Models, painted by bodypainting artist Alex Hansen from Brasil and Benoit Botella from Guadaloupe, pose for a picture at the 21st World Bodypainting Festival 2018 on July 14, 2018 in Klagenfurt, Austria. (Photo by Didier Messens/Getty Images)

Hao Han (8), Shaolin kung fu student and child actor. Shaolin Monastery, Henan. (Photo by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer)

A dramatic rise in owning exotic pets in China is fuelling global demand for threatened species. The growing trade in alligators, snakes, monkeys, crocodiles and spiders is directly linked to species loss in some of the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Here: A fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is groomed in a pet store in central Beijing. Native to the Sahara in North Africa, the species became a popular pet after being depicted as a character in Disney’s 2016 animated movie Zootopia. Individuals can cost between $2,000–$3,000. (Photo by Sean Gallagher/The Guardian)

A transparent van is displayed by a vendor for safety devices at the IAA Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, September 10, 2019. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A hyena kisses his own reflection while appearing to walk on water. (Photo by Jake De Wet/Caters News Agency)

Visitors walk past "Sculpture #1" by Darren Bader at the Frieze Art Fair in London, Britain October 14, 2015. The Frieze Art Fair, which is one of the world's leading contemporary art fairs, opens today and runs through October 17. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

Photograph of model Czech-Italian Eva Herzigova taken by Italian photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri in Rome, Italy, 1997. (Photo by Gian Paolo Barbieri/Fondazione Gian Paolo Barbieri/29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery/Handout via Reuters)

Grand champion Hakuho (front) barely defeats Daieisho on the first day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kyodo News/Newscom/Profimedia)