General view of “Marie Claire” Magazine Film Exhibition at Oquendo street during 59th San Sebastian Film Festival on September 22, 2011 in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

A simulated casualty is evacuated during an emergency services exercise at the disused Aldwych underground station on February 22, 2012 in London, England. Operation Forward Defensive aims to test the response to a terrorist incident on the London Underground network during the 2012 Olympic Games. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Shetland ponies wearing cardigan sweaters are the official ambassadors of Visit Scotland tourism campaign. Photographer Rob McDougall captured two cute ponies named Fivla and Vitamin dressed in traditional Fair Isle Scottish cardigans to celebrate the Year of Natural Scotland.Their onesies were made out of Shetland wool by a local knitter Doreen Brown. The ponies live at the Thordale Shetland Stud Centre.

It's not often that two ferocious tigers have to beat a hasty retreat from a confrontation. But it seems that the wrath of a mother bear protecting two cubs on her back was more than enough to scare this pair off. Wildlife photographer Aditya Singh captured the encounter during a visit to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India.

Imaan Hammam and Rihanna attend the FENTY x Webster Pop-up Cocktail at The Webster on June 18, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Fenty)

A resident walks through heavy snowfall in the Kashmiri city, India on November 11, 2019. There have been several fatalities as the winter weather arrives in the region. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/Barcroft Media)

A member of Iraqi rapid response forces fires a rocket launcher during a battle with Islamic State militants in the district of Yarimja in southern Mosul, Iraq, January 18, 2017. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

A person dressed as a horned evil spirit known as “Krampus” parades with a torch through the small town of Goricane, Slovenia on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Borut Zivulovic/Reuters)