A balloon takes part in the 45th International Hot Air Balloon Festival near Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloonist Max Duncomb performs final checks before taking part in the 45th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A balloon takes part in the 45th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





An aerial image shows hot air balloons, mostly made from recycled paper and tied with ropes, floating in the air during the annual hot air balloon festival, held since 1950 to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan, in Wonosobo, Central Java, on April 2, 2025. (Photo by Devi Rahman/AFP Photo)





Tourists are helped to get into the basket of a hot air balloon before flying above the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt's southern city of Luxor early on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)





Hot air balloons fly over the Lake Burley Griffin during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular in Canberra, Australia, March 23, 2025. (Photo by Xiao Chongming/Xinhua/Alamy Live News)





Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Participants prepare their hot-air balloon during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A participant prepares his hot air balloon during the international festival at Pokhara in Nepal on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hot air balloons rise in sky during the international festival at Pokhara in Nepal on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Participants prepare their hot air balloon during the international festival at Pokhara in Nepal on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A hot air balloon rises in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 27, 2024. With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country's first hot-air balloon festival. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A hot air balloon rises in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 27, 2024. With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country's first hot-air balloon festival. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Hot air balloons prepare to rise in the sky during the international hot-air balloon festival in Pokhara on January 1, 2025. With Nepal's snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country's first hot-air balloon festival. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)