An Afghan burqa-clad woman carries a child as she walks along a road in Herat on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi/AFP Photo)

A young boy walks to his school bus on a foggy day in Dubai on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Chris Whiteoak/The National)

The holder of half a dozen world records will walk across the Grand Canyon on a steel cable with nothing but the Little Colorado River 1,500 feet below on June 23. With no tethers or safety nets, the walk will be the highest tightrope attempt ever for the 34-year-old, at a height taller than the Empire State Building. Last year, Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the “Flying Wallendas” family of acrobats, became the only person to walk a wire over the brink of Niagara Falls. Photo: Nik Wallenda walks across a tightrope 200 feet above U.S. 41 on January 29, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles)

A man carrying a sailfish walks through Hamarweyne district in South Mogadishu on March 25, 2015. (Photo by Carl De Souza/AFP Photo)

A man walks beside a “Wrinkles Of The City” creation near the Berlin cathedral in Berlin April 19, 2013. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

A reveller smiles as she walks in the rain at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 28, 2015. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)

A model walks the runway at the Hakaan Spring Summer 2012 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week on October 4, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Nathalie Lagneau/Catwalking/Getty Images)

Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser walks along the stage during Miss France 2012 Beauty Pageant on December 3, 2011 in Brest, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)