A devotee of the Jor Soo Gong Naka shrine with skewers pierced through her cheeks takes part in a procession during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket on September 27, 2022. The festival, back after two years of hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic, features religious devotees who slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)

Filipino Muslims pray outside the Blue Mosque as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr on May 13, 2021 in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, during which Muslims in countries around the world spend time with family, offer gifts and often give to charity. Parts of the Philippines remain under strict lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, with religious venues restricted to 20 percent capacity only. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

In this Saturday, June 24, 2017 file photo, Zeid Ali, 12, left, and Hodayfa Ali, 11, comfort each other after their house was hit and collapsed during fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. The Ali cousins said some of their family members are still under the rubble. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo/File)

A woman wearing face mask leaves a restaurant decorated with skeletons for the upcoming Halloween party, in Kiev, on October 26, 2021. Ukraine whose public health service is under-resourced reported that 734 coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours, the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)

A displaced Palestinian plays on a swing at the beach, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 31, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

A woman poses for photographs while Indonesian police officers burn seized various drugs during a press conference at the regional police headquarters in Banda Aceh on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)

An airplane passes the moon as it makes its approach to Philadelphia International Airport, Sunday, September 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

This breathtaking natural light show illuminating waters off the British coast looks like something out of hit film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Photographer Adrian Campfield was out having dinner at a restaurant at Beachy Head, East Sussex, when the rays suddenly appeared. The 59-year-old and his wife Louise rushed outside onto the 535ft high cliffs to watch the spectacle. Mr Campfield, a former graphic designer, from Bexley, Kent, said the light was “changing all the time” for more than 15 minutes. (Photo by Adrian Campfield/Solent/Visual Press Agency)