There are certain things that define humanity. These picture give us a different window into the world. Pain, beauty, horror, love, friendship, life are all shown in these inspiring, powerful images of 2012. Let's not forget what's going on in the world around us!

In the clever portrait series “Couples,” two models are transformed into a series of very different couples through changes in their hair, clothes & make up. The series is by Madrid-based photographer Nacho Rojo. Pretty cool, check it out.

This beautiful pink bottlenose dolphin was spotted in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary in south-west Louisiana in 2009. You can't see them in this photo, but the dolphin has reddish eyes suggesting he/she is an albino.

A 24 year old Dianna Hanson from Seattle was mauled and killed by a 350-pound African lion named Cous Cous inside a cage at the 100 acre Northern California Cat Haven sanctuary located in San Franciso, where she has been interning since January in hopes of working with big cats. This lion was a favorite at the facility and never exhibited agression towards his handlers, he has even appeared at Ellen DeGeneres show as a cub. 14 people have been mauled by big cats in California between 1990 and 2011, and Dianna has unfortunately become the 2nd death. The facility is very professionally run, and the reasons for the attack are yet unknown.

This amazing photograph shows a diver in the gap between two tectonic plates. Scuba diver Alex Mustar dived 80 feet into the crevice between North America and Eurasia. The area is near Iceland and it's full of faults, volcanoes and hot springs caused by the plates gradually separating at a rate of about 1 inch a year.

A swarm of small bird sized locusts have swarmed Egypt, and are now taking over Israel. It's almost like a scene from the Biblical plagues of Exodus and is quite scarry. Tens of millions of these insects are heading to Israel and Jordan, according the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Since Beckham came out with his ultra sexy H&M undies ads, menswear underwear has been getting bolder and bolder in their advertising. 

What's your favorite hot manderwear ad?

The DoorBot from design laboratory Edison Junior is a doorbell that streams live video and audio from your front door to an app for iPhone, iPad, or Android. When combined with the Lockitron, users can even remotely lock and unlock their door through the DoorBot app. I want one!

When you have big puffy lips it's almost impossible not to look silly when you're upside down!

Check out there hilarious pups showing their chompers.

Google has offered a $20 million prize to the first private company to land a robot on the Moon. It must explore at least 500m from its landing spot, and it has to happen before 2015. The are runner up prizes and bonus prizes for travelinglonger distances, finding water or locating any traces of previous expeditions to the Moon. There are currently more than 25 private companies vying for the prize. Gotta love Google.

LEGO enthusiasts and builders Sean and Steph Mayo (aka “Siercon and Coral“) created a “creepy crawly” collection of insects out of LEGO.

Boy pushes girl off canyon edge into a 400-foot free fall pendulum swing, girl tells boy she's breaking up with him in midair.
Baird posted a picture on Instagram later in the day with this caption:
"For all y'all asking the same damn question: This picture was taken as soon as Jessica ascended back up to the top after the infamous push. She gave me a massive hug and thanked me for helping her jump. So the answer is no, there was no breaking up to be had that day :-)"

Dinotopia is an illustrated fantasy book series by artist James Gurney that imagines a world in which dinosaurs exist alongside humans. Gurney was inspired to create Dinotopia after working on a series of illustrations of ancient civilizations for National Geographic back in the 1980s. The Dinotopia series began with Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time in 1992. Gurney has since created three follow-up books. Gurney’s Dinotopia art is the subject of a solo exhibition at the New Hampshire Institute of Art through March 13, 2013.

Another project from The Romain Laurent, can't get enough of this guy. 'H2O' photo series are absolutely spectacular. Although water as a photo medium is not new, this is an exquisite and rather original take on the life-sustaining element.

Ears are one of the best parts about dogs. Those fuzzy, floppy things are awesome. What's your favorite part of your doggie?

Rumor has it that this guy makes $80K a year! Can you  imagine?

My question is why does anybody give him money when all he does is sit there and scare people half to death?!

French photographer Romain Laurent has just released a new set of photos called Something Real. It tells a story about an ordinary man walking the streets of New York with a large bubble around his head.

The whimsical portrait series “Tilt” depicts New Yorkers leaning at seemingly impossible angles (either that, or New York itself is tilted). Brooklyn-based photographer Romain Laurent created the series back in 2009. If you’re wondering how the photos were made: a photo assistant supported the leaning portrait subjects (the assistant was removed afterwards in Photoshop)

Thornton, Colorado-based artist and designer Heather Sitarzewski created a great series of custom bento boxes that depict pop culture characters from films, video games and television shows. You can view them all at herLunchboxAwesome blog. You can now enjoy your favorite characters and eat them too!