M42 Subtle V1 cropped. One of the most well-known astronomical objects in our universe is the Orion Nebula and this image depicts the wider region of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that is its home. This complex also includes another popular target for astrophotographers, the Horsehead Nebula, as well as Barnard’s Loop and the Running Man Nebula, which can be seen to the left of this photograph. (Photo by Patrick Gilliland)

A child playfully jumps into the water accumulated at a flooded area next to a house after rising water levels in the rivers caused flooding at Jhusi area of Allahabad on August 6, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)

Russian artist Oleg Kulik installs the wax figure resembling to Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova at his new exhibition project in Moscow on October 19, 2002. Kulik plans soon to fill his museum with figures of strong and beautiful women like Bjork and Madonna in unexpected poses. (Photo by Alexander Natruskin/Reuters)

This jaw-dropping footage shows one brave diver getting up close and personal with a group of sharks as he feeds them a long-awaited meal. Ken Kiefer from Houston, Texas captured his friend, Jake, reaching right into the mouth of a hammerhead. (Photo by Ken Kiefer/Caters News Agency)

Silvia Zecchin (4L) wearing a crown poses with a group of Maries, at the end of the ceremony that crowned her Maria of Carnival 2024, in Venice, Italy, 13 February 2024. The young student of Political Science at the University of Padua, in addition to teaching rhythmic gymnastics to children, was elected at the end of the Gala Dinner hosted in the Apollinee rooms of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and hosted by Maurice Agosti and Alice Bars. (Photo by Andrea Merola/EPA)

The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has selected its Nature Photographer of the Year 2020. Here: Winner, Other animals. Jens Cullmann – Danger in the Mud. Crocodile in a drying pool. (Photo by Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)

Filipinos cross a swelling river in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines, 09 July 2015. According to the Philippines State weather forecast, heavy rainfall is expected in Metro Manila and nearby provinces due to an enhanced Southwest Monsoon and Tropical Storm Linfa, Typhoon Chan-hom and Typhoon Nangka which are lining up across the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)

The sun rises over the north sea as The Couple by artist Sean Henery sits just of the coast at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, England, Wednesday October 8, 2014. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/AP Photo/PA Wire)