People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus enjoy a social dance at a public park in Beijing, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China's most serious recent COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

A restaurant worker wearing a mask cleans the windows as the restaurant reopens amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, July 6, 2020. Bars, restaurants and beauty salons were allowed to re-open Monday after over three months of quarantine, and are required to observe preventative measures and reduced operating hours only during the day. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)

A protester reacts during a rally against the government's restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2020. (Photo by Christian Mang/Reuters)

An armed police officer checks the documents of a cyclist at a checkpoint placed to implement a curfew in the country's capital amid rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 16, 2021. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

A grey heron is seen at the Sempione park, after Lombardy was downgraded from a red to an orange zone, loosening the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions including allowing non-essential shops to re-open, in Milan, Italy, April 13, 2021. (Photo by Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters)

A girl holds her hedgehog to be blessed by a priest at the Cathedral San Bernardino de Siena during the ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

An activist shouts amid clashes with Lebanese riot police during a protest to demand the opening of Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, outside of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, 22 February 2024. (Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA/EFE)

A curious trio of owl monkeys peep out of a tree hollow on the Marañón River near the city of Nauta, Peru in April 2024. (Photo by James Cai/Solent News)