A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)
A caiman in the Pantanal region of Brazil in 2021. They are used to seeing humans, allowing the photographer, Leighton Lum, a close-up shot. (Photo by Leighton Lum/Caters News Agency)
A zoo curator using a kayak tries to catch a pelican in order to move him into its winter enclosure at the zoo in Liberec, Czech Republic, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)
The night view of the National Assembly Building and Yeouido in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul taken on the December 27, 2024. The lights shine in a cross shape thanks to the cross filter used. (Photo by Koh Woon-ho)
Members of the US secret service scramble toward the stage as Donald Trump fell while speaking as shots rang out during a campaign rally at in Butler, Pennsylvania in 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/Siena awards festival 2025)
The Angel of The North at Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, UK with a halo drawn in sky using a light on a drone, captured during a 25-second exposure on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Ian Sproat/Picture Exclusive)
Heather Wilson and Tom Hendry, rangers on the Farne Islands, weigh a puffin using a jug as part of the annual seabird census on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Times photographer James Glossop)
Newly commissioned officers toss their hats during the US Coast Guard Academy's 144th Commencement in New London, Connecticut, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP Photo)