This woman thought she was getting her picture taken. Turns out she was getting proposed to, and her picture was getting taken, creating the world's most adorable GIF.
Everything that happens on Earth is the work of God. Hurricanes? God. Earthquakes? God. Michele Bachmann not coming anywhere remotely close to winning the GOP nomination for president? God. Bachmann not paying her campaign staffers because they refuse to sign nondisclosure agreements? I hate it to say it, but that's God's will, y'all. Win some, lose some (to God).
National Geographic Digital Nomad Andrew Evans visited a remote Antarctic island populated by fur seals, and made a video of the absurdly cute baby seals he met there. Check out the baby seal trying to be fierce at 0:15. He thinks he's roaring with fury, but the sound he creates is akin to a toddler's naptime snore. [Cute Overload, Digital Nomad, @WheresAndrew]
Remember Beyonce? She is two weeks old and was born weighing only four ounces. This may make her the smallest puppy in the world, ABC News reports. She may also be the world's most hard-luck puppy:
We know. We know! Cutesy internet baby animal bullshit is just the worst. Worse even than email signatures with inspirational quotes! What are we, your aunt? And yet we are helpless in the face of this baby penguin being tickled. You watch it, and tell us that you wouldn't have posted it, too.
Looking to have a nice little cry? Not a sad one, but a sort of sweet, hopeful, lump-in-the-throat kind of deal? Meet nine-year-old Isaac Saldana, who, behind his mother's back, sold his toys to donate $2.85 to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
A Baltimore cop with the city's Marine Unit dove into freezing cold waters in order to save a drowning dog. Not just any cop, either—this one is a cat person.
Click to viewHundreds of kids in New York City think that Santa Claus lives on West 22nd Street. He does not (he lives in the North Pole, duh)—these two guys do. But after receiving 450 letters, they're helping out anyway.
A dog in Germany gave birth to 17 healthy puppies! They were bottle-fed because "their mother's nipples could have never coped with the demand," which is a set of words I never expected to read in an AP article.
[Why, yes, that is a once-abandoned three-month-old sea otter named Ollie curled up for a nap on her rescuer Caitlin Dixon's boots. And, yes, it is, actually, the cutest picture ever taken. Photo via AP. And yes, there's video.]
Two six-year-olds and a three-year-old were caught robbing a house in Covington, La. over the weekend, thankfully stopping the would-be thieves at the start of, presumably, the most adorable crime wave known to man. Here's their haul:
As a surprise to the bride, her friends and family spontaneously broke out into song at the reception. Even if you aren't a fan of musicals, you'll probably still go "awwwww-uh!" Watch the clip after the jump.
It's been a hard week, between the Koran-burning man, and the enormous explosion in California, and the accusations of war crimes. You deserve a massage and a cold drink. But more than that: You deserve a monkey riding a pig.
Oh my god! The Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn has two baby baboons, and they are so cute. They also don't have names, and the zoo is holding a contest to name them. Do you want to watch them play?
[This is a snow leopard cub at the Oklahoma City Zoo, investigating the photographer's camera. So cute! But yeah, it would actually eat you, for sure. Pic via AP.]
[This delightful furry fellow is a Horton Plains slender loris, a species thought to be extinct until it was photographed in Sri Lanka by the Zoological Society of London. Next time let's use red-eye reduction, okay guys? Pic via AP.]
This is Iker Casillas, the goalkeeper—and captain—for Spain's winning World Cup team. That's Sara Carbonero, his girlfriend, a reporter for Spanish network Telecinco. Think he can keep it professional in a post-victory interview?
Dancing babies, aren't they the greatest? This kid takes it to a new level, complete with table top groovy hip shaking and Elvis style finger pointing. All set to salsa music. Sweet dance moves? Check. Potty Training? Pending.
The very endearing results of a 2008 expedition to New Guinea's Foja Mountains have been released. The recently-discovered species include the smallest known wallaby and a frog with a nose. [Time; pic, from Foja in 2007, via AP]
For his new installation, Australian artist Bennett Miller has assembled a meeting of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in the Melbourne Museum plaza. The part that is "art" is that all of the delegates are dogs. All together: Awwwwww.
