Members of the cast of Beowulf by Proper Job Theatre pose in costume ahead of their Viking procession through the streets of Kirklees, West Yorkshire in the first decade of November 2023, as part of Kirklees Year of Music 2023. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times)

A woman holds her cat in front of a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

Sunrise at Rockford Common in the New Forest, UK where the heather is in bloom on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Steve Hogan/Picture Exclusive)

Play-fighting cheetah siblings at the Zimanga game reserve in South Africa in the second decade of November 2024 were spotted by Gavin Bickerton-Jones, an amateur photographer, who said: “It is a bit scary at first being so close, but also a privilege for them to let you share their space”. (Photo by Gavin Bickerton-Jones/Solent News)

Mane flowing, a young competitor clears a jump at the hobby horse racing, eventing and dressage event at Parklands Equestrian Centre near Sheffield, UK on December 30, 2024. (Photo by James Glossop/Times Media Ltd)

Actors perform during the ice sculptures festival “Ice Moscow” in Moscow, Russia, 06 January 2025. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)

Afghan balloon vendors walk with their bicycles to look for customers, near a market in Kabul on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)

Viking re-enactors from the Gullinkambi group pose for pictures as part of the Jorvik Viking Festival on February 21, 2025. 100s of Viking re-enactors will march through the streets of York tomorrow. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times & Sunday Times)