Competitors release their hens during the World Championship Hen Racing Championships in Bonsall, Britain August 1, 2015. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)
An incredible clear-air lightning display from storms to the east of Noonamah, just outside Darwin on April 6, 2015. (Photo by Jacci Ingham/The Guardian)
Newborn sea lion “Kaya” crawls at the enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany July 23, 2015. Kaya was born on July 4, 2015 in the zoo, officials said. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
The Swiss Federal Palace (Bundeshaus) is illuminated by giant light projection "The Jewel of the Mountains" in Bern, Switzerland October 15, 2015. The light and sound show will run every evening until November 29, 2015. (Photo by Ruben Sprich/Reuters)
People cheer as the ball drops at midnight in Times Square on January 1, 2015 in New York City. An estimated one million people from around the world are expected to pack Times Square to ring in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)
A cloud of black smoke billows out the exhaust pipe of John Robertson's diesel dragster as he runs down the track during the 2015 NHRA Kansas Nationals, Friday, May 22, 2015, at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. (Photo by Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP Photo)