The strong storm that hit the state of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (11) left hundreds dead and thousands of homeless survivors and displaced people, mainly in the mountainous region. The cityes of Nova Friburgo, Teresopolis and Petrópolis were most affected. Services such as water, electricity and telephone were stopped, roads were blocked, bridges collapsed and were isolated neighborhoods.

These are some of the most extreme facial tattoos I’ve ever seen. All these people look like clowns.

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This small town was designated as the smallest incorporated town in America in 1976. As of the 2000 census Lost Springs has a population of 1.

Have you ever noticed that the pizza truck: Pizza Planet from the movie “Toy Story” is present in every one of Pixar films. The Incredibles makes an exception though.

While some are easy to see, others are more difficult. Take a look.

Seeing these luxurious pictures, I can understand now why first class is the most expensive class of accommodation on an airplane. This part of the plane looks more like a hotel. It should be comfortable flying this way.

This is a new compilation of beautiful and impressive space photos taken by Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock and posted on his Twitter account. This time he shows us pictures from his space mission up to November 25, 2010, when his crew safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan, and many wonderful photographs of Earth taken from space.

Cats just love to sneak around, hiding wherever they can and just sit there thinking no one will notice them. I guess cats will be cats.

This is a somewhat humorous but very interesting cartoon about three rocks. It starts off rather silly but after a while it becomes very philosophical. It is amazing what you can learn from three rocks and how many applications can be derived from such a simple concept.

The CH-47 Chinook helicopter is made by Boeing and has a top speed of 196 mph which was the fastest than any other attack helicopters during the 1960’s. It is one of the few aircraft of that era that is still in production and front line service with over 1,179 built to date. Today it is powered by two 4,733hp Honeywell engines and has a top speed of 200 mph.

These photos were taken by photographer Frederic Delangle. They are of the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The project is named “No life Ahmedabad last night”, as at night the city is quiet and empty although during the daytime it’s crowded and noisy. It took the photographer between 5 and 10 minutes of exposure to get an image.

In the Tibetan Gaden Shartse Monastery that is located in India, four of the seven Tibetan Monks make traditional sand paintings at the Cozmic Cafe in Placerville that are known as a sand mandala. The Monks raise money to educate local about the Tibetan and Buddhist cultures and for their monastery. The sand paintings are very beautiful and look like they are very tedious to make.

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These are awesome photos taken at the right moment. In other words, all these pictures are perfectly timed, and this is what makes them special, unique and very impressive.

Previous posts:
Pictures taken at the right moment (40 pics)
Pictures taken at the right moment. Part 2 (52 pics)
Pictures Taken at the Right Moment. Part 3 (53 pics)
Stop the moment (28 pics)
One moment in life (49 pics)

All these celebrities changed their nose. You can compare their photos before and after they underwent rhinoplasty.

Blake Lively

Rooney Mara Covers 'W Magazine' February 2011

All these people seem to be so happy when smiling for their booking photograph. I wonder why.

One crazy story happened 4 days ago in frozen Russia.

The driver of this car was really lucky, the car or the other hand, not so much…

Everyone seems cold with all the snow falling, or wet with the floods, but one thing is consistent our daily update of fresh, hot pictures.

Into the Void

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When Darco Sangermano went out to celebrate New Year’s Eve he had no idea how good his luck would be.

This is a very creative and unique Valentine’s Day card. The girl who wrote the card has an absolutely beautiful way of telling her boyfriend that she loves him although they are far apart. Ain’t love grand?

One Chinese developer wanted to build a factory on the land occupied by one apartment building.

They could find a "peaceful arrangement” with all of the residents of the building except for one family who didn’t want to go. The developer tried everything to evict them but in vain. Then the cruel harsh measures were taken to make this family give up eventually…

You are not hallucinating. This river is truly of emerald green color. Learn more about it after the jump.

These are awesome, funny and some of the most unusual scarves that can keep your neck warm and cozy.

When designing a playground in the Ukrainian city of Khmelnitsky, the designers made really something unusual and unseen before, something that will make you say WTF?!