A student poses with her painted face, ahead of New Year celebrations at a college in Chennai on December 28, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

A guest arrives outside the Anna Sui show at the Strand Rare Book Room in New York on February 10, 2024. (Photo by Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post)

A squirrel and lizard both refuse to give way in an unlikely standoff on a wall in Mohali, India in the first decade of February 2024. (Photo by Anuj Jain/Solent news)

Actress Millie Bobby Brown (with her dog) during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, February 29, 2024 in New York. (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)

“You” star, American actress Victoria Pedretti locks lips with American actor Fred Hechinger in New York City on February 26, 2024. (Photo by The Image Direct)

Muslims gather to perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at Washington Square Park on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/AP Photo)

An adult black-rumped flameback woodpecker is pestered by a pair of hungry chicks in Rajarhat, India in the second decade of May 2024. (Photo by Kalyan Acharya/Solent News)

People swing dance while participating in the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, Brookly, New York City, U.S., June 22, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)