A demolition company explodes the support beams and columns in the roof of the Deutschlandhalle event location on December 3, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

A customer grimaces in pain as she gets a tattoo on her arm at the 21st International Tattoo Convention Berlin on December 3, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The annual tattoo trade fair runs from December 2–4, 2011. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

A general view of Tokyo Tower and the surrounding area in high resolution (~5600x3500 px) on February 10, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. It is a small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft)) built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand of the Buddha's hair. The balancing rock seems to defy gravity, as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and the pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. It is the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda. A glimpse of the "gravity defying" Golden Rock is believed to be enough of an inspiration for any person to turn to Buddhism.

Katjinga, a Rhodesian ridgeback dog who lives on a 20-acre farm in Germany, adopted an abandoned pot-bellied piglet in August 2009. The tiny black piglet, named Paulinchen, had been so small at birth that her mother likely overlooked it. Katjinga's owner, Roland Adam, found the piglet alone and cold and brought it to his 8-year-old dog. (Photo by Fame Pictures)

Costumed dancers parade on the first day of the annual Qoyllur Rit'i festival on May 27, 2018 in Ocongate, Peru. Every year, since 1783 in the Sinakara Valley at the foot of Mt Ausagante, the Qoyllur Rit'i, or “Snow and Star” festival draws tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Peruvian Andes and beyond to what is the biggest religious gathering of its kind. Since 1780 the event merged into a mosaic of indigenous, pagan and Catholic worship when an image of Jesus appeared on a boulder after the death of a young shepherd. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

British artist Nnena Kalu's presentation during a press preview for the 2025 Turner Prize at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford, Britain, 23 September 2025. The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist for an outstanding exhibition or presentation during the previous year. The shortlisted artists are Nnena Kalu, Rene Matic, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa. The 2025 Turner Prize is held at Cartwright Hall in recognition of Bradford's status as UK City of Culture 2025. (Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA)

Chippi, 22, from Senegal sits on someone’s shoulder shirtless participating in a large snow ball fight in Washington Square Park on January 29, 2022 in New York City. According to the National Weather Service New York City is expected to receive between 8-12 inches of snow and 40 to 45 mph wind gusts during the first major Nor’Easter storm of the season. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that there is a 24 hour a State of Emergency in effect. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)