For my first 'photo-op' (since the replacement of my old computer), I had chosen a very appropriate picture (for "Throwback Thursday") I'd taken in midtown Manhattan on June 23, 2017 (during my recent return to New York - to attend a family wedding on Long Island; see my multi-chaptered journal "Return to New York")...

During my visit to New York City, I came across a number of youngsters in Times Square, giving a martial arts demonstration (including karate and tae kwon do). Nearby that venue was a tent that had international representatives who came all that way to promote the 2018 Winter Games - to be held in PyeongChang, Gangwon, South Korea in March 2018.

Among said representatives were its anthropomorphic mascots: a black Asian bear named Bandabi (the mascot of the Winter Paralympics), and a white tiger named Soohorang (the mascot of the Winter Olympics). This photo-op is of the latter character in 'fursuit' form.

You can currently see CGI shorts of the two Winter Games mascots on YouTube. In the United States, you can watch comprehensive coverage of the Winter Olympics on various NBC/Universal channels (including NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, NBCSN, and USA Network).

Soohorang (C) International Olympic Committee

FOOTNOTE: It should be noted that Soohorang wasn't the first tiger to be a mascot at any Olympic Games. Most of you over 35 years of age might remember Hodori, the tiger mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.