A large Pacific sideband snail slowly crosses a rain wet road in rural Douglas County, Oregon near Elkton on Sunday, December 2, 2012. The moisture loving snail should be very content with the recent heavy rains in southwestern Oregon and northern California. (Photo by Robin Loznak)

Two displaced Tigrayan girls giggle next to their mother, left, as their photograph is taken outside the Hadnet General Secondary School which has become a makeshift home to thousands displaced by the conflict, in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The Tigray conflict has displaced more than 1 million people, the International Organization for Migration reported in April, and the numbers continue to rise. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)

A masked dancer performs as part of “Devi Pyankha” (Devi Dance) to mark the beginning of the Indra Jatra Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 15, 2021. Nepali celebrate the Indra Jatra festival to worship “Indra”, the god of rain and to mark the end of monsoon season. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Zoo keepers feed crocodiles in their enclosure at the Madras Crocodile Bank, closed due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mahabalipuram, India, August 3, 2020. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)

A worker cleans a statue of the founder of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin at Moscow Square in front of the House of Soviets in Saint-Petersburg on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)

Palestinians flee from their neighbourhood in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment, Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)

While much of the U.S. sustains another round of winter weather, a brown anole, a species of lizard, finds a blooming poinsettia the perfect perch to catch some afternoon rays of sunshine in a Maitland, Fla., neighborhood, Monday, January 8, 2024. After a cold front brings storms to Central Florida on Tuesday, rain returns to the forecast on Friday with temperatures near 80 predicted. (Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP Photo)

USA's Katie Moon competes in the Women's Pole Vault final during the Indoor World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 2, 2024. (Photo by François-Xavier Marit/AFP Photo)