Soldiers take a selfie on the plateform at a metro station in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024. Thousands of selfie-taking Ho Chi Minh City residents crammed into train carriages on December 22, as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever metro line after years of delays. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)

An air tanker flies low over a wildfire burning on the edge of the Cariboo region city of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada on July 21, 2024. (Photo by Spencer Stratton/Handout via Reuters)

Bronze medallist Norway's Line Flem Hoest jumps into the water as she celebrates at the end of the women's ILCA 6 single-handed dinghy medal race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing competition at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille on August 7, 2024. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

For her series “Japanese Whispers”, Belgian photographer Zaza Bertrand headed inside the intimate world of rabuhos – Japanese love hotels. Love hotels became popular in Japan from the 1960s onwards, due to a lack of privacy in many family homes. There are now around 37,000 of these hotels in Japan, allowing short daytime “rests” or overnight stays. (Photo by Zaza Bertrand/The Guardian)

Musafir, a pet monkey, eats sweets on a pavement in Kolkata, India, June 9, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Students dressed up as Hindu gods Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva participate in a cultural event in their school in Mumbai, India on August 21, 2019. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)

An official (R) measures the size of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) carcass on the shore of Teluk Betung beach in West Sumatra, Indonesia, 08 October 2019. The dead whale shark washed ashore at Teluk Betung beach on 07 October 2019. (Photo by Rajo Batuah/EPA/EFE)

A barber cuts hair of his client at a shuttered market during the countrywide traders strike in Lahore on October 29, 2019. Pakistani traders have joined hands to observe a nationwide shutterdown strike against the government over its “anti-business” policies, seeking to bring trade and economic activities across the country to a standstill on October 29 and 30. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)