A rioter smashes the window of a building on October 8, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Protesters have gathered across Indonesia after the government passed a labor law it claims will boost economic recovery needed due to coronavirus. Critics claim the bill will worsen labor conditions and environmental protections. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images)

French artist Julien Breton aka Kaalam started calligraphy in 2001 by copying Arabic calligraphers. Self-taught, he began to incorporate long exposure photography to create incredible light paintings around the world. All of the images in this gallery were created in-camera, meaning there is no Photoshop trickery or post-production manipulation involved in creating these works of art.

A child looks out from a bus window after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 13, 2022. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

A devotee, dressed as Hindu God Shiva, looks out from a window as he waits to perform during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival on the outskirts of Agartala, India April 13, 2018. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

A woman looks out of the window of a house as saris, traditional clothing worn by women, are hanged out to dry in Lalitpur, Nepal on April 17, 2019. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A couple looks at their flooded street from behind their home's window in La Plata, in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, where at least 35 people were killed by flooding overnight, on April 3, 2013. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)