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Firefighters make sure fire doesn't get out of control while a papier-mache sculpture or “falla” burns during the 'Nit de la Crema' (Fire Night) of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, eastern Spain, 19 March 2024. Fallas is a fortnight-long fiesta in which installations of parodic papier-mache, cardboard, and wooden sculptures are traditionally burnt every year on the last day of the event in the so-called “Crema” to end the festivities. (Photo by Biel Alino/EPA/EFE)

Firefighters monitor a burning ‘falla’ papier-mâché sculpture during the ‘Nit de la Crema’ finale of Valencia’s Fallas Festival. The annual tradition marks the end of the fortnight-long celebration where satirical artworks are ritually burned.(Photo by Biel Alino/EPA/EFE)

Revelers walk in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

Celebrants march in Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, March 17, 2024.(Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

Jennifer Lame, winner of the award for best film editing for “Oppenheimer”, left, and Cillian Murphy, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for “Oppenheimer” pose at the Governors Ball after the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Locher/AP Photo)

Oppenheimer” Oscar winners Jennifer Lame (Best Film Editing) and Cillian Murphy (Best Actor) pose at the Governors Ball after the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.(Photo by John Locher/AP Photo)

United States Air Force drops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Essa/AP Photo)

A U.S. Air Force plane delivers humanitarian aid over Gaza City.(Photo by Mahmoud Essa/AP Photo)

Israeli soldiers react during a funeral for Israel Defense Forces Sgt. David Sassoon on March 7, 2024 in Netanya, Israel. The IDF announced Sgt. Sassoon's death yesterday, saying he was killed while fighting in the southern Gaza Strip. His death brought the official number of Israeli troops killed during the war in Gaza to 247.  (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers mourn at the funeral of IDF Sgt. David Sassoon in Netanya, March 7, 2024. Sassoon was killed in combat in southern Gaza, bringing Israel’s military death toll to 247.(Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Devotees take part in the Our Lady of Rosario procession during the Holy Week in Logrono, Rioja, northern Spain, 26 March 2024. (Photo by Raquel Manzanares/EPA)

Devotees participate in the Our Lady of Rosario procession during Holy Week in Logroño, Spain.(Photo by Raquel Manzanares/EPA)

Women wearing traditional mantilla dresses, belonging to La Pollinica brotherhood, take part as 'penitents' in a Palm Sunday procession in Ronda, Spain on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)

Women from La Pollinica brotherhood, wearing traditional mantilla dresses, participate as penitents in Ronda’s Palm Sunday procession.(Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)

People raise their palm fronds for blessings during a Palm Sunday mass in Managua, Nicaragua, on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Maynor Valenzuela/Reuters)

Worshippers raise palm fronds for blessing during Palm Sunday Mass in Managua.(Photo by Maynor Valenzuela/Reuters)

Hong Kong actress Rachel Leung attends the 17th Asian Film Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Hong Kong actress Rachel Leung at the 17th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.(Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Artist Alain Roche plays a piano concert while hanging from a crane, in Munich, Germany, 19 March 2024. Audience of the project 'When The Sun Stands Still' listened to the piano played, mixed with the sound of awakening nature. Over 40 highly sensitive microphones were placed in nature throughout Bavaria and Switzerland. The Audience listened to the performance through headphones facing east as the night sky turned to light. The duration and start time of the concerts are different every day: they are based on the Earth's elliptical orbit around the sun. People can experince the concerts until 20 June 2024. (Photo by Anna Szilagyi/EPA)

Artist Alain Roche performs a suspended piano concert for Munich’s ‘When The Sun Stands Still’ project, March 19, 2024. The unique experience blends live piano with sounds of awakening nature captured by 40+ microphones across Bavaria and Switzerland. Concerts align with Earth’s elliptical orbit, varying daily until June 20. (Photo by Anna Szilagyi/EPA)

A reveler wears a handmade costume while participating in a grassroots, self-organized carnival in Metaxourgio district in central Athens, Greece, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)

A participant in handmade costume celebrates at Athens’ grassroots Metaxourgio Carnival.(Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)

Worshippers take part in the procession of the Madonna della Vergine Desolata during the Holy Week in Canosa di Puglia, Italy, on March 30, 2024. (Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)

Devotees join the Madonna della Vergine Desolata procession during Holy Week in Canosa di Puglia, Italy.(Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)

A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va.  Machine guns have been illegal in the U.S. for decades, but in recent years the country has seen a new surge of weapons capable of automatic fire. Small pieces of plastic or metal used to convert legal guns into homemade machine guns are helping to fuel gun violence. (Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

An ATF technician fires a converted semi-automatic pistol (now fully automatic) at their West Virginia testing facility, March 2, 2023. Such conversion devices – small plastic/metal pieces that transform legal firearms into machine guns – have fueled a surge in automatic weapons despite their federal prohibition. (Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

American singer and actress Becky G arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

Singer-actress Becky G arrives at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.(Photo by Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

The Indian community and supporters living in Brazil celebrate the festival of colors in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 24, 2024. A Burst of Colors and Tradition Holi, characterized by vivid hues, gulaal, and rituals, transcends mere festivity; it's a grand jubilation of joy and camaraderie. Legend has it that the festival commemorates the triumph of Lord Narasimha over the demon Hiranyakashyap, representing the victory of righteousness over malevolence. (Photo by Dario Oliveira/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Brazil’s Indian community celebrates Holi in São Paulo, March 24, 2024. The festival of colors, marked by vibrant gulaal and rituals, symbolizes joy, unity, and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Dario Oliveira/Shutterstock)

Riders compete in the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru (Gray Wolf) or Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) in the village of Uch-Emchek, some 30kms from Bishkek, on March 3, 2024. Mounted players compete for points by throwing a stuffed sheepskin into a well. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)

Riders compete in Kok-Baru (Buzkashi), the traditional Central Asian horseback game, in Kyrgyzstan’s Uch-Emchek village near Bishkek, March 3, 2024. Players score by tossing a stuffed sheepskin into a target. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus react during their space suit check shortly before launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 21, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Belarusian spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya during pre-launch suit checks at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, March 21, 2024. The duo was preparing for their mission to the International Space Station. (Photo by Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)

People arrive with a dog and a dog-shaped toy on the third day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, Britain, on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

Attendees arrive with their dogs at Crufts 2024 in Birmingham, March 9.(Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

A boy dressed in a hay suit walks through the village accompanied by boys with wooden rattles as a part of an Easter celebration called “Marching Judas” in the village of Stradoun near Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic, on March 30, 2024. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)

A boy in a hay costume participates in the Czech ‘Marching Judas’ Easter tradition in Stradoun village, accompanied by children with wooden rattles. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.