Filipino informal settlers react during a demolition raid at a shanty town in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 01 August 2024. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)

Swans from the state Ballet of Georgia production of Swan Lake arrive in London on August 27, 2024 ahead of opening night at London Coliseum venue on 28th August. (Photo by Guy Corbishley/Alamy Live News)

American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan attends the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

A spectator takes a selfie during the 2024 World Rally Car championship in Concepción, Chile on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Nikos Katikis/DPPI/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

These greenfinches go head to head in what appears to be a heroic fight or a playfull moment together, inspiration for a new version of “Angry Birds”, in Trezzo Sull'Adda, Italy in March 2013. (Photo by Marco Redaelli/IMP/AbacaPress.com)

Punks gather in Blackpool for the annual Rebellion Punk Rock Festival on August 8, 2014 in Blackpool, England. This weekend a clash of musical cultures hits the famous seaside town as pogoing punks attending the annual Rebellion Festival at The Winter Gardens come shoulder to shoulder with traditional holidaymakers and seasiders. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

These are the dunes of the Namib Desert, taken by Korea's Kompstat-2 satellite. The blue and white area is the dried riverbed of the Tsauchab river. (Photo by The European Space Agency)

America may be a nation obsessed with automobiles, but today the bicycle is giving the car a run for its money. And while New York is just one of many cities that is implementing new bikefriendly policies, the local cyclist population stands out as one of the most diverse, inventive, and stylish in the world.