Taking steps to stay fit

In 2022, New York personal trainer Brianna Joye Kohn, 31, started City Girls Who Walk with a TikTok post inviting others to walk with her.

"We had 250 girls show up," she said.

Since then, the group has walked every Sunday for around 40 minutes, with some meeting afterward for brunch or coffee.

The Louisville Zoo launched its walking club in 1987, partnered with Norton in 2004 to expand it, and now boasts more than 15,000 registered members. Every day from March 1 through Oct 31, people walk circuits of the 2.25-kilometer loop before the zoo officially opens.

Tony Weiter meets two of his siblings every Friday. They catch up on each other's lives as they zip past zebras in a fenced field. "I enjoy the serenity of it. It's cold, but the sun is shining. You get to see the animals," said Weiter, 63. "It's a great way to start the morning."

Agencies via Xinhua