Icelandic horses play on a stud farm in Wehrheim Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on Thursday, May 21, 2020. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the Groundhog Day Festivities, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2023. (Photo by Alan Freed/Reuters)

A man (bottom) suspected of shooting former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is tackled to the ground by police at Yamato Saidaiji Station in the city of Nara on July 8, 2022. Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on July 8, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the nation's longest-serving premier was showing no vital signs. (Photo by Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP Photo)

People go into the Washington Square fountain as they take part in the NYC Dyke March during New York's Pride week LGBTQ+ celebration in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2025. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

People wearing costumes pose for a photograph as they participate in the annual “Zombie Walk” in Bordeaux, France on October 22, 2016. Several hundred people wearing costumes and makeup took part in the walk which was authorized despite the state of emergency. (Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP Photo)

A woman takes a selfie with “RoboThespian” at Robots, a major new exhibition at Science Museum in London, England on February 7, 2017. Exhibition showcases 500-year history of robots, with over 100 robots and the largest collection of humanoid robots ever displayed. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

American actress Kiernan Shipka stretches her hot-pink look across a boat in the second half of April 2022. (Photo by Instagram/kiernanshipka)

Veterans Day is right around the corner, so it’s nice to see that one of the time-lapses making the most impact online over the past couple of days is one showing a homeless US Army veteran being given a makeover and, in some ways, a new lease on life.