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China: Blue Parrot Falls Asleep Hanging from Woman’s Earring

On October 14, 2025, in Mianyang, Sichuan, a blue parrot fell asleep hanging from a woman’s hoop earring, nearly pulling it down. Netizens called the clip both adorable and risky.

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In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition by Fanny Lechevalier opens in Kyiv

In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition by Fanny Lechevalier opens in Kyiv

A woman holding a smartphone and a glass takes a picture of the collage by French artist Fanny Lechevalier, which combines the photo of Olena Kurylo from Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region, who was wounded on the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Johannes Vermeers Girl with a Pearl Earring, during the opening of the In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition at the Museum of the History of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition by Fanny Lechevalier opens in Kyiv

In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition by Fanny Lechevalier opens in Kyiv

A woman takes a picture of the collage by French artist Fanny Lechevalier, which combines the photo of Olena Kurylo from Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region, who was wounded on the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Johannes Vermeers Girl with a Pearl Earring, during the opening of the In Memoriam. Reality Through Art exhibition at the Museum of the History of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Dick Schoof pose by the Girl with a Pearl Earring during a visit to the Mauritshuis on the second day of the state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Dick Schoof pose by the Girl with a Pearl Earring during a visit to the Mauritshuis on the second day of the state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Dick Schoof pose by the Girl with a Pearl Earring during a visit to the Mauritshuis on the second day of the state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Dick Schoof pose by the Girl with a Pearl Earring during a visit to the Mauritshuis on the second day of the state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

State Visit Of Portugal's President Day 2 - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Dick Schoof pose by the Girl with a Pearl Earring during a visit to the Mauritshuis on the second day of the state visit to the Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 24, 2024 - A gold earring is displayed at the Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition at the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 28, 2024 - Pieces of jewellery are part of more than 500 artefacts, known as the "Scythian gold" that Russia attempted to illegally appropriate but was returned to Ukraine after ten years of legal proceedings in the Netherlands, displayed at the Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition at the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 28, 2024 - Pieces of jewellery are part of more than 500 artefacts, known as the "Scythian gold" that Russia attempted to illegally appropriate but was returned to Ukraine after ten years of legal proceedings in the Netherlands, displayed at the Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition at the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 28, 2024 - Pieces of jewellery are part of more than 500 artefacts, known as the "Scythian gold" that Russia attempted to illegally appropriate but was returned to Ukraine after ten years of legal proceedings in the Netherlands, displayed at the Treasures of Crimea. Return exhibition at the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Midem Opening - Cannes

Midem Opening - Cannes

Yemi Alade lost one of her earring on stage and Stewart Copeland picks it up for her and makes a joke with it during the opening conference of the new edition of Midem, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes, France on January 24, 2024. The Midem (International Record and Music Publishing Market) is the world's largest gathering of companies working in the music sector. Photo by Cyril Chateau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Midem Opening - Cannes

Midem Opening - Cannes

Yemi Alade lost one of her earring on stage and Stewart Copeland picks it up for her and makes a joke with it during the opening conference of the new edition of Midem, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in Cannes, France on January 24, 2024. The Midem (International Record and Music Publishing Market) is the world's largest gathering of companies working in the music sector. Photo by Cyril Chateau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amsterdam museum hosts Vermeer exhibition

Amsterdam museum hosts Vermeer exhibition

Johannes Vermeer's famous work "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is exhibited at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on March 13, 2023, as the national museum of the Netherlands holds the largest show ever featuring the Dutch artist.

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THE NETHERLANDS-AMSTERDAM-VERMEER-EXHIBITION

THE NETHERLANDS-AMSTERDAM-VERMEER-EXHIBITION

(230207) -- AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view the artwork Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer during a press preview of an exhibition at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Feb. 7, 2023. With loans from all over the world, the exhibition is expected to be the largest Vermeer exhibition ever and is scheduled to open to the public from Feb. 10 to June 4. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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Mauritshuis to reopen on June 27 in The Hague

Mauritshuis to reopen on June 27 in The Hague

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Emilie Gordenker, director of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Netherlands, poses with "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer on June 20, 2014, as the renovated museum is shown to the media ahead of its reopening on June 27. The museum closed for renovation and expansion two years ago.

