A woman inspects artwork by Iranian artist Farrokh Mahdavi during a preview of the National Gallery of Victoria's (NGV) Triennial 2023, an exhibition featuring work by over 120 contemporary artists, designers and collectives, in Melbourne on December 1, 2023. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)

Hot-air balloons glide over the historical Cappadocia region with Turkish flags to mark August 30 Turkiye's Victory Day in Nevsehir, Turkiye on August 30, 2023. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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)

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold posters showing the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as they rally to show support to Lebanon's Hezbollah and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen on October 18, 2024. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Miss Japan, Juri Watanabe, appears on stage during the national costume presentation of the 70th Miss Universe beauty pageant in Israel's southern Red Sea coastal city of Eilat on December 10, 2021. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)

Members of Pakistan's Christian minority attend a service ahead of Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 December 2021. Pakistan is a majority Sunni Muslim country and home to four million Christians out of a total population of around 200 million people. (Photo by Rahat Dar/EPA/EFE)

A male sea lion Leo writes the word of tiger in Chinese character at a New Year's attraction to celebrate the Year of the Tiger at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on Monday, January 3, 2022. The calligraphy attraction by the sea lion will be carried through January 31. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Attendants wait for visitors to the the exhibition entitled “Forging Ahead in the New Era”, showing the country's achievements during his past two terms, at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing on October 12, 2022, ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress meeting. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)