A woman stands in front of a mask-clad lion statue outside a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on January 18, 2022, as Japan reported a record high of new Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

Revellers brave the rain as they make the most of New Year's Eve in Liverpool city centre, UK on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Ioannis Alexopoulos/London News Pictures)

Chile's Mary Dee Vargas (L) reacts after defeating Brazil's Larissa Farias compete in their Judo Women's –48 kg Bronze Medal contest during the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima on August 8, 2019. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters)

Jedi Ambassador of The Chicago Jedi, Dan McCann, 56, standing in his window in Chicago, Illinois on May 3, 2020. Normally, Dan would be preparing for The Galactic Battle For Chi-Town, a yearly mock Lightsaber battle in Chicago, which this year is being done via selfies shared over Facebook due to Illinois and Chicago's Stay At Home order. (Photo by Chris Riha/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts as seen from Pululera village in East Flores, in Nobo on May 19, 2025. A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on May 19, spewing an ash cloud more than a kilometre high after authorities raised the country's highest alert level. (Photo by Arnold Welianto/AFP Photo)

Orlando Pirates fan reacts during the Premier Soccer League (PSL) South African Premier Division football match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP Photo)

A participant rests while people take part in the Mermaid Parade at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York, June 20, 2015. The annual parade, founded in 1983, seeks to bring mythology to life for residents, create confidence in the district and to allow artistic self-expression in public, according to the parade's website. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Young Ukrainian cadets of Kyiv's “Cadets Corp” military school dance after the graduation ceremony at the Monument to Prince Volodymyr in Kyiv on September 29, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)