A Palestinian man holds a giant teddy bear as he rides a motorcycle on Valentine's day in Gaza city, on February 14, 2023. Valentine's Day is increasingly popular in the region as people have taken up the custom of giving flowers, cards, chocolates and gifts to sweethearts to celebrate the occasion. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A policeman stands near a burning vehicle during clashes between supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan and riot police near Khan's house to prevent officers from arresting him, in Lahore on early March 15, 2023. Pakistan police appeared on March 15 to have given up an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)

A Christian devotee participates in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Chennai on April 7, 2023. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

Officers of the Senegalese Armed Forces get themselves ready to take part in celebrations for Senegal's 63rd Independence Day in Dakar on April 04, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)

A farmer harvests the lotus roots at a lotus pond in the Lingjiaohu Village of Nanxian County, Yiyang City, Central China's Hunan Province on April 26, 2023. Farmers in Lingjiaohu Village of Nanxian County have recently been busy with harvesting lotus roots. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Women wearing protective masks talk to each other on a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 17, 2020. (Photo by Lim Huey Teng/Reuters)

Igor, a 40 year-old Ukranian soldier embraces his wife in front of his military basement in the center of Odessa on March 17, 2022. Odessa, which Ukraine fears could be the next target of Russia's offensive in the south, is the country's main port and is vital for its economy. But the city of one million people close to the Romanian and Moldovan borders also holds a special place in the Russian imagination. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)

Natalia Grossman of the USA competes during the women's finals of the IFSC Climbing World Cup Meiringen on April 09, 2022 in Meiringen, Switzerland. (Photo by Marco Kost/Getty Images)