The Traditional Lantern Festival took place this Monday in China. This feast is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar, the last day of the lunisolar Chinese New Year celebration.
1. People performing the Dragon Dance in the shower of firework sparks in the park, Chongqing, China. (ZUMA24.com Chen Cheng)
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Luftwaffe raids on the cities of England in 1940 and 1941, known as "Blitz", brought death and destruction, but the Germans failed to achieve major goals: to demoralize the people of Great Britain and harm the war industry. London has suffered more than other cities, and over a million buildings were destroyed, killing 20,000 civilians (40,000 across England), but the spirit of the Britons was not broken. 
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I think there is no people in the world who had never been to a library. In this post we gathered for you world's top 15 most beautiful libraries in the world! We are not watching on the amount of books, we are paying attention to the design and architecture, basically what makes them unique. 
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Cities around the world are growing at a fast pace. According to predictions, in 2050 more than 70% of of the world's population will be city dwellers. Nowadays urban population is increasing by 5 millions per year.
Photographer Martin Roemers is recording street life in cities with a population of ten million or more. At first sight these are images that bear witness to their overwhelming, massive nature, as hives of activity in which the individual disappears. But anyone looking more closely – past the traffic whizzing by and the bombardment of impressions – can discover the human scale: the street merchant on the corner, a man watching, a bored child.
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Have you ever thought about creating a school, where children would want to go? Probably yes, so architects from Rosan Bosch company created thirty schools, which belong to free organization Vittra. There’s no walls, no classes, so children are divided into several programs such as «Show-off», «Cave», «Lab» and etc, which allows to have individual access for every child. 
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It's been about 30 years, since The Black Sea was fully covered with ice. In only 100m from the beach you can see icebergs.
Due to this conditions, untill February 15th, Ukrainian and some Romanian ports were closed. Ice thickness is about 40cm on the beach.
But locals and tourists are taking advantage of the situation, and building open rinks, sculpures and many more.
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In the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, in China, are found many huge quartz-sandstone pillars, which actually have inspired the creation of Avatar's Hallelujah Mountains. This place is truly magical, and worth the visit.
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Jasmine is adorable as well.
