Monkeys climb onto tourists during the annual Monkey Festival in Lopburi province, Thailand on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)
A motorcycle-taxi driver takes a nap while leaning on his bike along a street in Bangkok, Thailand on February 17, 2019. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)
A general view of Copacabana beach during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 22, 2020. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
The Invasion. A quiet street in Macau. Modernization around is quickly changing the city, as documented by Paul Tsui. (Photo by Paul Tsui/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest)
A woman leaves sauna during the sauna marathon in Otepaa, Estonia on February 2, 2019. Participants have to track down, locate and visit designated saunas in the Otepaa area as fast as possible during the event. The team that completed all of the saunas in the shortest time wins. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)
A 69-meter-tall giant Buddha statue stands at the Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple on the outskirts of Bangkok on October 12, 2021. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)