In this file photo taken on Monday, March 8, 1993, an old communist with a saucepan on her head strikes it with a spoon while shouting out anti-Yeltsin slogans under the former Soviet flag during a pro-communist women's protest march called “empty pots” in downtown Moscow. When Alexander Zemlianichenko started working as an AP photographer in Moscow, the Soviet Union was nearing its demise. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian contortionist displays the most flexible talents in her new 2017 annual calendar. The “world’s bendiest woman”, commonly known as Zlata, can be seen moulding her body into abnormal shapes wearing 12 different coloured lycra outfits. Using just a small white box as her background, the 32-year-old former gymnast makes use of her available space – stretching her legs in every corner and above her own head. In past times, Zlata has managed to squeeze herself into a 50cm square box and in 2011 she set the Guinness World Record for the most beer bottles opened in one minute using only her feet. The 5ft 8inch model discovered her bendy talents at the age of four and trained as a contortionist at a circus school when she was just six. Putting her rare condition to good use, German-based Zlata has successfully produced her “Excellence in Square” 2017 calendar. (Photo by NikitZo/Barcroft Images)





A worshipper arrives at the Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Serrekunda ahead of Sunday service on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP Photo)





A bodybuilder poses infront of the camera and shows his muscles, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 29, 2016. (Photo by Mushfiqul Alam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





An Indian paramilitary soldier falls down as he tries to kick back an exploded tear gas shell thrown back at them by Kashmiri Muslim protesters at the end of a day long curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on August 8, 2016. Kashmir has been under a security lockdown and curfew since the killing of a popular rebel commander on July 8 sparked some of the largest protests against Indian rule in recent years. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Supporters of president-elect Adama Barrow celebrate Barrow's election victory in Banjul, Gambia, December 2, 2016. (Photo by Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters)





Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump poses for a photo after an interview with Reuters in his office in Trump Tower, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)





Women who fled fighting in South Sudan carry water in plastic container on arrival at Bidi Bidi refugee’s resettlement camp near the border with South Sudan, in Yumbe district, northern Uganda December 7, 2016. (Photo by James Akena/Reuters)





A migrant holds a container of water wrapped with a wet sack as he sits at the back of a truck at a local immigration transit centre in the desert town of Agadez, Niger May 25, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





An employees holds a box shaped like a tarbush (fez) on her head that contains dates for special gifts during the month of Ramadan at a Ghraoui chocolate shop in Damascus August 23, 2010. (Photo by Khaled Al Hariri/Reuters)





In this Tuesday, March 8, 2011 file photo, Planned Parenthood supporter Peg Paulson of Carmel, Ind., left, and opponent Heather Pruett of Indianapolis argue during a rally at the Indiana Statehouse on the South Lawn in Indianapolis in response to an Indiana House bill which would end funding to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates in 2012 – creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. Planned Parenthood says the cutoff, primarily affecting grants for breast exams, results from Komen bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. Komen says the key reason is that Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress – a probe launched by a conservative Republican who was urged to act by anti-abortion groups. (Photo by Alan Petersime/AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star)





In this November 29, 2016 photo, Insha Mushtaq Malik poses for a portrait inside her home in Sedow, south Kashmir. Insha said she was standing by the window of her village home watching protesters and troops skirmish when more than a 100 pellets hit her face, “Everything looks dark and black”. Five months after she lost her eyes. Malik is still learning how to deal with her loss, both emotionally and practically. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





A tribeswoman holds a gun and a baby, taken in South Omo, Ethiopia, undated. As the newest smartphones and technology are released in our fast-paced society, there are civilizations deep in Africa untouched by outside influences. Approximately 24 indigenous tribes live in South Omo, Ethiopia, whom still retain their cultural traditions and attire. However as more Western tourists begin to visit the land lost in time, the modern world is consequently being introduced into the tribe's culture. (Photo by Neil Thomas/Barcroft Images)





US president Barack Obama prepping with his national security staff before a teleconference with European leaders on February 23, 2016. Chief White House photographer Pete Souza has published, for the eighth and last time, his annual year in photographs on December 30, 2016. All images were taken either by Souza or a White House photographer and each includes a quote that provides a backstory. (Photo by Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)





A Romanian military medical student applies lipstick before taking part in Romania's National Day parade in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, December 1, 2016. Military planes and helicopters flew over the Romanian capital Thursday as thousands turned out to celebrate the national day, marking the date when the country reunified with Transylvania in 1918. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





In this file photo taken on Saturday May 1, 1993, an elderly communist woman clutches her head as police on horseback patrol the streets in Moscow. When Alexander Zemlianichenko started working as an AP photographer in Moscow, the Soviet Union was nearing its demise. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A friend of Gulsen Bahadir, a victim of Tuesday's attack on Ataturk airport, mourns during her funeral ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, June 29, 2016. (Photo by Osman Orsal/Reuters)





Astronaut Peggy Whitson tweeted this photo of herself at the International Space Station on November 29, 21016 saying, “Gotta love zero gravity!”. (Photo by NASA)