Conference Centre

Urinals, with some blocked off to maintain social distancing, on the M20 motorway in Maidstone, Kent, England. Photo: John Sibley/Reuters.

Meeting Without Knowing It

A public toilet in a residential area for migrant workers in 史各庄村 (Shǐgèzhuāng Village), 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: Reuters.

Marriage Advice

Speaking at the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Ghana’s Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, warned single Ghanaian women not to marry men who have no toilet facilities in their homes because, as she said, “sanitation gives all of us dignity”.

Public toilet designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas (OMA) & photographer Erwin Olaf, at Reitemakersrijge canal in Groningen, Netherlands. Photo: Gerardus/Wikimedia Commons.

Law & Order

Facial recognition software installed in 北京 (Běijīng) convenience to crack down on people taking large amounts of toilet paper. [Read more].

• Benjamin Haas, Wiping out crime: face-scanners placed in public toilet to tackle loo roll theft, The Guardian, March 20, 2017

Those in need of paper must stand in front of a high-definition camera for three seconds. Photo: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

Arcovazzia’s heritage

舒勇 (Shū Yǒng)’s waterfall of recycled toilets, permanently on exhibition at 石湾公 (Shíwān Park) in 佛山 (Fóshān), 广东省 (Guǎngdōng province), China, are a mixture of unwanted factory seconds and ones donated by foreigners and locals. Photo: Asia Strange News.

Arcovazzia Falls

A waterfall built out of 10,000 recycled toilets, covering a wall 100 meters long and almost 5 meters high, which was mounted by artist 舒勇 (Shū Yǒng) and his team during the Pottery and Porcelain Festival at 石湾公 (Shíwān Park) in 佛山 (Fóshān), 广东省 (Guǎngdōng province), China. Photo: Asia Strange News.

A Story Told In Twilight

• Solemn opening ceremony of first public toilet in Azerbaijan takes place under national anthem, armenpress.am, May 4, 2016

Photo courtesy of armenpress.am

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Cosplay actors pose for photos in a glass public toilet to mark World Toilet Day in 长沙 (Chángshā), 湖南省 (Húnán province), China on November 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

Representative democracy

Aerodynamic levitation

The toilet of the future? This was built for the Russian Mir space station. Practical, but slightly unsettling. Photo: Science Photo Library.

The Pit Stop of Doom

A public toilet in Diepsloot, South Africa. Photo: Jennifer van den Bussche.

An urgent appeal! The Referee accidentally dropped his own iPhone down the toilet!

Community toilets in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, typically consist of a hole in the floor.

Winterreise

A toilet by the wall barrier near the Rafah crossing point into Egypt from Gaza. Photo: David Levene for The Guardian.

Winter is coming (but he forgot his wallet)

A cashier awaits clients as she sells tickets to a public toilet in central Kiev, Ukraine. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters.

Metamorphosis

Arcovazzi is saying to everyone he is a Marvel kinda superhero who has all the sorts of superpowers! According to him, when the night falls, monster rise (but perhaps the same could be said for the day, too), and he transforms himself into “Mr. Muscle”. Well, if bathroom drain is clogged, you know what you have to do: just call the toll-free telephone number; he will be happy to fix a date!

The Metamorphosis: Arcovazzi Day ’n’ Night

Stairway to Heaven

An abandoned toilet on the banks of the Mekong river in Laos. The degradation of the water, vital as an economic lifeline for 60 million people, is a great concern for the six Asian nations it flows through. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA.

Network of suppliers

A poster illustrates the business venture between UMAWA and its customers in a pit-latrine-emptying venture in Kigamboni district, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: WaterAid/Christina Chacha.

They Can’t Wait!

A huge inflatable toilet was installed outside United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, United States, to mark World Toilet Day 2014. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.

En busca del paraíso

Mexico City’s lavatories may not cope with its creaking sewage system, but what they lack in efficiency they make up for in creative design. “Incredible improvisation... Unlike most European and U.S. cities, Mexico has no rules to dictate public sanitation design”, says Kurt Hollander, who must also be credited for the above picture.

The Golden Ratio

王雷 (Wáng Léi), Knitting Toilet Paper, 2010
Photo courtesy of 中央美术学院 (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)