Pictures of the Year International

A carpet python hunts along the forward edge of a Djabugay cultural burn, searching for prey escaping the flames of the Wet Topics region near Kuranda, Australia, on July 20, 2023. These snakes have existed alongside anthropogenic fire for so long that they have evolved strategies to take advantage of the once-frequent occurrences created by Aboriginal peoples in the rainforest. Djabugay rangers today continue and are scaling up the practice from a time when it was suppressed. Additional Metadata in Headline title: Rainbow Serpent and Cultural Fire