Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 620 miles (1,000 km) from the South American continent, these 19 islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique “living museum and showcase of evolution”. Photo: “Close-up. We had a juvenile Red-Footed Booby come visit us on the sun deck. I got some closeups with my ultrawide 11-16mm Tokina”. (Photo by Carl Fredrickson)

Fireworks explode over Elizabeth Tower housing the Big Ben clock in London. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)

People light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)

Shaun Gibson prepares some of the 5.5 tonnes of fireworks at Edinburgh Castle ahead of the city's Hogmanay celebration on December 29, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over 2,800 individual fireworks from six specialised firing panels will be launched during the display over Edinburgh Castle and gardens. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A participant with a demon mask brandishes a stick with fireworks among revellers during the traditional Correfoc (fire-run) festival in Palma de Mallorca on January 29, 2023. The Correfoc is a night of revelry in which participants dress up as demons and devils, and run through the streets scaring people with fire and fireworks. (Photo by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo)

Revelers celebrate during fireworks marking the start of the New Year on Copacabana beach on January 1, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

People with a South Korean flag waves as fireworks get off outside the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium on February 9, 2018. (Photo by Martin Bernetti/AFP Photo)

Fireworks light up the sky around the White House, Wednesday night, January 20, 2021, in Washington, as part of the festivities after President Joe Biden was inaugurated today. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)