A long skater speeds away on the rain-wet ice on lake Orlangen, South of Stockholm on December 15, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 5 degrees for southern Sweden. (Photo by Tobias Rostlund/AFP Photo)

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UK-based photographer Thom Atkinson’s series Soldiers’ Inventories – an attempt to explore “the mythology surrounding Britain’s relationship with war”.

A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine, with two plastic guns pierced through his cheeks, takes part in a street procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket September 29, 2014. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A photographer in Somerset, South West England captured the mating rituals of toads as several males attempt to mate with one female all at once. (Photo by John Waters/NPL)

American model and television presenter Ashley Graham says she's keeping her “spirits (and boobs) lifted” on July 10, 2022. (Photo by ashleygraham/Instagram)

Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson attends the World Premiere of “Dune: Part Two” in London's Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)

English actress Daisy Edgar-Jones is seen in the SoHo on April 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by TheStewartofNY/GC Images)