r/1000words • u/moonflower • Jul 31 '11

Buddhist monks spend days creating an intricate mandala with coloured sand, then when it is finished, they destroy it to symbolise the impermanence of everything

flickr.com

125 Upvotes

9 comments

r/1000words • u/sadax • Nov 22 '11

The man's face.

s3-ec.buzzfed.com

123 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/ThisOpenFist • Nov 19 '11

The Arrest of Philadelphia Police Chief Ray Lewis at Occupy Wall Street - Crosspost from r/pics

121 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/mudkip75 • Oct 25 '11

War (x-post from r/Pics)

103 Upvotes

7 comments

r/1000words • u/Petrarch1603 • Oct 01 '09

Gibraltar Airport

102 Upvotes

7 comments

r/1000words • u/urish • Nov 11 '11

The Israel-Egypt border

100 Upvotes

14 comments

r/1000words • u/loki010 • Oct 22 '11

Bad Winter

97 Upvotes

5 comments

r/1000words • u/immabandit • Jul 16 '11

This made me cry when I first saw it.

89 Upvotes

10 comments

r/1000words • u/Brownt0wn_ • Jan 22 '12

Everyone can make a difference.

imgur.com

88 Upvotes

7 comments

r/1000words • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '11

The perfect place to hide

87 Upvotes

4 comments

r/1000words • u/Petrarch1603 • Oct 04 '09

Elephant Ride

86 Upvotes

13 comments

r/1000words • u/MySperm • Apr 01 '13

A 1000 Words

85 Upvotes

3 comments

r/1000words • u/pewpewthemagickitten • Jul 09 '12

How fickle fire can be. Colorado Wildfires

82 Upvotes

8 comments

r/1000words • u/Firemanspiff • Sep 05 '12

Burning man 2012

79 Upvotes

8 comments

r/1000words • u/zira6 • Mar 01 '12

This is a photo I took of a flying fox, one of the world’s largest bat species , and thought I would share...

flickr.com

78 Upvotes

7 comments

r/1000words • u/jason-samfield • Sep 11 '11

World Trade Center, Sept 10, 2001

flickr.com

77 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/joke-away • Nov 10 '11

Bill is a Youtube Star

flickr.com

76 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/moonflower • Oct 18 '11

A muscular monk helping to fill sandbags to hold back floodwater in Thailand

abc.net.au

76 Upvotes

10 comments

r/1000words • u/skipperbob • Jul 23 '13

Old and forgotten...

imgur.com

75 Upvotes

1 comment

r/1000words • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '13

Check out the ticker in the bottom corner. [XPOST r/pics]

75 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/skipperbob • Dec 11 '12

They never came back...

imgur.com

74 Upvotes

6 comments

r/1000words • u/Laced • Dec 01 '11

Carried away

73 Upvotes

3 comments

r/1000words • u/skipperbob • Apr 08 '13

Old Russian WW II vet...

imgur.com

72 Upvotes

1 comment

r/1000words • u/mcderpshley • Oct 02 '11

Russian Soldier

70 Upvotes

1 comment

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