A longhorn steer approaches a bystander after it got loose, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Fairview Township, Pa. Authorities managed to corral the animal and successfully recaptured it. (Photo by Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP Photo)

A newborn grey seal pup is tended by its mother at Donna Nook, a nature reserve on the county’s coastline managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in Lincolnshire, UK on November 23, 2015. (Photo by David Tipling/Rex Shutterstock)

Mateo Santiago, Field Manager at Tropical Bamboo Nursery and Gardens, photographs rain water collecting in the corpse flower as Garden Manager Melanie Benson steadies a ladder. Santiago crinkled his nose up distastefully when he described its odor, which was at its worse Sunday night. “It smelled like a dead rat”. (Photo by Melanie Bell/Palm Beach Daily News)

Sustainable development goal target 12.5 is to reduce waste. But with a planet increasingly dependent on technology, is that even possible? As of today, over 30m tonnes of electronic waste has been thrown out so far this year, according to the World Counts. Most e-waste is sent to landfills in Asia and Africa where it is recycled by hand, exposing the people who do it to environmental hazards. Kai Loeffelbein’s photographs of e-waste recycling in Guiyu, southern China show what happens to discarded computers. (Photo by Kai Loeffelbein/laif Agentur)

American singer Michael Jackson (1958–2009) arrives at Heathrow Airport with his manager Frank DiLeo, on his Bad World Tour, 11th July 1988. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

Using clever low exposure techinques, photographer Rolf Maeder managed to capture multiple strikes hitting the canyon under atmospheric stormy skies. (Photo by Rolf Maeder)

Cast member Shu Qi poses during a photocall for the film “The Assassin” (Nie yin niang) in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2015. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

The entire cast perform during a production media call for Singin' In The Rain at Her Majesty's Theatre on May 12, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)