Lopez Cardona of Cuba and Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine appear inseparable in the 80kg semi-final on August 4, 2024, but it was Khyzhniak who progressed to the final. (Photo by Peter Cziborra/Reuters)
A “creuseur”, or digger, a plastic lantern on his head, readies to enter a copper and cobalt mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo on June 8, 2016. Cobalt is used in the batteries for electric cars and mobile phones. Working conditions are dangerous, often with no safety equipment or structural support for the tunnels. The diggers say they are paid on average US$2-3/day. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
Vogue dancer Xiong Daiki, 22, takes a video of his team to promote vogue dancing, almost a year after the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on December 15, 2020. During lockdown, Daiki, his students and friends practiced at home in their bedrooms, staying in touch by sharing videos of new dance routines. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)
Zhu Jianqiang, or “strong-willed pig”, famous for surviving more than a month buried in the ruins after the magnitude-8.0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, feeds on food sent by admirers wishing it a safe winter in Jianchuan Museum, Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 11 January 2021. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows visitors enjoying pear flowers and orchid in full bloom at Santaishan Forest Park in Suqian, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
This picture taken on June 25, 2019 shows couples wait for their turn for their pre-wedding photo shoot at the Love Story in Rome Studio in Beijing. Increasingly elaborate pre-wedding photos are a booming industry in China, as young couples spend time and cash lining up glamorous photo shoots to display on their big day. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)
An armed police officer attends an explosive ordnance disposal training on April 12, 2022 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Yu Haiyang/VCG via Getty Images)
These friends enjoying a night out in the West Yorkshire city beamed for the cameras as they waved Union flags during the Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations on June 4, 2022. (Photo by Nb press ltd)