A vendor sells beef at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam 01 October 2024. Vietnam's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 47.3 points in September, down from 52.4 points in the previous month, according to the latest survey from S&P Global. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA)

A blue observation point contrasts with the orange winter foliage of the metasequoia trees – dawn redwoods – at Huanghai Forest Park on the east coast of China in the second decade of December 2024. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)

A meerkat stands guard as her pups cuddle at Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa early November 2025. (Photo by Nadine Leonard/Two Point O Media)

People perform acroyoga style exercices at South Pointe in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)

Riot Police form a cordon as a Police car burns on the opening day of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 18, 2015. Supporters of the so-called Blockupy alliance consisting of social movements, activists, workers, trade unions and parties are expected to stage large protests against austerity and the authority of the European Central Bank when the bank's new headquarters officially will be on March 18, 2015. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)

Revellers in Blackpool kept the bank holiday party going on May 30, 2018, taking full advantage of the warm weather and long weekend to let rip. The bank holiday booze up continued across Britain with one party-goer managing to accidentally flash her knickers in public. A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries. (Photo by NB Press Ltd/The Sun)

People walk through Ginza’s shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, 15 December 2025. Japan’s economic focus is on the upcoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) meeting where the central bank is expected to raise its policy rate to combat inflation. The BOJ signaled a rate hike bar is cleared with the wage momentum still intact. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)