In the spirit of Ben Smith's "11 BuzzFeed Lists That Explain the World" for the May/June 2013 issue of Foreign Policy, the FP staff decided to look at the world through BuzzFeed's eyes for a day. For more, check out 7 Things North Korea Is Really Good At, 9 Disturbingly Good Jihadi Raps, 36 Mustaches That Explain Why There's No Peace in the Middle East, and 1 Pentagon Weapons System That Was on Time and Under Budget.

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nocoatkitty.com/elf-cats; Time Cover: Platon

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VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images; AFP/AFP/Getty Images

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yamix/shutterstock; DMITRIY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Image

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thefeaturedcreature.com; TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/Getty Images

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DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images; Bodo Schackow-Pool/Getty Images

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VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images; EPA/DMITRY ASTAKHOV PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/ITAR-TASS POOL

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nocoatkitty.com/elf-cats; DAGMAR KIELHORN/AFP/GettyImages

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EPA/MICHAEL REICHEL; Junko Kimura/Getty Images

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Alex Rave/wikimedia; Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Ysbrand Cosijn/shutterstock; ALEKSEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images

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Tomi Tapio/flickr; VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images

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tumblr.com/tagged/sphynx; ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images

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Vadim Ghirda/AP; MIKHAIL METZEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Alexsey Druginyn/AFP/Getty Images

Bonus pic: Check out Putin's hairless twin when he's doing judo!