People visit the sunflowers installation, which is a part of the immersive exhibition “Van Gogh Alive” featuring large scale of Van Gogh artworks, produced by Grande Experiences during a media event in Tokyo on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

Buddhist nuns watch a parade during a Novitiation Ceremony at the Hlegu Township in Yangon on March 15, 2025. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)

A delegate from the indigenous Maasai community blows a horn and wears an ostrich feathers headgear as he arrives for the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Monicah Mwangi/Reuters)

Yuchen Chao of Chinese Taipei in action during the Beach Handball Women's Tournament match between Chinese Taipei and Paraguay at The Beach Handball Arena, Tecnopolis Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 12, 2018. (Photo by Lukas Schulze for OIS/IOC/Handout via Reuters)

Residents walk past electoral posters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

A dog is worshiped during Tihar or Diwali festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 12, 2023. Nepali people worship dogs, dedicated solely to the human's most devoted friend and guardian on second day of Tihar fesival. “Tihar” the Hindu festival of flowers and lights, is celebrated for five days. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Participants from Newar community in traditional attire, dance during the Newari New Year parade that falls during the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 31, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

For the Torajan people of Indonesia, death is part of a spiritual journey: families keep the mummified remains of their deceased relatives in their homes for years – and traditionally invite them to join for lunch on a daily basis – before they are eventually buried. Here: Todeng died in 2009. A young relative of his, Sam, lights him a cigarette and changes his glasses. (Photo by Claudio Sieber Photography/The Guardian)