These young sloth bears hitch a ride on their mother's back as she forages for food in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in the Indian state of Rajasthan in May 2023. (Photo by Aditya Singh/Solent News)

Nose to Nose; Human/Nature winner. “Doug Gimesy was documenting work at the Joey and Bat Sanctuary near Melbourne when he met a wombat (Vombatus ursinus) whose mother had been killed by a car. Gimesy watched as a young veterinary student bottle-fed the orphaned joey, then touched her nose to the joey’s in a tender moment of interspecies bonding”. (Photo by Doug Gimesy/BigPicture)

The Canton Tower and skyscrapers are illuminated during a rehearsal for the 2023 Guangzhou International Light Festival on November 20, 2023 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. The 12th Guangzhou International Light Festival will be held from November 21 to 30. (Photo by Wu Wenjun/VCG via Getty Images)

Residents of Mathare slum fill bags with coal in hard conditions in the capital of Kenya, Nairobi on November 06, 2023. The coal that workers produce with primitive methods by working overtime in unlicensed workshops is used for heating, cooking and other daily needs. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Riot police detain a woman during a protest near Mong Kok police station in Hong Kong, China on September 7, 2019. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Actor Sophie poses on September 5, 2022 in various locations in character at the Goodwood Race Track ahead of next week Goodwood's Revival meeting (16-18 September). (Photo by Peter Tarry/The Times)

A person gestures during the “NYC Dyke March” have a moment of silence for the LGBT community in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., June 26, 2021. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Reuters)

A pedestrian wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, walks in front of a mural, at a metro station in Athens, Greece, Monday, November 15, 2021. Authorities say the rate of death related to COVID-19 in Greece has reached its highest level in six months as roughly one-third of the country's population remains unvaccinated. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)