Young man making the O.K. sign. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images). Circa 1950s

Have you ever heard of a phenomenon called the Uncanny Valley? Illustrations created by Swiss illustrator Christo Dagorov show how horrible something may look when it’s a hair’s breadth away from looking human. In his illustrations he combined the shape of human lips with trees, buildings, and even human bodies, making it look from a distance as if the lips were horribly deformed by some unknown disease. However, after a while you make out the shapes, yet the feeling of uneasiness remains, making you shiver from unsuppressable disgust. (Photo by Christo Dagorov)

Afghan children play at a brick-making factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, eastern Afghanistan on November 13, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Parwiz)

Germany, Business couple making love under desk. (Photo by Roman Maerzinger/Getty Images)

Men at work at the Cardiff Institute, making huge baskets, unique in size and construction, for loading oil cake in South Africa. (Photo by Maeers/Getty Images). 1938

Commuters make their way through a flooded street after a heavy rain shower in Lahore on July 14, 2022. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)

American singer and model Ciara in the second decade of March 2023 makes a very important phone call. (Photo by ciara/Instagram)

Participants make kimchi during an event where soldiers from the US, South Korea and residents collaborated by making the side dish for needy members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, on November 22, 2023. Participants produced 2,500 kilograms of fresh kimchi, which was divided into 250 boxes and distributed to needy households in the local community after the event. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)