Revellers battled against 40mph winds and driving rain to get to nightclubs in Birmingham city centre on September 21, 2025. The Met Office released a yellow weather warning for strong wind and heavy rain overnight across much of England and Wales. The partygoers used their coats and umbrellas to shelter from the barmy conditions. (Photo by British News and Media/Alamy Live News)

“These Rajasthani sisters were sitting on the staircase inside their house relaxing and enjoy a cup of masala chai”. (Photo by Firdaus Hadzri/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest)

The 26th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is now accepting submissions. Official categories include: “Travel Portraits”, “Outdoor Scenes”, “Sense of Place” and “Spontaneous Moments”. The contest is accepting entries until June 30. Photo: “Forest lights”. Aurora Borealis over the forest of the Pyhae Luosto National Park, Finland. (Photo and caption by Nicholas Roemmelt/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

Models pose in designs from May Quant's collection on a street in London, England, on October 16, 1969. Grania, left, wears the "Shimmy Shimmy," a white rayon dress over matching pants with a shawl. Baba, center, wears "Razzamatazz," a jumpsuit featuring plastic sequins in blue, silver and red on nylon. Linda wears "Muffit," a pink minidress with an old English style floppy mobcap. (Photo by AP Photo)

A drag queen waves a rainbow flag during an LGBT rights demonstration in front of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary on June 14, 2021. During the protest human rights activists called on lawmakers in Hungary to reject legislation banning any content portraying or promoting homosexuality or sеx reassignment to anyone under 18. The bills, aiming at fighting pedophilia, have various amendments which would outlaw any depiction or discussion of different gender identities to youth in the public sphere. (Photo by Bela Szandelszky/AP Photo)

Tony North; First place, Breathing Spaces; Overall Winner; Blue Tajinaste, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. “Echium thyrsiflorum is endemic to the mountains of La Palma island – from high up, there was a magnificent view of both the caldera below, and the stars above. The Unesco La Palma biosphere reserve encompasses the entire island, with the Caldera de Taburiente containing mountains with a highest peak of 2,426 metres – the Roque de los Muchachos”. (Photo by Tony North/IGPOTY)

Abigail Doyle from St David's Holy Faith Secondary School, Greystones, modeling her Alice in Wonderland themed outfit designed for the Upcycled category of the An Taisce Green-Schools Let's Fix Fashion catwalk event in Cashel, Ireland on May 4, 2023. (Photo by Diarmuid Greene/The Irish Times)

The Mount Bromo volcano erupts in the Bryce Canyon, Utah. (Photo by Reynold Dewantara/2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest)