Biologist Kelly Martin records her measurements of Electra, a 5 1/2 foot leatherback turtle nesting on the beach behind the Seminole Golf Club course in Juno Beach. Martin uses a red light which is invisible to turtles. (Photo by Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post)

“Honorable Mention”. An Indian rhinoceros, far from home and stuck inside with late-winter blues at the Toronto zoo. Photo location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo and caption by Stephen De Lisle/National Geographic Photo Contest)

A road is soaked in water following an earthquake, in Tokyo, early Friday, October 8, 2021. A powerful earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, halting trains and subways. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)

A man walks along an El Paso road while observing a large ash column from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, October 4, 2021. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)

A man in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in the Russian Far East on November 23, 2021. Located in Tuimaada Valley on the Lena River, Yakutsk is the largest city in the permafrost zone. On 23 November 2021, the daytime temperature ranged between –35 and –31 degrees Celsius in Yakutsk. On the night between 22 and 23 November, the temperature went down to –37 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Vadim Skryabin/TASS)

A man wearing the traditional Carnival Neapolitan mask of Pulcinella performs on Via Caracciolo avenue in Naples, Italy, Saturday, November 14, 2020. The regions of Campania and Tuscany were designated red zone on Friday, signaling the dire condition of a hospitals struggling with a surge of new admissions. (Photo by Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)

Supporters of US President Donald Trump rally in front of a poll station at Coral Gable Branch Public Library in Miami, Florida on November 3, 2020. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP Photo)

A woman wearing a face mask takes a photo on her phone in Covent Garden, London, Thursday, December 3, 2020. Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and could be dispensing shots within days – a historic step toward eventually ending the outbreak that has killed more than 1.4 million people around the globe. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)