An annual photo contest in Japan is apologizing and canceling this year’s event after selecting a photo of a man on a dead whale as the grand prize winner. That photo sparked an strong outcry from the public.
The contest, which is put on every year by the Okhotsk Sea Museum in Northern Hokkaido, received 118 entries in its latest contest. Of those, the judges determined that the best one was an image showing a man first pumping while standing on top of a... more