Videos that went viral this week

A pregnant woman's pole dance, a 'UFO' in Ireland and Leonardo's prank. The videos that netizens made popular through this week.

August 06, 2016 01:49 pm | Updated 01:49 pm IST

'Why are we white?'

When the world is tearing itself apart in name of colour, race, and religion, the next generation is the only hope. And it lies in the hands of parents to teach the kids to accept and respect each other's difference. The message was beautifully narrated in this video in the form of a dialogue between a young girl and her mother. Interestingly, the video was produced by a bunch of Indians.

Parenting in 120 seconds

Here is another video that will make the next generation pause and think. While the former won the hearts for good parenting, this one shows how parenting is a monotonous and thankless circle. The video, produced by popular website Buzzfeed, shows the various stages of parenting right from pregnancy to becoming grandparents in just two minutes.

The 'UFO' chase

When a police patrol saw a UFO-like vehicle on the streets of Ireland's County Wexford, they swiftly chased it only to realise it was not an alien who designed it but Ali Kemal Ali, a local artist for a thematic art show. Sorry cops, no medals for your daredevilry.

When DiCaprio turned paparazzo

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio spotted his The Wolf of Wall Street co-star Jonah Hill outside a restaurant in New York city. The Oscar-winning actor ran towards Hill pretending to be his fan and started taking photographs. It took time for a visibly shocked Hill to realise he was being pranked. While all this was happening a 'real paparazzo' shot the footage and posted it on Youtube.

Good Samaritan from Syria

A Dallas woman decides to sell her ring to feed her family. She approaches a store being taken care of by a Syrian man. He gives her the money she wanted but refuses to take the ring from her. He goes on to share his mobile number with her and promises her more help whenever needed. This may look like an isolated incident of a man helping a woman in distress but considering the rising xenophobia in the United States and a heated election campaign over 'outsiders spoiling the nation,' the Syrian has sent a loud message through his deed.

Dance in the times of labour

Meet Kat Bailey, the pole dancing mom who has sent a strong message to the to-be mothers. Bailey filmed herself performing the difficult Iron X move when she was undergoing labour contractions. Three days later, she posted photographs of her baby and wrote how she gave birth naturally even without having to take pain killers.

Baggage first, life can wait

Rehan Quereshi, a passenger in the ill-fated Emirates flight that crash landed in Dubai posted a video of how people ignored the cries of cabin crew and started looking out for their baggage before jumping out of the burning aircraft. Quereshi did show how in this material world people value their possessions more than other people's life, but he did earn the wrath of fellow Twitterati who questioned why he chose to record videos at the time of crisis.

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