Italy is the latest country to boast a sеx doll brothel amid predictions the market for robot romps is “going to explode” world-wide. “LumiDolls”, which operates robot knocking shops in Barcelona and in Moscow is now opening a bot bonking branch in the Italian city of Turin on September 3, 2018. (Photo by Giulio Lapone/IPA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A ballet dancer practices in the sunshine at the Southbank skatepark in London on Monday, September 17, 2018, as Storm Helene is due to bring unseasonably warm weather in London and the south east, as the low pressure draws up warm air from the south. Forecasters have downgraded warnings that Helene could pose a risk to life when it hits this week – but warned coastal communities to stay vigilant. (Photo by Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire)

An infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope which shows generations of stars is seen in this undated NASA handout image released February 14, 2013. In this wispy star-forming region, called W5, the oldest stars can be seen as blue dots in the centers of the two hollow cavities (other blue dots are background and foreground stars not associated with the region). Red shows heated dust that pervades the region's cavities, while green highlights dense clouds. (Photo by NASA/Reuters/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian/Handout)

(L-R) Ruby Zinner, 21, Caroline Reinstadler, 22, Marie Kallis, 22, and Julia Bogdanoff, 21, wearing graduation caps and gowns drink champagne while taking graduation photos in Washington Square Park amid the Coronavirus pandemic on May 09, 2021 in New York City. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic NYU's commencement ceremony will be held virtually on May 19th. Students from the 2021 will be invited back for an in person graduation when public health guidelines allow. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

American singer and songwriter Ava Max gestures as she arrives at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 27, 2021. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Festival goers attend the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)

«Female Boxers», 2024. Julia Fullerton-Batten is a fine art photographer renowned for her cinematic visual storytelling. Her large-scale projects are based around specific themes, each image embellishing her subject matter in a series of thought-provoking “stories” using staged tableaux and sophisticated lighting techniques. (Photo by Julia Fullerton-Batten)

“Twisted Metal” Season 2 stars Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz celebrate the new season at Top of the Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center in New York on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Rex Features/Shutterstock)