A person dressed up as a rabbit exits the subway to attend the Zombie Walk, to mark the Day of the Death in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 2, 2024. (Photo by Maira Erlich/Reuters)

Modern and contemporary fake artworks including Banksy, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol are displayed following an Italian Carabinieri operation against a large-scale pan-European forgery network, in Pisa, Italy, on November 9, 2024. (Photo by Carabinieri/Handout via Reuters)

Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez performs during the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City, Saturday, November 16, 2024. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)

An Israeli soldier gives instruction to a platoon in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, December 5, 2024. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A man waves a flare during a celebratory demonstration following the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster, in the central square of Damascus, Syria, December 13, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)

“The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest-ever three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes, which will help astronomers explain the mysterious “dark matter” and “dark energy” that scientists know makes up 96 percent of the Universe”. – SDSS-III

A leopard seal feeds Paul Nicklen a penguin. (Photo by Paul Nicklen/National Geographic). Antarctic Peninsula, 2011

The sea leopard. The Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo by Paul Nicklen)