Revellers brave the chill and jump into the water at Carnlough, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker)

Eight-year-old Niu Dongfang trains at the No. 2 Beijing Shuangqiao School January 13, 2005 in Beijing, China. Most of students in the gymnastics school have to study more than five years from as young as age six before they become athletes. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)

Soviet cosmonaut and the first man to travel in space, Yury Alekseyvich Gagarin (1934–1968) arriving in London for a Russian trade fair. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images)

Soldiers try to attach the balloon to their car, June 1944. (Photo by Jared Enos/Mediadrumworld.com)

A man poses as his acquaintance takes pictures on a street in the town of Vyborg, Russia on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)

Dogs perform during “Stars and starlets”, a new programme, at the National Circus in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev April 30, 2015. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

A woman rides a Vespa during the Annual Columbus day parade in New York on October 11, 2021. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP Photo)

Visitors view ice sculptures at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival on January 5, 2013. (Photo by Associated Press)