Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) and armoured vehicles are seen inside the U.S. Amphibious Assault Ship USS Makin Island anchored at a naval base in Busan, South Korea, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

A protestor holds a cushion that reads "leave the old people to rest", as protesters gather at Place de la Republique during a demonstration, the day after the pension reform was adopted as the French Parliament rejected two motions of no-confidence against the government, in Paris, France, March 21, 2023. REUTER/Yves Herman 

Le-Chen Cheng hugs a Fufuly, an anxiety-reducing robotic cushion by Yukai Engineering with deep breathing technology, during the CES Unveiled press event at CES 2023, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Marcus 

A woman receives a bag of food from the government during the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

A woman receives a bag of food from the government during the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

A woman receives a bag of food from the government during the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

A man looks on at the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

A man receives a bag of food from the government during the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

A woman receives a bag of food from the government during the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory receive food distribution from the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Indigent groups in the Federal Capital Territory attend the distribution of food items by the government to cushion the high cost of living in Abuja, Nigeria, September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde 

Military members from Indonesia inspect inside the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) as they watch the military hardware showcase of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2022 (PALS22) inside the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)'s transport vessel Ohsumi (LST-4001) at JMSDF Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) sails past the ship during the Baltops 22 exercise in Baltic Sea, June 8, 2022. Picture taken June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

U.S. marines with a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) perform landing during Hedgehog 22 military exercise near Kallaste, Estonia May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

Returning for the third time since its mining in 1901, the 'Red Cross', a fancy intense yellow, cushion-shaped 205.07 carat diamond and a 228.31 carat white diamond called 'The Rock' that could fetch 30 million US dollars and is the largest ever seen throughout auction market history, are pictured during a preview at Christie's before their auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Returning for the third time since its mining in 1901, the 'Red Cross', a fancy intense yellow, cushion-shaped 205.07 carat diamond and a 228.31 carat white diamond called 'The Rock' that could fetch 30 million US dollars and is the largest ever seen throughout auction market history are pictured during a preview at Christie's before their auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Returning for the third time since its mining in 1901, the 'Red Cross', a fancy intense yellow, cushion-shaped 205.07 carat diamond is pictured during a preview at Christie's before their auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Returning for the third time since its mining in 1901, the 'Red Cross', a fancy intense yellow, cushion-shaped 205.07 carat diamond is pictured during a preview at Christie's before their auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland, May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Championships - Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia - March 19, 2022 Christian Coleman of the U.S. hits the cushioned wall to stop after the men's 60m heat 1 REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel 

A worker at the post office in a Winter Olympics media centre packs a cushion with the face of the official mascot Bing Dwen Dwen into a box, as some people in the closed loop send boxes of merchandise in the post, following a surge in demand for souvenirs featuring the panda mascot, in Zhangjiakou, China, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Roe 

A visitor adjusts a protective cushion at Genting Snow Park during a government-organised media tour to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics venues in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China December 21, 2021. Picture taken December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An employee arranges cushions inside IKEA's first city store in Mumbai, India, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag and followed by a female aviator holding a cushion with her decorations, during her induction ceremony into the Pantheon in Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag and followed by a female aviator holding a cushion with her decorations, during her induction ceremony into the Pantheon in Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag and followed by a female aviator holding a cushion with her decorations, during her induction ceremony into the Pantheon in Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, enters to the French Pantheon square through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, enters to the French Pantheon square through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

French President Emmanuel Macron touches the cushion on which Josephine Baker's five decorations are placed and the cenotaph containing soil from various places where famed Black French-American singer and dancer Josephine Baker lived, covered with a French flag, during her induction ceremony into the Pantheon where key figures from France's history are honoured, in Paris, France, November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, enters to the French Pantheon through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, enters to the French Pantheon through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, enters to the French Pantheon through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coex/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, arrives at the French Pantheon square before entering through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, arrives at the French Pantheon square before entering through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, arrives at the French Pantheon square before entering through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

The cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, arrives at the French Pantheon square before entering through the Great Door, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the French Air and Space Force carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the French Air and Space Force carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Six carriers of the Air Force and Space carry the cenotaph of Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag, followed by a female aviator of the Air Force and Space carrying the cushion on which her five decorations are placed, as she joins the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

A view of the cenotaph of late singer Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag and a cushion on which her five decorations are placed, before it gets buried at the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

A view of the cenotaph of late singer Josephine Baker, covered with the French flag and a cushion on which her five decorations are placed, before it gets buried at the Paris' Pantheon mausoleum, in Soufflot street, Paris, France, November 30, 2021. Thomas Coax/Pool via REUTERS 

Three small embroidered cushions for the cat Choupette and leather gloves are displayed before the auction of late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld?s Collection by Sotheby's auction house in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

A snowboarder wears a protective cushion at the Genting ski resort in Zhangjiakou close to venues for the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022, Hebei province, China, November 20, 2021. China hopes hosting the Games will springboard the country towards becoming a winter sports destination and will help deliver on a target set by President Xi Jinping to get 300 million Chinese involved in winter sports, with an aim to build a 1 trillion yuan ($157 billion) industry. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "CHINA SKIING 2022" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES