Ohio State drum major performs during the NCAA football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on September 3, 2022. (Photo by Adam Cairns/USA TODAY Sports)

Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)

A view of northern lights over the skies of Sodankyla, Lapland, Finland, on October 7, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Kuznetsov/Courtesy of All About Lapland/Handout via Reuters)

Palestinians watch a man performs acrobatics on the beach of Gaza City, Friday, June 4, 2021. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)

An adult periodical cicada, in the process of shedding its nymphal skin, is visible on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Cincinnati. There are two large compound eyes, which are used to visually perceive the world around them, and three small, jewel-like, simple eyes called ocelli at center. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

A plane flies past the moon in west London on Monday, January 17, 2022. The first full moon – the Wolf moon according to native north Americans – of 2022. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)

The Northern Lights glow green in a spectacular light show above a field of trees frozen solid with snow. (Photo by Jaak Sarv/Solent News & Photo Agency)

“Cyber Monsoon”, honorable mention in Places category. A torrential monsoon rain in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (© Anuar Patjane)