of man (and woman)!!! I loved them all and would love to learn how to carry that many plates!
I echo each and every response I just read. Your work is both beautiful and eye-opening. Thank you.
Always Amazing, Heartfelt Thanks
Thanks so much, once again for mind altering pieces of reality.
Wonderful site, keep up the great work, much enjoyment, thanks.
Stunning! Thank you for sharing these snapshots of humanity.
As I echo the many adjectives and accolades of this wonderful photographic work; please let me add resourceful, limited only by a human imagination. I saw compassion demonstrated by those who carried or gave their animals of service a ride; a love of family by those devising methods of transport to include “the whole gang” together. Asian families delighted me, by seeing multi-generational family groups visit our National Parks.
Wow, such uncommon beauty – thank you for your eyes and your pictures!