Huge pack of starlings in the sky of the Negev, Israel, on January 21, 2013. Birds are turned in evening twilight before settling to sleep. (Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz)

Hugo Gonzalez of Lake Worth works to put final strokes on his rendition of a Raksha demon. (Photo by Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post)

A burning tank is in Daraa, on March 9, 2013. (Photo by Ali Abu-Salah/Reuters/Shaam News Network via The Atlantic)

Margaret Morris dancers exercising on the sands at Saint-Idesbald. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1929

A villager pours brine into troughs at ancient salt fields on May 5, 2005 in Yantian Village on Hainan Island, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)