Finding just the right spot above the clouds at Camp 1 on Ama Dablam, Danuru Sherpa uses his iPhone to catch up with friends and family. Even at 18,500 feet (5,654 meters), climbers here can check their email and other dispatches from the world below. (Photo by Aaron Huey/National Geographic)

These girls are all smiles as they celebrate surviving A-level results day in Birmingham, England on August 15, 2019. The A Level is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom. (Photo by SnapperSK/SnapperMS)

A sparrow feeds its nestlings inside a hole in a building while waiting for food in Lalitpur, Nepal on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A Kathakali dancer in Kochi, India, performs a traditional story play on August 10, 2023. Kerala Kathakali originated in the Early 17th Century. A story acted that contains Mime, Acting Drama and music, The Stories are mainly taken from Hindu Mythology and Puranas. (Photo by Paul Quezada-Neiman/Alamy Live News)

A man shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second phase of voting of India's general elections in Masuda, Rajasthan state, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)

A Kathakali classical dancer (2L) watches artists rehearse the traditional folk dance Pulikkali (Tiger Dance) as they wait backstage before their performance at a cultural festival in Chennai on July 12, 2025. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

A wild golden jackals (Canis aureus) mother and her cub entered a house for food at noon. The baby was curiously sniffing all things beside him trying to enter the room of the house and her mother immediately roared and warned her. This photo was taken ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on May 21, 2022. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)