Competitors release their hens during the World Championship Hen Racing Championships in Bonsall, Britain August 1, 2015. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)
A man smiles as he carries firewood he bought on a street amid ongoing fuel and cooking gas shortages in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 2, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
A garbage collector looks for recyclable waste at a dump in Erbil, in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region, February 21, 2016. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)
Participants run at the “Half-Naked Marathon” at Olympic Forest park in Beijing, China, February 28, 2016. This annual running event which requires participants to run half-naked, was organized to promote environmentally friendly lifestyles. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A man and his dog wade through a flooded road in Vila Velha, Espirito Santo state, Brazil, on December 27, 2013. At least 44 people have died and more than 60,000 have been left homeless following torrential rains over the past few weeks in southeast Brazil. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)
The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced the winning images in its annual photography competition. The 2020 winners show the important work of zoos and aquariums at an immensely challenging time. After months of closures, these conservation organisations are reeling from the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Here: Runner-up, Heart and Minds: Nifty nose, by Samantha Allworthy at Longleat. Species: prehensile tailed porcupines. (Photo by Samantha Allworthy/BIAZA 2020 Photography Competition)
Colombian Jahn Fredy Duque, dressed as superhero “Spiderman”, performs on the streets in Bogota, Colombia on April 24, 2017. Duque hangs a white cloth 26 meters long – his cobweb – from a bridge near the international center of Bogota, where he performs in the street for a livelihood. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)
Dogs perform during “Stars and starlets”, a new programme, at the National Circus in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev April 30, 2015. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)