Danny Batsalkin holds a rifle during the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) meeting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2024. (Photo by Shelby Tauber/Reuters)
Hungary's athlete Anna Toth receives help after a fall in the women's 100m hurdles semifinal during the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Rome on June 8, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP Photo)
In this handout image provided by Red Bull, Maria Paula Quintero of Colombia dives from the 21.5 metre platform during the second competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on June 29, 2024 at Polignano a Mare, Italy. (Photo by Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Images)
The 12th round of the 2024 Motocross World Championship got under way in Lombok, Indonesia, on July 07, 2024. Jeffrey Herlings of the Netherlands won the round, and there are eight more to go. (Photo by IPA/Splash News and Pictures/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Puerto Rico's Ayden Owens-Delerme competes in the men's decathlon shot put of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)
“Jason deCaires Taylor is an English sculptor specialising in the creation of contemporary underwater sculptures which over time develop into artificial coral reefs. Taylor integrates his skills as a conservationist, underwater photographer and scuba diving instructor to produce unique installations that encourage the habitation and growth of corals and marine life”. – Wikipedia. Photo: “The Silent Evolution”. Underwater Sculpture, Museo Subacuático de Arte, Cancun. (Photo by Jason deCaires Taylor/UnderwaterSculpture)
“Himalayan Dog”. This dog just appeared out of nowhere and followed us for an entire week during our trekking trip in the Himalayan outback. He always used to sleep in front of our tent and guarded us in the nights. When I decided to get up at 4 a.m. to climb the next 5000 m peak for sunrise he accompanied me as well. On the top he was sitting for the entire 30 minutes on this place looking straight into the countryside. Photo location: Ladakh, India. (Photo and caption by Sebastian Wahlhuetter/National Geographic Photo Contest)