In an observance of Epiphany, Russian Orthodox believers swim in an icy pond outside Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. (Photo by Olga “Zwezdochka”)

Russian model Irina Shayk in the last decade of August 2023 sent fans wild with these shots of her posing topless on rocks. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)

Russian model Irina Shayk encourages fans to find their own unicorn in the second decade of April 2022. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)

Russian cadets march during the annual cadet schools get-together in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2018. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)

Members of the Russian Red Army Choir perform at Water Front Theatre in Beirut September 13, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

Elephants feast on fruits and vegetables during the elephant buffet prior to the start of the 2016 King's Cup Elephant Polo event in Bangkok, Thailand, 10 March 2016. The annual charity event, now in its 14th edition, runs until 13 March and will involve 18 elephants brought from tourist trekking camps in Pattaya as well as some unemployed in Surin. A total of 10 teams encompassing over 40 players will take part in the event directed at raising funds to improve the lives of elephants and elephant conservation. (Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA)

Julia Gracheva and Anna Speak takes photos as they attend the 10th edition of “Diner en Blanc” at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan September 19, 2022. The legendary all-white secret pop-up, the location of which is revealed hours before the event, draws over 5,500 guests who dress in head-to-toe white attire for an under the stars dining experience. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP Photo)

An undated handout picture released on January 10, 2017 by the Issekinicho publishing house shows an inter- species sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer, in Yakushima Scientists revealed on January 10, 2017 the “highly unusual” behaviour of a male monkey filmed trying to have sеx with female deer in Japan – a rare case of inter- species nookie. (Photo by Editions Issekinicho/AFP Photo)