A burning tank is in Daraa, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Ali Abu-Salah/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

On Set with David Bowie and Tilda Swinton. A photo taken by Director Floria Sigismondi on set of The Stars (Are Out Tonight), featuring Tilda Swinton.

A woman sorts tobacco leaves at the Cohiba cigar factory “El Laguito” in Havana September 10, 2012. (Photo by Desmond Boylan/Reuters)

“In beard and hat”; Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, 2013. (Photo by Giulio Magnifico)

Stumpy the lemur has just turned 27 and is believed to be the oldest ring-tailed lemur in the world. He's still loving life, according to Zoo keepers. (Photo by Hemedia/Swns Group)

An octopus is filmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Okeanos Explorer and its robotic sub. (Photo by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)