A model poses for a picture during the 20th World Bodypainting Festival 2017 on July 30, 2017 in Klagenfurt, Austria. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)
Taiwanese-American performer Nymphia Wind arrives for the 76th annual Emmy Awards ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 September 2024. The Emmys celebrate excellence in national primetime television programming. (Photo by Allison Dinner/EPA/EFE)
Zheng Qinwen of China returns a shot to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in a women's singles semi-final match, of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Saturday, October 5, 2024. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team rider Brad Binder of South Africa speeds through a corner during a MotoGP practice session at the Australian MotoGP on Philip Island on October 18, 2024. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)
Aeronautics and Space engineer at France's Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises, or Comex, Arnaud Prost (C) meets with a jogger as he tests on the ground the “Gandolfi 2” underwater training suit for spacewalk, on January 20, 2016 in the calanques region (rocky inlets) of Marseille. The underwater training suit “Gandolfi 2”, developed with the European Space Agency (ESA), is designed for training astronauts underwater to simulate space gravity for the astronaut's extravehicular activities (EVAs). (Photo by Boris Horvat/AFP Photo)
Tattoos are commonly used among criminals to show gang membership and record the wearer's personal history—such as his or her skills, specialties, accomplishments and convictions. They are also used as a means of personal expression. Certain designs have developed recognized coded meanings. The code systems can be quite complex and because of the nature of what they encode, the tattoo designs are not widely recognized.
A man climbs up a wooden pole to get a prize during celebration of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, near Rumyantsevo, Moscow region, Russia, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)
Penitent Jerry Mazon, 9, wears his “Morions” mask while playing with his baby brother during Holy Week celebrations in Mogpog, Marinduque in central Philippines March 22, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)