Category: Face Of The Day

A Pakistani Muslim Sufi devotee smokes a cannabis cigarette in a Christian grave yard next to the Data Darbar the burial place of the Saint Syed Ali bin Osman Al-Hajvery shrine, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh, during the three-day annual ''Urs'' religious festival in Lahore on February 3, 2010.

Data Ganj Bakhsh was a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century. He was born in Ghazni, Afghanistan (990 AD) during the Ghaznavid Empire and settled and died in Lahore spreading Islam in South Asia. During the festival the shrine is lit up with candles and lights, donated dinner is prepared for the people and Sufies dance around and musicians play music for hours.

Moses, a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2010. The press conference was organized to announce the formation of 'The American Prayer Hour,' a multi-city event to 'affirm inclusive values and call on all nations, including Uganda, to decriminalize the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.' By Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.

From Cool Hunting:

Photographer Brandon Voges came up with a simple and surprisingly novel idea: photograph portraits of people hanging upside down by their ankles. Then invite your closest friends to do the same. The resulting eerie series "Upside Downey Face" is a collection of unsettling, strange images of people flipped the wrong way up.

Hindu devotees pray in front of Lord Muruga's chariot during the Thaipusam Hindu festival on January 29, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 600,000 people are expected to attend the festival which begins by followers shaving their heads before embarking on a pilgrimage of devotion. Pilgrims engage in acts of devotion along the way, with mortification of the flesh by piercing themselves with vel skewers. By Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images.

A displaced Afghan child from Helmand province covers herself during a brief snowfall on the outskirts of Kabul on January 28, 2010. London is hosting a critical day-long international conference today on the future of war ravaged Afghanistan. Among the proposals being discussed is a plan to bring moderate Taliban fighters into civilian life with offers of employment and education. By Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images.

Basir, eight years old, works separating plastic he has collected from the landfill after finishing school for the day on January 26, 2010. The Bantar Gebang landfill site is one of biggest dump sites in Jakarta, Indonesia. Children who live and work at the landfill are schooled by day before going to help their parents scavenge and sell their finds after classes are over. Around 6,000 metric tons of garbage are dumped daily at the landfill. By Ulet Ifansasti/Getty.

A photography project depicting the many servicemembers required to hide their faces for fear of being dismissed from their jobs simply for being gay. Volunteers requested.

A traditional Indian dancer from the state of Kerala poses during a press preview of tableaux participating in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 22, 2010. India celebrates its 61st Republic Day on January 26. By Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images.

An exhibition piece entitled 'Mask II' is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck's hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. By Raoul Wegat/Getty Images.

Neil Patrick Harris sits near Mickey Rourke at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards last night. Ricky Gervais's joke at Mel Gibson was the funniest jab of the evening.