Soldiers, including two recruits who have brought some chickens, at Victoria prepare to board the train for the battle front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dancers from Kyiv and Dnipro preparing themselves in the wings for a performance at the Kyiv National Opera House on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Julian Simmonds/The Guardian)
A model (C) looks at her mobile phone while backstage before the araisara Sara Arai Collection show during China Fashion Week in Beijing on March 27, 2015. China Fashion Week runs from March 24 to March 31. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)
Participants dressed in Heroic Fantasy costumes pose for a picture as they wait backstage during the first edition of the HeroFestival in Marseille, November 9, 2014. The festival is dedicated to American superhero comics, Japanese mangas, Heroic Fantasy characters and video games universes. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)