Children at play for International Day of Friendship Jul 30, 2018

Children at play for International Day of Friendship

Does this photo of kids at play in Kolkata, India, prompt memories of fun times you had as a child, when the world didn’t extend much further than you and your friends? If so, you’re in the right frame of mind to celebrate International Day of Friendship, or just Friendship Day. The idea began in a bid of crass commercialism: The holiday was invented and marketed by the founder of Hallmark Cards. But the public saw through that and it didn’t take. Decades later, a peace-promoting group called the World Friendship Crusade relaunched Friendship Day in Paraguay as a way to foster peace. It’s been gaining traction ever since.

© Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

palette

Today in History

Jul 30, 2019A long, erratic commute
Jul 30, 2020International Day of Friendship
Jul 30, 2021Working for that cliffside view
Jul 30, 2022Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
Jul 30, 2023Palouse farmland, Washington state
Jul 30, 2024San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
Jul 30, 2025International Day of Friendship

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 4, 2024Friendship Day
Jan 25, 2022Saint Dwynwen s Day
Mar 4, 2019The eloquence of elephants
Jun 20, 2019In celebration of America’s national bird
Dec 9, 2019Let s crack the code
Jun 3, 2025World Bicycle Day
Jun 25, 2023Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
May 21, 2025International Tea Day
Oct 15, 2024Great wildebeest migration at Mara River, Kenya
Jun 6, 2020The long and wiggling path
Jan 5, 2025National Bird Day
Aug 26, 2021What are these creatures?
Nov 6, 2019Saffron in bloom
Aug 7, 2019Nubble Island’s only industry
Aug 10, 2018Assembling the Smithsonian
Feb 8, 2022Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Jun 22, 2023World Rainforest Day
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
Aug 11, 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
Aug 11, 2020Sea fireflies at the seashore
Jun 28, 2024Pride 2024
Apr 8, 2023The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
Dec 10, 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Mar 7, 2020Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
Dec 16, 2025Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
Jun 17, 2018Papa was a flightless bird
Aug 1, 2019Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
Mar 19, 2019The smoke before the bonfire
Oct 31, 2022Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England