Parade participants during the traditional “Masopust Carnival” festival on February 13, 2018 in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic. Known as Masopust (literally, “giving up meat”), the festival was traditionally the last chance to eat and drink in excess before the austerity of Lent. (Photo by Margot Buff/RFE/RL)

A vendor sells chili peppers at his stall at a market in Bangkok, Thailand March 31, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)

On the morning of February 14, 2025, the arrival of spring was celebrated in a festive atmosphere under the Bakul tree at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Dressed in vibrant shades of yellow and orange, people welcomed the season with music, dance, and traditional attire, embracing the warmth and joy of new beginnings. (Photo by Rubel Karmaker/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)

A long-tailed monkey, wearing jeans and a doll's head perform on the streets of Boyolali, Central Java Indonesia. Primates are used by owners to beg at crossroads, the primate show can earn $ 5 per day. Begging using long-tailed monkeys is opposed by animal lovers community as it is considered to torture and degrade animal health. (Photo by Arief Setiadi/Pacific Press/Barcroft Images)

Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, cools down under a stream of water sprayed by an employee in an enclosure on a hot summer day, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on June 14, 2019. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

A member of the Cuban Red Cross takes a break after working in the rubble at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga in Old Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)

A white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) sits over a tree in a field in Lahore, Pakistan, 26 March 2021. The most familiar Kingfisher species can be observed perched on branches or walls while on the lookout for grubs, insects and even fish in streams or garden ponds. (Photo by Rahat Dar/EPA/EFE)

People swing dance while participating in the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, Brookly, New York City, U.S., June 22, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)