Large trumpet vines spread across electrical lines next to a highway in Kinston, N.C., on June 23, 2014. (Photo by Janet S. Carter/Kinston Free Press via AP Photo)
Model Juliana Paesthe (C) of Viradouro samba school participates in the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, February 15, 2015. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
First graders attend a festive ceremony to mark the start of another school year in Slaviansk, September 1, 2014. September 1 marks the start of a new academic year for students in Ukraine. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
Tattoos are commonly used among criminals to show gang membership and record the wearer's personal history—such as his or her skills, specialties, accomplishments and convictions. They are also used as a means of personal expression. Certain designs have developed recognized coded meanings. The code systems can be quite complex and because of the nature of what they encode, the tattoo designs are not widely recognized.
A grey-bellied Night Monkey (Aotus Lemurinus) plays with a teddy bear at the veterinary clinic of the Cali Zoo in Cali, Colombia on January 27, 2020. They monkey is being raised by personnel of the Cali Zoo after a worker found it near the complex. Apparently it fall from a tree with his father who had health problems. (Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP Photo)
American actress and model Zión Moreno attends the Monse fashion show during September 2022 New York Fashion Week at Battery Bosque on September 08, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Russian model and television personality Irina Shayk teases her appearance in the Savage X Fenty show in the first decade of November 2022. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)
American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businesswoman Heather Renée Sweet, known professionally as Dita Von Teese looking stunning while advertising new items from her own underwear range in the last decade of January 2023. (Photo by TNI Press Ltd)