A woman dressing the traditional clothes of a “cholita”, skates during a skate festival on September 30, 2020 in La Paz, Bolivia. According to the Johns Hopkins University Resource Center, Bolivia has over 130,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and more than 7,500 deceases. (Photo by Gaston Brito/Getty Images)

Some are in it just for the money, others to help buy a meal. Then there are those who trade for fun or to spend time among friends. Millions of investors – pensioners, security guards, high-school students – dominate China's stock markets, conducting about 80 percent of all trades. Retirees gather in brokerage houses dotted around China also to enjoy some company and savour the air conditioning on hot days. Some start as young as 13, trading from home with an eye on future careers in finance. Winning isn't guaranteed. This year, among the most turbulent in China's financial history, its stock markets more than doubled in the six months to May, only to crash amid concerns that growth in the country, which makes everything from cars to steel, is slowing faster than previously thought. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)

A polar bear whose bottom half is caked in oily black gunk. A whale wrapped in striped fabric: a pseudo straightjacket. These are the messes climate change leaves behind, the things we know are happening but often don’t have the opportunity to see with our own eyes. Swiss street art duo Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, otherwise known as NeverCrew, met in art school when they were 15 and started making work together soon after. As a team, the artists adorn the world with eye-popping and gut-wrenching images depicting the consequences of humanity’s actions on earth. (Photo by NeverCrew/The Huffington Post)

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 16,000 feet into the sky on August 10, 2020. The volcano, one of two currently erupting in Indonesia, was dormant for four centuries before exploding in 2010, killing two people. Another eruption in 2014 killed 16 people, while seven died in a 2016 eruption. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images)

Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

British model and fashion designer Stella Tennant in Chanel Swimwear, collection Automne-Hiver 1995-96 at Paris Fashion Show in Paris on October 20, 1995. Stella Tennant, one of the most renowned catwalk models and cover-stars of the 1990s, has died aged 50, her family announced on December 23, 2020. “It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020”, the statement said. (Photo by Neville Marriner/ANL/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

American supermodel Bella Hadid (R) holds onto her friend's leg for dear life in the second decade of January 2023. (Photo by bellahadid/Instagram)

Fashion model Gisele Bundchen saddles up in a belt and chaps for a photoshoot in February 2023. Brazilian Gisele, 42, looked at home with a range of outfits for Vogue Italia. (Photo by Rafael Pavarotti)