Senior company members of the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) Neema Lazzaroni (C) and Azza Qamar Rollins (R) hold onto each other while following the performance backstage ahead of their roles in The Nutcracker at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on December 7, 2024. The Nutcracker is a beloved Christmas ballet, first performed in 1892, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Known for its enchanting score and festive themes, it has become a holiday tradition worldwide. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)

Paige Vanzant, an ex-UFC star, and Mikael-Michelle Brown battle it out to be slap champion at the Power Slap in Las Vegas on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PX Imagens via ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Cape fox cubs play fight in the last decade of May 2025 in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, their silver and yellow fur camouflaging them in the desert. (Photo by John Mullineux/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Attendants wait for visitors to the the exhibition entitled “Forging Ahead in the New Era”, showing the country's achievements during his past two terms, at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing on October 12, 2022, ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress meeting. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)

Panda keepers hold cubs while posing for photos ahead of the new year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China's southwestern Sichuan province on December 29, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

A woman stands in front of a mask-clad lion statue outside a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on January 18, 2022, as Japan reported a record high of new Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

A grey squirrel looks for some food from a girl in the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Damien Eagers/The Irish Times)

Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham takes a selfie with teammate Brittney Griner, during the WNBA basketball teams' media day, in Phoenix, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (Photo by Matt York/AP Photo)