A farmer picks marigold flowers to make garlands to sell for Tihar festival, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, October 30, 2024. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)

An aardvark named Draco eats a pumpkin as part of the upcoming “Halloween” at Prague Zoo, Prague, Czech Republic, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Eva Korinkova/Reuters)

A Day of the Dead performer is seen in the Paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on October 24, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Giant pandas play in a snow group at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Kilgore College Rangerettes perform in front of spectators during London's New Year's Day Parade in London, United Kingdom on January 01, 2025. The annual parade attracts 500,000 audience lining the streets in central London to watch performances by 10,000 participants from the USA, UK and Europe. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A policeman comforts a man next to the body of Maria Duron, a pregnant fruit vendor caught in the crossfire after gunmen opened fire on a vehicle, killing a sixteen year-old student, her police bodyguard and three other people who were on the street in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 15, 2013. (Photo by Fernando Antonio/Associated Press)

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“Stacked Supercell with Lightning”. This huge mesocyclone supercell was near the Nebraska / Kansas border on the night of June 22nd, 2012. What a stunning structure! (Photo and caption by Jennifer Brindley/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

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On August 31, 2011, a puppy was rescued from a garbage bag in Central Florida. She was afflicted by a condition dubbed “swimmer puppy syndrome”, formally, pectus excavatum. It's rare in puppies, but when it happens it causes them to lie flat on their chests with their legs perpetually splayed out. It's usually a symptom of serious neurological problems that most puppies cannot survive. Veterinarians recommended putting her to sleep... (Photo by Flyin Fur Pet Photography)