A man wearing a Pikachu hat, a character from Pokemon, plays Pokemon Go during a gathering to celebrate “Pokemon Day” in Mexico City, Mexico August 21, 2016. (Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
A woman fancy dressed as the character of La Catrina poses before taking part in the Catrinas Parade, commemorating the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Claudio Cruz/AFP Photo)
Sailors pause to take a photo with characters in Times Square during “Fleet Week 2024” in New York City on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
Members of Tom Maior Special Group samba school perform during the carnival parade at the Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 22 February 2020. Carnival is the biggest and most popular celebration in Brazil. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA/EFE)
Fighters of the Popular Resistance Committees stand during a graduation ceremony of the affiliate special forces of the Popular Resistance, in Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz October 8, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with a penguin at Sunshine Aquarium during preparations for the upcoming Christmas special event in Tokyo on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)
A Minion character dressed in a Christmas theme is pictured in Times Square during unseasonably warm weather on Christmas Eve in the Manhattan borough of New York, December 24, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
A man dressed as the Sesame Street character Big Bird sits on a bench waiting to take pictures with people walking through Central Park in New York U.S., November 14, 2016. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)