Today is supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Experts have discovered that the Monday of the last full week in January is the most horrible depressing of all of our 365 days:

It has been singled out by Dr Cliff Arnall, psychologist and former tutor at Cardiff University, who has used mathematical equations to reach his verdict.

He worked out that people are most likely to get the blues in the final full week of January because of the combination of bad weather, Christmas debts and broken New Year resolutions.

If indeed you are feeling especially down this Monday, maybe a few of these compelling stories will help get you through the rest of the day:

The Mexican Catholic church wants to destroy an ancient forest — one of northern Mexico City’s last green areas — to make way for a plaza to accommodate visiting worshippers of the Virgen de Guadalupe (Spanish)

Protest over a man painting with his penis on television during “children’s viewing hours” (NSFW – Spanish)

Paulina Rubio cancels her wedding because she owes hella skrills to the Mexican IRS (Spanish)

Mexicans think Regios are codos

Big Brother UK could be cancelled due to the racism scandal that has rocked Great Britain and soured UK-India relations

Need a pick-me-up? Try San Francisco’s own Meth Coffee (from the makers of “Cocaine” energy drink)

An iguana with priapism in Spain might lose his “limb” (Spanish)

Via / Belfast Telegraph