Colourful bunting adorns the streets of Banjul on January 1, 2025, as residents gather to celebrate the annual hunting festival. Rooted in tradition, this vibrant celebration marks the New Year with music, dancing, and a fierce yet friendly competition between hunting societies for the title of the best display of animal heads, masks and costumes. (Photo by MUHAMADOU BITTAYE / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMADOU BITTAYE/AFP via Getty Images)