Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon walks the runway for Gypsy Sport show during New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)

A girl in an angel costume walks with her family past vegetable vendors in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)

An Afghan boy carries his wheelbarrow in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 5, 2019. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)

People arriving for Ladies day at the EBOR Festival at York Racecourse in Yorkshire, England on August 18 2022. (Photo by Matthew Lofthouse/South West News Service)

The granddaughter of one of the family members cries after the eviction from their home in El Raval neighbourhood, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Barcelona, Spain, May 12, 2021. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

A performer wearing a face shield looks on during a ceremony held by the Bangkok National Museum to celebrate the return of two ancient relics, believed to have been stolen from Thailand about 60 years ago, from the United States, in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

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

David Guttenfelder was born in Iowa and graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in cultural anthropology. He has worked for the AP since 1994 based in Kenya, the Ivory Coast, India and Japan. He is currently AP’s chief Asia photographer and his feature work has been used prominently in editorial publications throughout the world including Time and National Geographic. Photo: U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, fire mortars at known enemy firing positions from a base in the Pech River Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Saturday, October 24, 2009. (Photo by David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)