Hostesses wait to direct delegates to their buses and hotels after the opening session of the CPPCC, or Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, in Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People on March 4, 2024 in Beijing, China.China's annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions will convene leaders and lawmakers to set the government's agenda for domestic economic and social development for the year. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Three young women sprint for cover after getting caught but they were laughing with joy. Fun for some – not so much for others. Leaping over and into puddles. Torrential rain and lightning and thunder in North London Highgate on August 17, 2022. Storm drenched people out and created huge puddles for traffic People ran to escape. (Photo by Gavin Rodgers/Pixel8000)

A passenger plane approaches to land as Nepalese people sit in a long-distance bus to travel back to their villages in order to celebrate the Dashain festival, at the Koteshwor bus station in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 October 2024. Many Nepalese people travel to their home towns to celebrate Dashain Festival with their families. The festival is a major annual religious event in Nepal, celebrated as a national holiday. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)

Lebanese people take pictures for damaged grain silos in Beirut port following a huge explosion rocked the city in Beirut, Lebanon, 23 August 2020. According to Lebanese Health Ministry at least 181 people were killed, and more than 6,000 injured in the Beirut blast that devastated the port area on 04 August and believed to have been caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)

A milkman crosses through floodwater at Chak Ali Sher village in Wazirabad district on August 28, 2025, after government issued a flood alert for riverside areas of Punjab province. Water has gushed into the eastern province, Pakistan's breadbasket and home to about half of its 255 million people, with three transboundary rivers swelling beyond their banks. The latest monsoon downpour has killed at least 13 people, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)

People at a Czech Stop look at a cloud of smoke rising from the explosion in West, Texas, April 17, 2013. (Photo by Andy Bartee via Dallas Morning News/MCT)

An American flag flutters on a young tree stripped of bark after a massive tornado passed through the town killing at least 116 people May 24, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The tornado that ripped through the town of about 50,000 people May 22, is being called the deadliest single tornado in the U.S. in 60 years. (Photo by Julie Denesha/Getty Images)

Relatives of an earthquake victim are led away from ruins by a Policeman, on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. Media are reporting more than 400 people have been killed in the 7.2 earthquake that struck in Eastern Turkey on October 23. The earthquake has left up to 40,000 people homeless in almost freezing conditions. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Getty Images)