Russian artist Oleg Kulik installs the wax figure resembling to Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova at his new exhibition project in Moscow on October 19, 2002. Kulik plans soon to fill his museum with figures of strong and beautiful women like Bjork and Madonna in unexpected poses. (Photo by Alexander Natruskin/Reuters)

A young man with the date 25 painted on his face, gives the victory sign in Tahir Square ahead of the first anniversary of the revolution on January 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Latin dancing featured on the opening day of the 98th Blackpool Dance Festival in the Empress Ballroom in the city’s Winter Gardens on May 28, 2024. (Photo by James Glossop/ The Times & Sunday Times)

A person reacts on the “Swiftie Steps” ahead of a Taylor Swift concert, following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna because of a planned attack, at Wembley Stadium in London, Britain on August 15, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

During rehearsals, colourful puppets bring the Loch Ness monster to life on March 27, 2025 for the new musical Nessie, which transforms the mystery of the loch into a vibrant stage production. The show runs from March 28 to April 5 at The Studio, Edinburgh, before moving to Pitlochry Festival Theatre. (Photo by Fraser Band/Jam Press)

An aerial view of people visiting the roaring Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River on August 11, 2025 in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province of China. Hukou waterfall is witnessing an increasing water flow lately. (Photo by Liu Yijiang/VCG via Getty Images)

A protester is sprayed by a Department of Homeland Security officer outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (Photo by Jenny Kane/AP Photo)

As the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child, women's rights activists point to progress on a wide array of issues but say more needs to be done to protect girls from child marriage, sexual assault and other forms of exploitation. Here is a selection of pictures showing the daily lives of girls across the globe, all taken by female Associated Press photojournalists. Here: In this December 14, 2015, file photo, a young clown rides in the back of a car following a procession to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Hundreds belonging to various clown associations made their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)