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)

American singer-songwriter Beyoncé stuns in a driveway photoshoot in the second decade of February 2022. (Photo by beyonce/Instagram)

A man dressed in red-white-and-blue sits on the curb during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (Photo by Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)

Gorgeous galaxies and stunning stars make up this selection of pictures from the shortlisted entries for this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year award. The winners will be announced on 15 September, and an exhibition of the winning images will be will be displayed in a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Centre from 17 September. Here: “Seven Magic Points”. The rusty red swirls of the circular, iron sculpture Seven Magic Points in Brattebergan, Norway mirror the rippling aurora above. (Photo by Rune Engebø/Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016/National Maritime Museum)

Members of Afghan ninja team “Kabura Vahdet” practices Asian martial arts in Tehran, Iran on June 17, 2022. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E jumping, is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects. “B.A.S.E.” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs)”. – Wikipedia

Photo: Felix Baumgartner, world-renowned B.A.S.E jumper, is pictured in this undated handout photo. Baumgartner will attempt the first unpowered crossing of the strait between England and France. (Photo by Red Bull via Getty Images)

A flock of starlings is seen as they perform their traditional dance fly before landing to sleep during the sunset near the southern Arab Israeli city of Rahat, in the northern Israeli Negev desert, on February 2, 2015. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)

Beautiful woman and man playing domination games in bed. (Photo by nd3000/Getty Images)