An iguana in Bali helped Julij Kopilović, age eight, from Slovenia, earn second runner-up in Amazing Animals. (Photo by Julij Kopilović/National Geographic)

A zookeeper feeds a hippopotamus with a watermelon in its enclosure in Belgrade's zoo, Serbia, July 20, 2015. Temperatures in Serbia have risen up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), according to official meteorological data. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)

A girl carries on her head a pile of dried shrubs she gathered for cooking and heating, in Kabul, Afghanistan November 18, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave with his alpaca Pisco at San Bartolo beach in Lima March 16, 2010. Pianezzi has spent a decade training dogs to ride the nose of his board when he catches waves, and now he is the first to do so with an alpaca. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

Students walk to school on the first day of their new school year in Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt September 25, 2016. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)

Sweepee Rambo, a Chinese Crested, is presented to judges during the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California on June 26, 2015. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)

Devotees whirl their head as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair at Kanachack village, outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, November14, 2016. According to the villagers, the fair is held in memory of Baba Jitu, an honest farmer who killed himself since he was not prepared to submit to the unjust demands of a landlord who wanted him to part with his crop. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

A Sphynx cat is held by its owner at the WCF International Cat Show in Hanoi, Vietnam, 02 April 2023. The two-day event opened on 01 April at the Van Ho Exhibition Centre in Hanoi. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA)