Cover: Hula hoop dance

Our photographer, Thushara Fernando was at hand to click this photograph of children from the children's pre school, Angel Kids School in Panadura at their annual concert doing a hula hoop dance held at the Panadura Town Hall.

Back cover: Vibrant sea life

Through the darkness in the tunnels brightly lit, fish swim in the waters and you feel as if you are in a dreamy world in the sea. Various kinds of fish move around. This is Water World, an aquarium, in the banks of the Kelani river in close proximity to Kelaniya. The site is an interesting picnic spot among schoolchildren who come to visit this expanse of water.

Observer staffer Mahil Wijesinghe snapped this photograph of a boy attracting the attention of a fish.