 
	
	Wildlife Wednesday: Bears
For this week, we’re highlighting the lives of bears through exceptional photography. From scenes in Finland to Japan to the U.S., this picture selection explores the nature of these playful and powerful mammals.
 
	
	For this week, we’re highlighting the lives of bears through exceptional photography. From scenes in Finland to Japan to the U.S., this picture selection explores the nature of these playful and powerful mammals.
 
	
	Katharina is a fine-art and portrait photographer from Hermeskeil, Germany, and one of our 20under20. Since February 2013, she converts her daydreams into images. After finishing her diploma as a media designer in June 2014 she will go to Bali and travel through New Zealand with her camera. Read on for our full interview.
 
	
	Indigenous groups around the world, many of whom are becoming less and less prominent by the day, are rich with culture and traditions. We’d like to share a small glimpse into some portraits of these often overlooked communities in North America and across the globe.
 
	
	 
	
	The weekend is beautiful, and if you’re not out and about, here are some amazing photos we discovered last week for you to enjoy.
 
	
	In this week’s throwback journey, let’s explore living in poverty, featuring scenes of shantytowns and more offered in the photographic archives from The Commons.
 
	
	For this week, we’d like to highlight all the excellent photos captured by the many birding photographers within our community. From soaring eagles to speedy hummingbirds, this selection freezes those fleeting moments of graceful flight.
 
	
	With a combination of gigantic red dunes, dead trees, and dried-up marshes, Sossusvlei’s landscapes are distinctly like no other. This African destination hosts curvaceous land shadows and striking terrain that begs to be photographed.
 
	
	In our Weekend Samplr series we present beautiful photos we found throughout the previous couple of days and deemed worth faving. Be inspired and enjoy the weekend!
 
	
	Our last Flickr Friday theme was #Bokeh! Click through and enjoy a selection of our favorite submissions.
 
	
	In this week’s throwback journey, let’s explore maritime life seen in the past, led by dazzling lights of an Australian cruiser in 1914 and more offered in the photographic archives from The Commons.
 
	
	At the end of June this year, 26 new inscriptions were added to the World Heritage Site List, UNESCO’s cultural collection of 1,007 properties. The Queen’s Stepwell (aka Rani-ki-Vav) at Patan, Gujarat, was one of them, stunning visitors with its astonishing structure of architectural and technological skill that India possessed over 800 years ago.