Judges watch athletes during the women's individual compact NH 5km competition at the Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, Saturday, December 16, 2023. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)
“I’d come to the Altai Mountains on an Adventure Sherpas tour. Our group of 12 was made up mostly of Minnesotans who’d left warm weather and falling leaves for frosty Mongolia. We’d come to sleep in cozy ger tents, the traditional yurt abode of the Mongolian steppe; sip mare’s milk tea; climb mountain glaciers; ride horses to an ancient battle site, and attend the annual Eagle Hunting Festival in Ölgiy...”. – Kathryn Kysar via The Star Tribune. Here: hunter Berek and his eagle outside his home. (Photo by Brad Ruoho/The Star Tribune)
Egrets stand on a field as an Egyptian farmer plants rice seedling in Egypt's fertile Delta in Tanta, Algharbeya governorate, 100 km from Cairo, Egypt, 22 June 2022. Egyptian Government reduced the planting of some crops that need a massive amount of irrigation water, while the government said it will reduce the rice agriculture area in Egypt, amid fear the Renaissance Dam project in Ethiopia could affect the amount of River Nile water reaching Egypt. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)
A police officer sings as a hearse drives along a street as part of a campaign sponsored by the Colombian police and a funerary home to raise awareness during the new coronavirus pandemic in Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia, on April 1, 2020. More than 20,000 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Latin America and the Caribbean by Wednesday, according to an AFP tally using information provided by national health authorities and the World Health Organization. (Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP Photo)
Klara Bleyer of Team Germany competes in the Artistic Swimming Women's Solo Technical Preliminaries on day one of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A on July 14, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)
Boca Juniors' Paraguayan defender Bruno Valdez (bottom) and Nacional's forward Bruno Damiani fight for the ball during the Copa Libertadores round of 16 second leg football match between Argentina's Boca Juniors and Uruguay's Nacional, at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP Photo)
(L-R) Chris Diamantopoulos, AnnaLynne McCord, Matt Jones and Jane Seymour visit the Build Series at Build Studio on January 23, 2018 in New York City, United States. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)