Rajasthani Artist During Closing ceremony of annual Camel Fair in Pushkar, India on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A health worker dresses in a protective suit before starting to perform the coronavirus testing in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, May 26, 2020. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)

An Indian woman smeared in colors dances during Holi festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)

Kinga Drozdz of Team Poland reacts against Xufeng Zou of Team China during the Women's Sabre Category A quarterfinals on day six of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Grand Palais on September 03, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Jacob Trouba, who plays in defence for the Anaheim Ducks, scuffles with Nazem Kadri, of Calgary Flames during a NHL match at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Canada on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Sergei Belski/Reuters)

Nestled among the cocoa plantations of western Ivory Coast is a gold mine that does not feature on any official maps. It is not run by an industrial mining company, nor does it pay taxes to the central government. The unlicensed mine is a key part of a lucrative business empire headed by the deputy commander of the West African nation's elite Republican Guard, United Nations investigators allege. Here: A gold prospector sits and eats close to a soldier at a gold mine near the village of Gamina, in western Ivory Coast, March 18, 2015. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)

In this Sunday, March 2, 2014 photo, animal barber Mohamed Mahmoud shaves a customer's initials onto the rump of a donkey in Cairo, Egypt. Clients typically request for regular trims to keep animals cool in the summer, initials in English letters, and patterns – but sometimes they give Mahmoud full creative license. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo)

“Vull sortir a la superficie, i ... respirar”. (Photo by Véronique Carreño Andreu)

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