People walk by a light installation outside the Kiyevsky railway station in Moscow, Russia on December 12, 2020. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov/TASS)





A homeless sleeps on the floor next to Christmas decoration outside a restaurant in downtown Milan, northern Italy, Friday, November 27, 2020. Nowhere in Italy is poverty more evident than in Lombardy, the northern region that has been the pandemic epicenter in both surges. The Coldiretti agriculture lobby estimates that the virus has created 300,000 so-called “new poor”,' based on surveys of the dozens of charity associations operating in the region. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)





People at a lit bauble-shaped decoration in Navaginskaya Street in the seaside resort of Sochi, Russia in the run-up to Christmas and New Year on December 15, 2020. (Photo by Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS)





A Christmas light installation in Universitetskaya Embankment in St Petersburg, Russia on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Alexander Demianchuk/TASS)





A kayaker paddles among holiday lights, Wednesday, December 16, 2020, in Long Beach, Calif. (Photo by Ashley Landis/AP Photo)





A man dressed as an angel walks across the Old Town Square amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Prague, Czech Republic, December 20, 2020. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





General view shows a Christmas tree at the Sofiyska square in central Kyiv, Ukraine on December 20, 2020. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A woman walks on a square decorated with Christmas trees in front of the famous Cologne cathedral during lockdown in Cologne, Germany, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





People take a picture while they kiss at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, as the government prepares to bring in further restrictions over the Christmas period to curb the spread of coronavirus in Milan, Italy, December 18, 2020. (Photo by Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters)





A woman walks near a Christmas tree for the upcoming holiday season in Palace Square in central Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A man poses for a picture in front of Christmas lights decoration at the Francisco Morazan square in San Salvador, El Salvador, December 22, 2020. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)





People gather near Christmas lights decoration at the Francisco Morazan square in San Salvador, El Salvador, December 22, 2020. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)





People take pictures of an illuminated giant Christmas bear in a main commercial street of Athens, on December 21, 2020, as Greece celebrates Christmas season under lockdown, with closed shops and restaurants, while the government urges people to stay home and avoid family gatherings as the Covid-19 deaths and infectionon of the remain high. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photo)





A boy skates in front of Christmas decoration outside the Municipal Theatre at Piraeus port town, near Athens, Greece, on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Despite six weeks of lockdown measures, coronavirus deaths and infections remain high, piling pressure on the country's health system. (Photo by Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo)





A man walks past Christmas decorations near the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow on December 18, 2020. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)