Alejandro Simon of Spain prepares to serve during their Preliminary Phase Pool E match against Canada during the VISA FIVB Beach Volleyball International at Horse Guards Parade on August 10, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
A boy carries empty sacks after bringing different types of plastic materials to a recycling station in Khartoum North April 16, 2015. People bring bottles and other plastic materials to the station for recycling, and get paid in return. (Photo by Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters)
Women practice swimming with mermaid tails at AquaMermaid swimming school, a mermaid training school in Chicago, United States on March 19, 2017. Participants are fulfilling their lifelong ambitions of becoming mermaids with a new type of fitness mermaid swimming. (Photo by Bilgin S. Amaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The dashboard of a 1980 Teal Type 35 Bugatti (estimate £28,000 - £35,000) on display inside the Royal Horticultural Halls on April 11, 2017 in London, England. Coys automobile auctioneers are putting almost 70 classic cars up for auction in their Spring Classics sale in Westminster tomorrow, April 12, 2017. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walks near the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity July 20, 1969 on the Moon. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers)
A horse-drawn cart passing through a section cut out of the base of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa groves of Yosemite Park, California. (Photo by Carleton E Watkins/Getty Images). 1870
“Theyyam”. Preparation for the Theyyam performance in the surroundings of Kasaragod city. Theyyam is a popular ritual dance form of North Kerala, particularly in Kannur and Kasargod districts. The Theyyam represents a mythological, divine or heroic character. Make up of Theyyams is done by specialist. There are different types of face painting for which primarily and secondary colours are used. Therefore it is essential that the makeup man should have perfect knowledge of primary and secondary colour combinations. Sometimes, it takes several hours to paint each face. Photo location: Kasaragod, India. (Photo and caption by Rafal Ziejewski/National Geographic Photo Contest)