On the island of Hokkaido, the mouth of the Tokachi River freezes each winter, causing blocks of ice to form and wash up on the beach in the city of Toyokoro. This natural phenomenon, nicknamed ‘jewellery ice, is unique to Japan.

Football is the ballet of the masses.
- Dmitri Shostakovich
Dancers of the Bolshoi ballet backstage during a performance watching the Russian national team win a penalty shootout during the World Cup 2018.

Stone-hewn graves at Heysham, Lancashire. Believed to be 11th Century.
and yet. someone has left fresh flowers
[ID: A photograph of a slab of stone in the ground with coffin/grave shapes carved into them. They are partially filled with water and have flowers in them. They are photographed during the day. End ID.]