A vendor sells Guy Fawkes masks and items with the colors of the national flag at a market ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan, 13 August 2023. Pakistan celebrates its 76th independence anniversary from British rule in 1947 on 14 August 2023. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)

Members of the Indian Army Service Corps (ASC) team known as the “Tornadoes” display their motorbike skills during Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, 15 August 2023. India is marking the 77th anniversary of its independence from British rule. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)

Members of the Chinese military orchestra march past a screen showing the Chinese Communist flag on Tiananmen Square before a celebration marking the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing, China, 01 July 2021. China celebrates on 01 July the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)

Tate McRae performs at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York, U.S., September 7, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)

Sandra, a 29-year-old orangutan at Buenos Aires' zoo, on May 20, 2015. Sandra got cleared to leave a Buenos Aires zoo that was her home for 20 years, after a court ruled she was entitled to more desirable living conditions. (Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP Photo)

A policeman wields his baton at an autorickshaw rider as punishment for breaking the lockdown rules, after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India on March 25, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag, runs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building after the court ruled that a federal law banning workplace discrimination also covers sexual orientation, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2020. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Reuters)

A Syrian man sells vegetables in front of a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)