These were the pop stars of a century ago - Serge Lifar, Ukrainian-French ballett star with the famous 'Ballets Russes' (the most influential ballet company of the 20th century, from 1909-1929, Paris), Josephine Baker, American-French dancer, singer, actor, civil rights icon, Resistance fighter, and all around superstar of 1920s-1950s, and Felia Doubrovska, Russian and later American ballerina. When they travelled to the Côte d’Azur or Venice, they were often having fun dancing and showing off on the beach - these are not in any way photos of performances, but a group of friends, dancers, singers, artists, going to the beach and taking photos of each other...

Howling Wolf, c. 500–200 BCE. Southern Siberia. Wood with shell inlays; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1986.26

Probably made by one of the nomadic peoples of Western and Central Asia, perhaps the Scythians.

Thanks u/haberveriyo for the inspiration.

From the Smithsonian Channel, this short video shows Livestock Guardian Dogs protecting both goat herds and cheetah populations.

She was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals, though when she first competed, in the Winter Olympics 1948 in St. Moritz (at 15 years old), which she trained for in this photo, she placed eighth (in the Slalom); in the Winter Olympics in 1952 in Oslo, she was already captain of the U.S. women's team, at 19. She later became an environmental campaigner and has a mountain in Yosemite National Park named after her (by Obama, Gem Peak, now Mount Andrea Lawrence, her name after she married, became Andrea Mead-Lawrence).

Full context and sources in the comments

In front of the Eiffel Tower, 93 days before 2000 ('J-93 avant l'an 2000')...

Photo Dave Allocca

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/21/somerset-rewilding-holnicote-estate-wetlands-rivers-resilience

This is in the UK, where an unprecedented drought has turned the famous green English countryside into dried yellow - but here for example the National Trust’s Holnicote estate has rewilded and restored its wetlands and rivers, proving resilient against drought, wildfires and flooding.

How to spot fake rescue content

Remember "A.R.C" - Authenticity, Reality Check, Creation

Use the A.R.C indicators to identify the real from the fake... #SpotTheScam!

If you do find fake rescue content, do not engage with it but report it directly to the platforms.

1. AUTHENTICITY

Always check the source!

• No genuine animal organization associated
• Page has multiple fake rescue videos
• No follow-up on what happened to the animals
• Unprofessional rescue or veterinarian practices
• Human “rescuer” is always the same person

2. REALITY CHECK

What is really happening?

• Unlikely to be a random encounter caught on camera
• Odd combination of species (snake vs cat)
• The same animals appear in multiple videos

3. CREATION

How is the content created?

• Creator delays assisting the animal to film the situation
• Clear editing of videos
• Multiple camera angles indicating set up

I copied this from the most important organisation dealing with and ending animal cruelty on Social Media., the SMAC Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition.

More here, including images and videos of fake rescues and how to spot them (warning: These are distressing images!) : https://www.endcrueltyonline.com/fake-rescue

On Reddit, report it to the mods, and/or under violence/threatening violence.

Per Reddit sitewide rules, content depicting, encouraging, or celebrating the torture or abuse of animals is barred under safety guidelines, and graphic or shocking gore involving animals is subject to mandatory NSFW filters or outright removal, see for example here https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043513151-Violence

This was against Chris Evert-Lloyd, a 18 times Grand Slam winner, at the WTA Hilton Head Island 1986.

In 1988 she won World Athlete of the Year after completing her historic Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold in the same calendar year, which no athlete has ever been able to achieve since.*

* Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi (her husband) and Novak Djokovic have achieved a Golden Slam over the course of their careers, but not all in the same year.

Photo Ron Galella

Edit - sorry, on first post I chose the wrong resolution - Photo W. Rizzo