Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos - Black and Whites Carnival

Kid-artist aggregations take part during the inauguration 'Small Carnival' (Carnavalito) parade during the Black and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, January 2, 2025. The carnival is considered Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Photo by: Juan J. Erasso/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ainu, indigenous people of Japan

Ainu, indigenous people of Japan

Masao Nishida (C), 69, offers prayers while leading an Ainu ceremony to thank nature at Lake Akan on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 10, 2015. In the ceremony, marimo, rare ball-like aggregations of algae that grew at the bottom of the lake, were returned to the lake one by one in a careful manner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo