Patience paid off for the photographer who waited for hours to catch a crocodile on Java, the largest Indonesian island in March 2023. (Photo by Tanto Yensen/Solent News)

A worker paints the face of a realistic pet plushie, at the Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory, in Angeles City, Pampanga province, Philippines on March 10, 2023. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

A highland cow grazing high above the River Tweed at Thormylee in the Scottish Borders strikes a formidable pose in the morning light on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Phil Wilkinson/The Times)

Canadian actress Nina Kamenova Dobreva, credited professionally as Nina Dobrev puts her long stems on display in the first decade of June 2023. (Photo by nina/Instagram)

A Palestinian holding a weapon takes cover between buildings amid clashes with Israeli troops during an Israeli raid in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Raneen Sawafta/Reuters)

Revelers turn out to support LGBT rights during a Pride rally in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., June 17, 2023. (Photo by Dieu-Nalio Chery/Reuters)

Pasua Turner jumps double dutch as people take part in a Juneteenth event along Black Lives Matter Plaza on Monday June 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

English television presenter Maya Jama posed in her outfit after fronting UK Love Island: Aftersun in the second decade of June 2023. (Photo by Instagram)