Hindu devotees light “Diyas” (earthen lamps) on a Rangoli, a framework of decorated pattern, as part of Diwali festivities in a temple premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 12, 2023. The festival takes place every year in accordance with the Hindu lunar calendar. The word “Diwali” is derived from the Sanskrit word “Deepavali”, meaning series of lighted lamps; hence, it is also known as the festival of lights. Diwali is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with family and friends. Many light oil lamps or candles to symbolize a victory of light over darkness, and fireworks are set off as part of the celebrations. (Photo by Joy Saha/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

“Smudge” an orphaned echidna puggle is held by Veterinary nurse Sarah Male ahead of its feeding on November 07, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are native to Australia. A baby echidna was found orphaned by the side of the road and is being cared for at Sydney's Taronga Zoo hospital. The care is intensive with several feedings per day, and the echidna is housed in temperature-controlled environment to aid its recovery and growth. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

People splash each other in downtown Yerevan, Armenia during an annual Vardavar holiday on July 16, 2023. Vardavar is a traditional Armenian water festival, with people drenching each other, dating back to pagan times. The ancient festival is traditionally associated with the goddess Astghik, who was the goddess of water, beauty, love, and fertility. (Photo by Karen Minasyan/AFP Photo)

Wrestlers in action during a traditional Sindhi Malakhra wrestling event in Karachi, Pakistan, 31 October 2024. During a Malakhra match, both wrestlers tie twisted cloth around their opponents' waists. They then grab the opponent's waist cloth and attempt to throw him to the ground. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)

Poland's Daria Pikulik, Poland's Wiktoria Pikulik and Britain's Elinor Barker (R) crash as they compete in the Women's Madison race during the fifth day of the UEC European Track Cycling Championships at the Omnisport indoor arena in Apeldoorn, on January 14, 2024. bark (Photo by John Thys/AFP Photo)

Students perform traditional dance as they take part in Pongal celebrations, the Tamil harvest festival, at a college in Chennai on January 10, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

Keeper Silvia Salvatierra, 59, is kissed by a chimp named “Jony”, 54, who was rescued from a circus, at the Lujan Zoo from where felines, including tigers and lions, will be transferred to a wildlife sanctuary in India, in Lujan, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)

Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini poses with a Barbie doll, in Verona, Italy, in this undated handout image. (Photo by Mattel/Petra Rajnicova/Handout via Reuters)