When a French politician remarked that a monument should be raised in honour of American independence at a dinner party in 1865 he probably didn't imagine that the result would become an international icon of freedom. ...

Tara West signals to her partner Natalie Cook during the Bronze final match during the Australian Beach Volleyball Championships at Glenelg Beach on March 13, 2011 in Adelaide, Australia.

A penitent flagellates himself during a Holy Week procession on April 21, 2011 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Spain. The penitents called Los Picaos flagellate themselves during the Holy Week processions. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

A general view of the Cathedral on the Blood on November 2, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Yekaterinburg is one of thirteen cities proposed as a host city for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. (Photo by Harry Engels/Getty Images)

Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin host in the Netflix comedy-drama“Glow” Season 1 TV Series, 2017. (Photo by Erica Parise/Netflix/Kobal/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

People are seen near a Christmas decoration installed on city Square for the upcoming New Year and Christmas season in Skopje, Macedonia December 23, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilvovski/Reuters)

Dancers take part in “La Vijanera”, a winter masquerade at the beginning of carnival season in Europe, in Silio, northern Spain, January 8, 2017. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)

A man rides a motorcycle during the first gathering of motorists at the beginning of the spring season in Mirna Pec April 6, 2015. Some 7000 motorists gathered to be blessed by a priest for a safe ride in the spring. (Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters)