A pedestrian carries a shopping bag and looks at his phone while walking past a mural decorating a construction site in central Sydney on November 6, 2023. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)
A model presents a creation from designer Fahad Hussayn during a fashion show of Bridal Couture Week in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, December 15, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
Police officers try to stop medical students as they protest against Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis, outside the Health Ministry in Colombo on April 6, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
A resident walks on a flooded street after heavy rains in Shaoguan in China's southern Guangdong province on June 21, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)
A woman wearing a face mask and holding a parasol stands along a street in the central business district in Beijing, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
A boy shoots a World War II ages machine gun with blanks at a weapon exhibition during a military show in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 10, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
A water buffalo is pictured across from the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)