People in Kathmandu joke that the face mask has now become part of the national dress – an indispensable accessory in an effort to protect themselves from the dust. Nepal has the worst air quality in the world, according to the Environmental Performance Index. (Photo by Pete Pattisson/The Guardian)

A fireball erupts from a 16-inch gun on the battleship USS Wisconsin during a live fire exercise in the Persian Gulf, October 13, 1990. The ship is in the Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield. (Photo by John Gaps III/AP Photo)

A person shelters from the rain in a flooded underpass by Lawrence Hill Roundabout, Bristol on Monday, September 23, 2024. An amber weather warning for heavy rain has come into force in parts of England, with the Met Office warning that affected areas could experience more than a month's worth of rain falling on Monday. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)

Locals look on as high winds from Storm Bert cause waves to crash over the harbour arm in Folkestone, Britain, on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters)

Magdalena Vasquez, also known as “Bgirl Mags” (R) and Chris Cielo, also known as “Bboy Cielo” (L) perform during a media call for the Red Bull BC One breakdancing competition at the Brisbane Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia, 01 July 2025. The world's biggest one-on-one breakdancing competition, the Red Bull BC One have announced Brisbane as the host city for the 2025 Red Bull BC One Cypher Australia. (Photo by Darren England/EPA)

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen in the sky in Ivalo of Lapland, Finland on September 27, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Kuznetsov/Reuters)

A woman in a Cholita dress poses for photos, at the Uyuni Salt Flat in Bolivia on March 26, 2022. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)

Inês Carvalho (C), accompanied by her sister and cousin, is helped by her aunt to dress up at Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon on June 12, 2014. Carvalho, 18, is one of the revelers from the Alfama march and every Saint Anthony's day, Lisbon's protector, she parades with several other typical neighborhoods of the city. (Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP Photo)