A member of team Japan performs during the women's team free final at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Marton Monus/Reuters)
Greece competes in the final of the women's team free artistic swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 21, 2023. (Photo by François-Xavier Marit/AFP Photo)
(L-R) Sofía Vergara and Heidi Klum attend Netflix's Primetime Emmy afterparty at Hilex on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Netflix)
Colombia's Egan Bernal pedals as he warms up ahead of the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, an individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa, Italy, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP Photo)
Honorable Mention: “The Storm”. During I was taking photo with my nephew, the storm came and I caught this beautiful moment. Photo location: Kocaeli, Turkey. (Photo and caption by Aytül Akbaş/National Geographic Photo Contest)
Santa Jerry Julian of Colorado Springs, Colorado hides in the grass following a ride on the Polar Express during a field trip from the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Michigan, U.S. October 28, 2016. (Photo by Christinne Muschi/Reuters)
Twenty-year-old women draped in traditional kimonos gather for their “Coming-of-Age Day” ceremony at the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, eastern suburb of Tokyo on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)