A series of photographs from Aokigahara, a Japanese forest where dozens of people commit suicide every year. Moss-covered trees of Aokigahara. Photo by Thomas Lazarus, National Geographic Since 1970, police and rescue workers from Yamanashi Prefecture have been combing the Aokigahara forest once a month in search of new corpses. Every year, from 50 to 100 bodies with signs of suicide are found in the forest.

In the new iPhone, Apple plans to abandon Lightning connectors in favor of USB Type-C, make the screen curved, like in Samsung flagships, and abandon the Home button. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing Chinese suppliers and internal company sources. Photo by Bloomberg According to the publication's interlocutors, Apple will release three smartphone models, one of which will have a curved OLED screen, similar to those used in Samsung flagships, such as the Galaxy S7 Edge.

I had to drive the animal away with an oar. American Janna Breslin posted a video of a raccoon trying to steal her bag of food and clothes. The video caught the attention of UPI. The incident occurred while Breslin was paddleboarding in Weeki Washi Spring Park (Florida). The raccoon carefully approached the girl and grabbed her things. Only with the help of an oar and physical strength was Breslin able to drive away the animal.

How to find a distance English teacher. The material was prepared with the support of the Preply tutor search platform. 70% of Russians do not speak any foreign languages, and the remaining 30% speak English to one degree or another: such results were shown by surveys conducted by the Romir research holding in 2015. Every fifth said that they could read and translate with a dictionary, 7% could speak and only 3% of respondents were fluent in the language.

The creators of the show “Evening Urgant” told what mistake the organizers of the 2017 Oscar ceremony “really” made. #According to their version, in fact, the best film of the year was named Fyodor Bondarchuk’s fantastic film “Attraction” about aliens in Chertanovo. After which this also turned out to be a mistake, and the award for “Best Film” went to the musician Timati. An error with the announcement of the best film became the basis for a flash mob online.

Later, programmers (no longer by accident) placed the same illustration in one of the academic dictionaries of the English language. For several days, the Google search engine returned as an illustration for the queries “Human” and “Homo sapiens” a photograph of Australian parliament member and head of the Human Rights Committee Tim Wilson, writes BuzzFeed.

Attempts by Nokia and BlackBerry to regain positions using older phones only slow down the development of technology. On February 27, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference dedicated to mobile technologies began in Barcelona. Many major brands prepared announcements of their new devices for the exhibition, but in the first days of MWC, one of the most discussed topics was the presentation of a modern version of the famous Nokia 3310 mobile phone.

An abandoned factory became a residential building with the flair of “romantic ruin.” Architect Ricardo Bofill found a dilapidated cement factory near Barcelona in 1973, and began his La fábrica project to transform an industrial area into living and working space. The plant operated during the First World War, after which the buildings were destroyed for a long time. Bofill and his team devoted several years to renovation work, which included partial deconstruction.

The Stavropol court did not give the veteran’s family’s house to the church, the litigation for which lasted more than 10 years. In Stavropol, the court rejected the claim of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which the local diocese demanded that the private house where a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and her family live be transferred to the church.

It showed two new xenomorphs and revealed plot details. Still from the second trailer for Alien: Covenant The video originally appeared in the fan community for the Aliens franchise under the title “Aliens | Aliens | Alien: Covenant | Alien 5", but quickly spread to other communities of similar themes. As fans of the saga explained in a conversation with TJ, the trailer was obtained from the official website of the film.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick forced the resignation of company vice president Amit Singhal after it emerged that he was accused of sexual harassment at his previous job at Google. Singhal did not inform his new employer about the scandal, which was the reason for his dismissal, reports . Recode Amit Singhal. Photo by Reuters Recode journalist Kara Swisher reported Singhal's past allegations to the head of Uber. Her statement was based on information from an anonymous source.

A masterpiece of pastry chefs from Hong Kong. Hong Kong store Pandora Cake has unveiled a truck-shaped cake that can be controlled using a remote control. The video caught the attention of Yahoo News. The edible truck makes realistic engine sounds, its front and rear lights are lit, its wheels are spinning, and the back is filled with cookies, crushed into crumbs and simulating sand. In another video, a Pandora Cake baker shows off two bags, one of which also happens to be a cake.

www.bbc.com French police sniper shoots two in error at Hollande speech - BBC News The two people are shot and injured during speech by President Francois Hollande. A French police sniper carelessly shot during a speech by French President Francois Hollande. As a result, he injured the waiter and another employee, but no one else was injured.

ria.ru The Supreme Court ordered Kurgan judges to reconsider the case of Evgenia Chudnovets RIA Novosti The Supreme Court of Russia ordered a review of the case of teacher Evgenia Chudnovets, who received a prison sentence for reposting a video on VKontakte about the corruption of a child in a children's camp. reported this RIA Novosti . by the RF Armed Forces The information was confirmed to Novaya Gazeta.

The Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Bandy Federation, at an extended meeting regarding the scandalous match between Arkhangelsk Vodnik and Irkutsk Baikal-Energia, decided to disqualify the coaches of both teams for 2.5 years. this . reports TASS The committee also fined both clubs that played in the match with 20 own goals 300 thousand rubles.