Revellers took to the bars and clubs of Birmingham, UK on Thursday night, April 6, 2023, knowing that they didn't have to go to work on Good Friday. (Photo by Roland Leon/News Group Newspapers Ltd)
Italian model Vittoria Ceretti presents a creation by designer Virginie Viard as part of her Spring/Summer 2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France ob October 3, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)
An owl peeps out from behind a rusty piece of farming equipment in Teddesley Park, Staffordshire, UK in the last decade of July 2025. (Photo by David Akers/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A Construction worker pinging the eye of a large woman Hanfu sculpture in front of the Hong Kong Skyline on September 28, 2025 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Vernon Yuen/Nexpher Images via ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)
A “creuseur”, or digger, a plastic lantern on his head, readies to enter a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo on June 8, 2016. Cobalt is used in the batteries for electric cars and mobile phones. Working conditions are dangerous, often with no safety equipment or structural support for the tunnels. The diggers say they are paid on average US$2-3/day. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
More than 6 billion people live in countries where serious levels of public sector corruption are fueling inequality and exploitation, according to Transparency International's 2015 index of perceived public sector corruption. The group's annual report measures perceptions of corruption due to the secrecy surrounding most corrupt dealings. Two thirds of the 168 countries assessed were identified as having a serious corruption problem. Somalia, which has been mired in conflict since civil war broke out in 1991, ranks bottom of the list. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)