The 'Sloth Lady' Of Suriname, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Feb 22, 2021 @11:17 AM
Every week, we curate the best new photography and photojournalism on the web, so you can spend your weekend kicking back and enjoying some beautiful pictures. Here are this week's picks:
CNN hero Monique Pool is always looking up, and not in a figuratively optimistic way — she literally is constantly looking upwards. Driving with her is a stressful ordeal as she alternates her gaze between the road in front of her and up into the trees looking for sloths.
She is [a] local celebrity in Suriname's capital city of Paramaribo and it's easy to spot [her] in her sloth decal decorated minivan that she uses for rescues. She is known as the "sloth lady" — not a flattering nickname, but she doesn't seem to mind it.