“A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 500 people (20 had been hospitalized in serious condition), many of them hurt by broken glass. “There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to people's houses to check if they were OK”, said Sergey Hametov, a resident of Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometres (930 miles) east of Moscow, the biggest city in the affected region”. (Photo by Alexey Bulaew/RIA Nowosti)

China has recently relaxed its one child policy that was used to control a burgeoning population. A couple has their wedding photo taken in an old quarter of Beijing on May 24, 2016. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

Germany's Laura Siegemund celebrates with France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin after winning the mixed doubles final against Britain's Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk of the U.S. at the French Open in Paris on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)

Sheep stand on a dyke as clouds cover the sky over Tossens, northern Germany, on September 2, 2019. (Photo by Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa/AFP Photo)

A woman holds her umbrella while walking against strong winds as Typhoon Chan-hom approaches Taiwan, in Taipei, July 10, 2015. (Photo by Pichi Chuang/Reuters)

Ciara is the latest victim to be pranked by Vitalii Sediuk outside the Valentino Fashion Show today during Paris Fashion Week on September 30, 2014. The singer looked chic in a red lace outfit with a black coat hanging over her shoulders and was all smiles while posing for pictures. However, the fun was ruined when Vitalii threw off his cape to reveal a Chanel top and speedos with a message on his right thigh, reading “Ban in USA but I Rock Chanel”. No big altercation went down but Ciara’s security removed him from the crowd. (Photo by Backgrid USA)

Andre Krumbiegel drives in a «SIL» pointed plough through the pink fog of a smoke body in Saxony, Germany on October 2, 2019. The occasion is the forthcoming Eastern Bloc meeting on 6 October in Großhartmannsdorf, to which motor vehicles and commercial vehicles from former socialist countries can be brought, exhibited and demonstrated. Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/Keystone)

Fireworks are seen during New Year's celebrations in Tirana, Albania, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)