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Goods unearthed from tumulus on display in Nara

Goods unearthed from tumulus on display in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - A male member of staff (R) shows a replica of a gold earring with a long chain, one of the articles found in the Niizawa Senzuka tumulus group, comprising about 600 burial mounds concerned with the Silk Road route, in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 2, 2014. Some of the articles are on display at the Kashihara City Museum of History at a two-month exhibition under way from July 5.

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Exhibit on 'right to read'

Exhibit on 'right to read'

TOKYO, Japan - An exhibited art book shows the embossed picture, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer, to enable visually impaired people to trace with their fingers so they can visualize what it looks like, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center in Tokyo's Taito Ward on April 23, 2014.

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Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs

Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the earring replicas of ''Little Boy'' (R) and ''Fat Man (L),'' the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, being sold as souvenirs at the U.S. National Atomic Museum. A Japanese antinuclear group accused the state-run museum Aug. 4 of insulting A-bomb victims for selling such goods.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-2022 WORLD CUP-ROUND OF 16-BRA VS KOR

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-2022 WORLD CUP-ROUND OF 16-BRA VS KOR

(221205) -- DOHA, Dec. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man wears a earring in the shape of the FIFA World Cup Trophy before the Round of 16 match between Brazil and South Korea at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Ras Abu Aboud (974) Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

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Dutch museum hosts exhibition "Manhattan Masters"

STORY: Dutch museum hosts exhibition "Manhattan Masters" DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: "Manhattan Masters," an exhibition featuring the artworks by Dutch masters is being held at the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague, the Netherlands. On display are 10 paintings by Dutch masters loaned by The Frick Collection, an art museum in New York, for the exhibition held to mark the 200th anniversary of the Mauritshuis. Among the collection of artworks is a self-portrait by Dutch master Rembrandt in 1658. The Mauritshuis itself is home to hundreds of works from the 17th century, including the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from The Hague, the Netherlands. (XHTV)

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RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS

(220604) -- VLADIVOSTOK, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A craftswoman uses her plant-dyed headscarf to imitate the famous painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" on a street in Vladivostok, Russia, June 4, 2022. In order to protect and develop traditional Russian handicrafts, the city government of Vladivostok provides a free place for craftsmen to display and sell their homemade handicrafts in the city center. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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Jasmine Tookes

Jasmine Tookes

Model Jasmine Tookes arrives at the Baby2Baby 10-Year Gala 2021 held at the Pacific Design Center on November 13, 2021 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto) (Credit:Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross wearing an outfit by Gucci arrives at the 10th Annual LACMA Art + Film Gala 2021 held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto) (Credit:Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Yukata Style

Japanese Yukata Style

New style of Japanese summer traditional costume "Yukata" NONOKO. Yukata can be said to be a summer tradition in Japan. In recent years, not only traditional ones, but also various types such as Geisha style, Gothic Lolita style, and for gals / gal men have become popular. Many people enjoy yukata with arranging hairstyles and accessories. August 7, 2015, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Yukata Style

Japanese Yukata Style

New style of Japanese summer traditional costume "Yukata" Akane. Yukata can be said to be a summer tradition in Japan. In recent years, not only traditional ones, but also various types such as Geisha style, Gothic Lolita style, and for gals / gal men have become popular. Many people enjoy yukata with arranging hairstyles and accessories. August 29, 2015,Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Yukata Style

Japanese Yukata Style

New style of Japanese summer traditional costume "Yukata" Akane. Yukata can be said to be a summer tradition in Japan. In recent years, not only traditional ones, but also various types such as Geisha style, Gothic Lolita style, and for gals / gal men have become popular. Many people enjoy yukata with arranging hairstyles and accessories. August 29, 2015,Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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National Football Team Training - Portugal

National Football Team Training - Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo with earring during a Portugal national football team training session for the preparation of Euro 2020 on May 27, 2021 in Oeiras, Portugal. Photo by Gerardo Santos/Global Imagens/Atlantico Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Scene from Tokyo Olympics

Scene from Tokyo Olympics

A weightlifting referee wearing a barbell-shaped earring is pictured at Tokyo International Forum during the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, 2021.

