Photographers take pictures of flowers at Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 15, 2025. Horton Plains National Park, located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka at an elevation of over 2,000 meters, is one of the island's highest plateau ecosystems and the source of several major rivers.

Its landscape is a mosaic of cloud forests and montane grasslands, nurturing remarkable biodiversity and home to numerous species found only in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua)

A rhino-horned lizard is pictured at Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 15, 2025. Horton Plains National Park, located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka at an elevation of over 2,000 meters, is one of the island's highest plateau ecosystems and the source of several major rivers.

Its landscape is a mosaic of cloud forests and montane grasslands, nurturing remarkable biodiversity and home to numerous species found only in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua)

A Sri Lankan junglefowl is pictured at Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 15, 2025. Horton Plains National Park, located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka at an elevation of over 2,000 meters, is one of the island's highest plateau ecosystems and the source of several major rivers.

Its landscape is a mosaic of cloud forests and montane grasslands, nurturing remarkable biodiversity and home to numerous species found only in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua)

Adam's Peak mountain is seen from Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 15, 2025. Horton Plains National Park, located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka at an elevation of over 2,000 meters, is one of the island's highest plateau ecosystems and the source of several major rivers.

Its landscape is a mosaic of cloud forests and montane grasslands, nurturing remarkable biodiversity and home to numerous species found only in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua)

A Sri Lankan junglefowl is seen at Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, on Oct. 15, 2025. Horton Plains National Park, located in the central highlands of Sri Lanka at an elevation of over 2,000 meters, is one of the island's highest plateau ecosystems and the source of several major rivers.

Its landscape is a mosaic of cloud forests and montane grasslands, nurturing remarkable biodiversity and home to numerous species found only in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/Xinhua)