Three samurai warriors in armour, circa 1880. (Photo by Kusakabe Kimbei). P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

General view of the atmosphere at the Halloween celebrating in city centre on October 29, 2021 in Newcastle, United Kingdom. (Photo by Newcastle New Projects)

Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan on January 24, 2023. (Photo by Kyodo Photo via Newscom/Alamy Live News)

A woman stands in front of a mask-clad lion statue outside a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on January 18, 2022, as Japan reported a record high of new Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

Members of Krewe Delusion, one of the the first parades of the Mardi Gras festivities, through the French Quarter of New Orleans January 31, 2015. (Photo by Lee Celano/Reuters)

People sit at an oversize picnic table in Soho Square in London May 19, 2014. (Photo by Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Jason Bregartner and his son Jason Jr., 2, sit in costume with J.D. Mirable at a bustop during the NYC Zombie Crawl in New York, October 18, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)