A village from this popular block building game was created with the help of a 3D printer. Some people spend their time on all kinds of interesting things.
The African lake village of Ganvie is built on bamboo stilts above Lake Nokoue in the Republic of Benin. This watery wonder is the African 'Venice' with a population of 20,000.
Huaxi so-called New Village in the Sky is the richest Chinese village located in Jiangsu province, East China. There are 2,000 officially registered inhabitants, and each has his own house and at least $250,000 in the bank, and drives BMW or Mercedes.
Monsanto is a beautiful Portuguese village built on the side of a mountain. Local houses are squeezed between huge boulders and narrow streets are carved from the rock. This place is a living museum.
This wild leopard attacked an Indian village of Prakash Nagar. The animal hunted people and managed to maul six of them before it was tranquilized and moved back to the jungle.
All began with someone who decided to breed various seafood in the cages for personal use. Residents picked up the idea and the village on the water started to grow at unimaginable pace. The scale of this seafood breeding cages industry is clearly visible in the last 3 photos and it's now more like a metropolis, rather than a village. Interestingly enough, the people not only work there but also live in there to have their "pets" under supervision.
Consider yourself lucky if you or your children study in beautiful buildings, have nice textbooks, desks, computers and access to internet. In short, this is different from what these children have. Most of the children in Chinese villages have almost similar conditions. It’s horrible? Without a doubt.
Schools in China have a very hard and severe education. Just look what a teacher from one Chinese school saw when he entered a class room after a pause.
There is a remote village Kodinhi in India. It is known for having 250 pairs of twins. Only in 2008, 15 pairs of twins were born there. What do you think about it?
In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock. The age of some houses is more than 700 years. Very impressive.
This picture was taken in 1925 in one poor Soviet village. It shows people who are listening to the radio for the first time. Of course this picture didn’t pass unnoticed by some Photoshop experts and they “slightly” changed the photo.