A 69-meter-tall giant Buddha statue stands at the Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple on the outskirts of Bangkok on October 12, 2021. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)
Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul on December 2, 2021, before it is distributed among the less privileged from the local neighbourhood. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)
Scooby performs at halftime of the game between the TCU Horned Frogs and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Jairaj/USA TODAY Sports)
Models prepare backstage before a creation from the Saint Joy by Bian Huizhong during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on March 30, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)
A woman leans against the colonnade of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War (also known as the Victory Museum ) – the largest museum of military history in Russia at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)
Karen Dunn and the nuns from Nun of That Convent at Trailer Park during the final day of Electric Picnic 2023 in Co Laois, Ireland on September 3, 2023. (Photo by Alan Betson/The Irish Times)
Farmers dry red peppers in Gaotai County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China, September 13, 2023. It is reported that Gaotai County pepper planting has a history of 300 years. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A grizzly bear waves its paw at a vehicle on the road to Nemrut Crater Lake in Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkiye on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)