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Feel Good Friday: 20 Fun Photos to Jump-Start Your Weekend

TGIF! From pillow fights and elephant showers to Batkid throwing the opening pitch and a 110-year-old man kissing his wife, we're sure these photos will be a fun start to your weekend.

Batkid throws the opening pitch for the San Francisco Giants Thai elephant sprays water at tourists to celebrate Songkran festival Former Masters champion Gary Player of South Africa reacts after a putt on the ninth hole during the Par 3 Contest at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Supporters of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate for the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chant slogans as they leave a rally in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi April 3, 2014. India, the world's largest democracy, will hold its general election in nine stages staggered between April 7 and May 12. Hector Gaitan, 110, kisses his wife Nora Campo inside his home, at an abandoned station of the Nicaraguan Railway Company, the country's defunct railway, located on the outskirts of Managua April 8, 2014. Gaitan celebrated his 110th birthday just five days before. Holidaymakers enjoy viewing cherry blossoms People fight with pillows at the University's Square on World Pillow Fight Day 2014 in Bucharest on April 5, 2014. Spain Holi Festival A Chinese dragon dancer does a handstand as he and other performers take a break while shooting a film in the Sanlitun area on April 3, 2014 in Beijing. The popular traditional dance is often performed during the annual Spring Festival at Chinese New Year. The Connecticut Huskies celebrate after defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 in the NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the AT&T Stadium on April 7, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. A Parkour team practices in Al-Waha April 4, 2014, near the Al-Sodania area that has been bombed in the last war in Gaza. Washington's Famed Cherry Blossoms Mark Advent Of Spring Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, talks to school children holding Chinese and Israeli national flags during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 8, 2014. TOPSHOTS-NZEALAND-BRITAIN-AUSTRALIA-ROYALS Women play on a swing during a swing festival in Huayin GERMANY-ANIMALS-POLAR BEAR BNY Mellon Oxford v Cambridge University Boat Race 2014 Finn, son of Scott Stallings of the U.S., plays during the Par 3 Contest prior the start of the 78th Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2014 in Augusta, Georgia. From right, The new mayor of Paris, socialist Anne Hidalgo, wearing her tricolour mayoral sash, and former mayor, socialist Bertrand Delanoe, blow a kiss to each other as Delanoe leaves the Paris city hall during the inaugural session of the newly elected council on April 5, 2014. A wax statue of former North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il, is set up at the International Friendship Exhibition, a museum complex near Mount Myohyang, north of Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on April 9 2014.

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