A girl from Newar community is pictured with vermillion powder on her forehead as she takes part at the Ihi ceremony in Bhaktapur, Nepal on December 6, 2019. The two-day ceremony begins with purification rituals and ends with “Kanyadan” (giving away the virgin) of the girl by her father. A Newari girl gets married thrice in her life, first with Bel, the fruit of a wood-apple tree, secondly with the sun, and lastly with her future husband. (Photo by Monika Deupala/Reuters)

A cat wearing a dress is carried around in a transparent rucksack at the annual Pet Expo Thailand 2021 in Bangkok on November 25, 2021. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)

A person performs during the 2022 NYC Pride parade, in New York City, New York , U.S., June 26, 2022. (Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

A man wearing a costume dives into a partly frozen lake in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province on February 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

In this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, Finland's Krista Siegfrids, second right, kisses a dancer as she performs her song “Marry Me” during the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden. That was the first girl-on-girl kiss in the history of the annual competition. Previously, organizers had sought to prevent similar embraces citing the competition's status as a family event. (Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)

A woman wearing a protective face mask carries her pet cat in a backpack as they wait to cross a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Barcelona, Spain on April 9, 2021. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

Visitors attend the balloon festival on the Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ronggolawe Stadion on April 23, 2023, in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia. Javanese people fly giant hot air balloons during Eid, which has long been a tradition of the Wonosobo regency. (Photo by Garry Lotulung/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)