Sara Takanashi of Japan, Maja Vtic from Slovenia and Germany's Carina Vogt (R-L) prepare for a training session of the women's Individual normal hill HS100 ski jumping at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun February 18, 2015. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

Sustainable development goal target 12.5 is to reduce waste. But with a planet increasingly dependent on technology, is that even possible? As of today, over 30m tonnes of electronic waste has been thrown out so far this year, according to the World Counts. Most e-waste is sent to landfills in Asia and Africa where it is recycled by hand, exposing the people who do it to environmental hazards. Kai Loeffelbein’s photographs of e-waste recycling in Guiyu, southern China show what happens to discarded computers. (Photo by Kai Loeffelbein/laif Agentur)

A British woman plays a piano designed especially for people who are confined to bed. Date: 1935. (Photo by Mary Evans Picture Library/Caters News)

A boy reacts as dogs play along the riverbank of Pasig river, in Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2021. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

An alarmed squirrel. (Photo by Mary McGowan/Barcroft Images/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)

Singer Karima Charni walks the runway during the Chocolate fashion show as a part of the Salon Du Chocolat 2015 – Chocolate Fair at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on October 27, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kay-Paris Fernandes/WireImage)

Fluffy toy panda bears as part of the art installation “Panda mie” by Italian restaurant owner Giuseppe “Pino” Fichera sit over beers at his restaurant “Pino's” to raise awareness of the COVID-19 lockdown's business impact on gastronomy in Frankfurt, Germany, November 24, 2020. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)