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"Snowhenge" at McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica. Photo by Mykle Hoban. (The title of this post is a reference to a different, infamous reconstruction of Stonehenge.)

Lose your noodle

Whimsical photo by user SimoRRR More like this at his "headless smiles" set.

Blue traveler

The ultimate in decaled trike taxi luxury. Photo taken in a suburb of Lima, Peru by H. J. Schmidt.

Holy diver

A Pentecost (Vanuatu) islander engaged in the famous old land-diving ritual of naghol, the inspiration for bungee jumping. Photo by Kurt McCulloch. More photos of the naghol ritual here, by Michael Craig.

Scenes from a new reckoning

What a day. Here are a few moments to remember it by...

Cool ghoul

A typical scene at Bolivia's Fiesta de Las Ñatitas (Day of the Skulls), a Pre-Columbian tradition involving human skulls and flowers. Photo by Rodrigo Aliaga.