Michael Olivant, a Times reader, saw a chance to contribute when a Dalmatian pelican landed on his wife’s head at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece in the first decade of February 2025. (Photo by Michael Olivant/The Times)

A model presents a creation from The Blonds during New York Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2025 in New York City, U.S., February 8, 2025. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Reuters)

British singer-songwriter and television actress Rita Ora in the second decade of February 2025 shows off her abs while getting a caffeine fix. (Photo by ritaora/Instagram)

Actress Elaine C Smith grazes Siusan, the Highland cow, on Glasgow Green to mark being given the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, UK on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

A woman dressed in traditional Oromo costume attends a swearing ceremony of the newly named 72nd Borana Pastoralist chief, “Aba Gada” Guyo Wariyo in Arero, Ethiopia on March 9, 2025. (Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)

Houseboats and charter boats are docked in the ice in the harbor at Fischerhof Eldenburg in the Mecklenburg Lake District, northern Germany, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (Photo by Jens Büttner/dpa)

Alex Neal-Bullen during an Adelaide Crows match against Port Adelaide Power at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia on July 26, 2025. (Photo by Matt Turner/AAP)

American professional wrestler Jade Cargill visits The Empire State Building on July 31, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)