Michael Olivant, a Times reader, saw a chance to contribute when a Dalmatian pelican landed on his wife’s head at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece in the first decade of February 2025. (Photo by Michael Olivant/The Times)

English television personality Gabby Allen attends the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises at The Royal Festival Hall on May 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by James Curley)

Argentine-Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez attends the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner during the Spring-Summer 2026 New York Fashion Week in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2025. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis/Reuters)

Onokatsu in action against Ichiyamamoto during the twelfth bout of the Grand Sumo Tournament at Royal Albert Hall in London on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Peter Cziborra/Action Images via Reuters)

Kelsea Ballerini performs at the 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., November 19, 2025. (Photo by Seth Herald/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)

Mug shot of De Gracy (sic) and Edward Dalton. Details unknown. Central Police Station, Sydney, around 1920. (Photo by NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice & Police Museum, Histiric Houses Trust of NSW)

Undated UK Ministry of Defence handout photo of an RAF Tornado GR4 which has been painted in Gulf War “desert pink” paint scheme to honour the aircraft type's almost continuous operational service since the Royal Air Force helped liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's forces, taken by SAC Rose Buchanan, which has been shortlisted for the general public to pick their favourite RAF Image of the Year. (Photo by SAC Rose Buchanan/MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire)