A smiling gecko bursts through a gap in the bark to surprise photographer in West Java, Indonesia in the last decade of March 2025. (Photo by Dzul Duzulfikri/Animal News Agency)

A vlogger who dressed up to look like a humanoid robot poses at the Shanghai auto show on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A woman jumps over a fire during the celebration of the summer solstice at a festival in the village of Okunevo in Omsk region, Russia on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)

A visitor stands near an art installation portraying China's President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the ARTSUBS exhibition in Surabaya, Indonesia on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)

American model and television personality Amelia Gray walks the runway during the 2025 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City, U.S., October 15, 2025. (Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

A red deer looks as though it is yawning while it bellows at sunrise. The stag created a cloud of steamy breath as it was warmed by the first light of the sun in Richmond Park, London on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Cristian Vasile/Solent News & Photo Agency)

An urban Opossum covered in light snow visits a suburban Chicago deck on December 10, 2025. (Photo by H Rick Bamman/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

“The Net thrower”. The fisherman are conducting activities on Situgunung Lake. Photo location: Situgunung lake, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. (Photo and caption by Dody Kusuma/National Geographic Photo Contest)