Father Christmas waiting for a bus in the London West End with his reindeer and a sack of presents. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). 12th August 1970

A couple have taken their love of animals to the extreme – by opening up their home to over 100 rescued animals. Dr Prakash Amte and his wife, Dr. Mandakini Amte have dedicated their lives to helping both the animals – and people – of Hemalkasa, Maharashtra in India. Here: Prakash Amte is seen playing with a Hyena from his orphanage on September 19, 2017 in Maharashtra, India. (Photo by Haziq Qadri/Barcroft Media)

Indian performers painted as tigers take part in the “Pulikali”, or Tiger Dance, in Thrissur on September 17, 2016. The folk-art event is held every year in the town during the “Onam” festival. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)

Riders pray before competing at a rodeo event in Monte Negro, south of the Amazon basin, Rondonia state, Brazil on August 30, 2019. In recent years, Monte Negro has expanded as a key cattle town with a strong cowboy culture. (Photo by Carl De Souza/AFP Photo)

Earlier this year, Belgian film-maker and artist Vincent Bal stumbled upon an uncanny resemblance to an elephant in the shadow of his tea cup. This gave him the idea for Shadowology, a series of doodles that interact with the shadows of simple, everyday objects: a banknote, some ice cubes and a flower, for example, can turn into a church, a woman and a hippy. “I draw a few lines and I get my image. It’s really the shadows that inspire me”, Bal says. Here: “Stonedog”. (Photo by Vincent Bal/The Guardian)

A bodyboarder rides a wave during a big- wave surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare on November 19, 2016. (Photo by Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP Photo)

Performers wait for delegations to arrive for traditional nomadic Naadam festival performance during the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit just outside Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 15, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A dog jumps into the pool during the Flying Dogs competition in Kamnik, Slovenia, September 10, 2016. (Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters)