A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites, by a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, November 23, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

People look at a Christmas tree decorated with colourful lights at a residential compound in Beijing on December 8, 2017. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)

A sheep, painted in the colours of World Cup participating country England looks on on September 11, 2011 in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Women smeared with “Gulal” as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

A girl plays with coloured chicks for sale prior to Easter celebrations in Byblos, Lebanon on March 22, 2015. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

The Bridge “Rakotzbrücke” is pictured against trees in autumn colours in the the eastern German town of Kromlau November 4, 2014. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)

A member of a winter swimming club wears flippers during the celebration of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, a pagan holiday, marking the end of the winter, in Novosibirsk, Russia. (Photo by Alexandr Kryazhev/Sputnik/Profimedia)

Winner. “I took this picture of a woman in traditional clothing in Cartagena, Colombia”. PAUL GOLDSTEIN, JUDGE: “The blaze of colour from every angle, the boldness of the picture, taken from behind, which gives it so much more allure and frankly a superb get up. Did I mention the colours? Oh, and that looks suspiciously like a Nokia”. (Photo by Stanislav Shmelev/The Guardian)