Workers secure the ropes of a giant inflatable in the shape of a cosmonaut installed ahead of Cosmonautics Day, which is widely celebrated in Russia on April 12 to mark the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first human space flight in 1961, in a square in the Black Sea port city of Yevpatoriya, Crimea, on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)
