A hand-painted sign encouraging citizens to vote, sits with Halloween decorations in the front yard of a home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. October 20, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)

Alice Goodridge (left) and Tanya Mackenzie (right), members of the Loch Insh Dippers wild swim group, take part in a Christmas-themed swim in the frozen Loch Insh, Kingussie, in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland on Friday, December 13, 2024. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

A visitor poses for pictures at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Xiaoyu Yin/Reuters)

Michael Olivant, a Times reader, saw a chance to contribute when a Dalmatian pelican landed on his wife’s head at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece in the first decade of February 2025. (Photo by Michael Olivant/The Times)

Staff members lead robot dogs during the 2025 AI Intelligent Robot Exhibition at Nanjing International Expo Centre on February 16, 2025 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Yang Bo/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Senior citizens sit outside US retailer Victoria’s Secret in Beijing, China, 08 April 2025. On 07 April, 2025, US President Donald Trump threatened China with an additional 50 percent tariff on goods imported into the US if it does not withdraw a 34 percent tariff it imposed on US imports into China. The 34 percent tariff China set was in response to Trump’s earlier 34 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the US. Trump gave China a deadline of 08 April to withdraw its tax, or it will face the 50 percent additional tax. (Photo by Jessica Lee/EPA/EFE)

A herder sits amidst his camels at a cattle market in Lahore on June 3, 2025, ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)

People celebrate the traditional Fiesta de las Aguedas on February 6, 2022 in Andavias, Zamora, Castilla y Leon, Spain. This celebration, also known as “El dia de las mujeres”, is a deep-rooted tradition in Castilla y Leon, especially in rural areas. The day of the Aguedas has its origin in the cult of Santa Agueda, and is celebrated every February 5. (Photo By Emilio Fraile/Europa Press via Getty Images)