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Certified Copy (2010)

Certified Copy (2010)

Juliette Binoche Film: Certified Copy; Copie Conforme (Copie conforme) Fr/Irn/It/Bel 2010, Director: Abbas Kiarostami 18 May 2010 Date: 18 May 2010

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My Name Is Khan (2010)

My Name Is Khan (2010)

Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol Characters: Rizvan Khan, Mandira Khan Film: My Name Is Khan (2010) Director: Karan Johar 11 February 2010 Date: 11 February 2010

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The Queen (2006)

The Queen (2006)

Helen Mirren Characters: The Queen (Queen Elizabeth II) Film: The Queen (UK/USA/FR/IT 2006) Director: Stephen Frears 02 September 2006 Date: 02 September 2006

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Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003)

Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003)

Bryan Cranston Characters: Woodrow Snider Film: Thanksgiving Family Reunion; National Lampoon'S Thanksgiving Reunion (USA/CAN 2003) Director: Neal Israel 23 November 2003 Date: 23 November 2003

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Swordfish (2001)

Swordfish (2001)

Hugh Jackman Characters: Stanley Jobson Film: Swordfish (USA 2001) Director: Dominic Sena 04 June 2001 Date: 04 June 2001

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Saving Grace (2000)

Saving Grace (2000)

Valerie Edmond & Craig Ferguson Characters: Nicky & Matthew Stewart Film: Saving Grace (UK 2000) Director: Nigel Cole 24 January 2000 Date: 24 January 2000

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Ash Wednesday (1973)

Ash Wednesday (1973)

Elizabeth Taylor Characters: Barbara Sawyer Film: Ash Wednesday (USA 1973) Director: Larry Peerce 01 November 1973 Date: 01 November 1973

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Breakfast At Tiffany's - film (1961)

Breakfast At Tiffany's - film (1961)

Audrey Hepburn Film: Breakfast At Tiffany'S (USA 1961) Director: Blake Edwards 05 October 1961 Date: 05-Oct-61

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Breakfast At Tiffany's - film (1961)

Breakfast At Tiffany's - film (1961)

Audrey Hepburn Characters: Holly Golightly Film: Breakfast At Tiffany'S (USA 1961) Director: Blake Edwards 05 October 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Directed by: Blake Edwards Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney Date: 05-Oct-61

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Blind Date film (1959)

Blind Date film (1959)

Micheline Presle Characters: Jacqueline Cousteau Film: Blind Date (1959) Director: Joseph Lossy 01 August 1959 Date: 01-Aug-59

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Latin Lovers film (1953)

Latin Lovers film (1953)

Ricardo Montalban & Lana Turner Characters: Roberto Santos, Nora Taylor Film: Latin Lovers (1953) Director: Mervyn Leroy 12 August 1953 Serenade in Rio (Latin Lovers, USA 1953, Regie: Mervyn LeRoy) Ricardo Montalban, Lana Turner / Liebespaar, elegant, Ohrringe, nah, 1950er Jahre, Publicity-Foto Date: 12-Aug-53

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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING SCARLETT JOHANSSON Date: 2003

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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING SCARLETT JOHANSSON Date: 2003

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THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING POSTER FROM THE RONALD GRANT ARCHIVE THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Date: 2003

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Goods unearthed from tumulus on display in Nara

Goods unearthed from tumulus on display in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - A male member of staff (R) shows a replica of a gold earring with a long chain, one of the articles found in the Niizawa Senzuka tumulus group, comprising about 600 burial mounds concerned with the Silk Road route, in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 2, 2014. Some of the articles are on display at the Kashihara City Museum of History at a two-month exhibition under way from July 5. (Kyodo)

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headset, iPod, Apple, MP3, young woman, girl, sunglasses, ear, earring

headset, iPod, Apple, MP3, young woman, girl, sunglasses, ear, earring

A young woman with iPod's headset. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny, Martin Sterba)

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Olympic scenes: Brazilian sprinter with Olympic logo earring

Olympic scenes: Brazilian sprinter with Olympic logo earring

A Brazilian sprinter wearing an Olympic logo-shaped earring smiles after getting through the women's 100-meter preliminary-round heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs

Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the earring replicas of ''Little Boy'' (R) and ''Fat Man (L),'' the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, being sold as souvenirs at the U.S. National Atomic Museum. A Japanese antinuclear group accused the state-run museum Aug. 4 of insulting A-bomb victims for selling such goods.

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