Venezuela's food shortages, inflation and crumbling medical sector have become such a source of anguish that a growing number of young women are reluctantly opting for sterilizations rather than face the hardship of pregnancy and child-rearing. Traditional contraceptives like condoms or birth control pills have virtually vanished from store shelves, pushing women towards the hard-to-reverse surgery. While no recent national statistics on sterilizations are available, doctors and health workers say demand for the procedure is growing. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

A man drives a modified boat “Jetcar” in the bay in Miami, Florida, on October 4, 2023. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)

Metropolitan Police run as they escort people, some without shoes, away from a shooting scene in the northwest part of the city on April 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Police evacuated residents from the shooting scene Friday afternoon and there were reports of several shooting victims. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Children play in the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

From left, Cierra Fraser, 28, Los Angeles, a nanny, and Joslin Farley, 28, Los Angeles, a barista, poses in the outfits they wore to see the movie “Barbie” at TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California, on July 22, 2023. “I just knew that it was in good hands. I knew we were not gonna get a stereotypical barbie movie. I knew it was gonna be exactly what the people needed”, said Farley. (Photo by Jenna Schoenefeld for The Washington Post)

A model walks the runway during the Shona Joy “Le Long de la Côte” collection launch runway on September 21, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is flipped upside down after a play during the second quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on November 28, 2023 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Sergio Estrada/USA TODAY Sports)

An asylum-seeking migrant child from Honduras reacts as disembarking an inflatable raft after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas, U.S., June 8, 2021. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Reuters)