Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, rescue a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building following a reported air strike in the village of Balyun in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on December 7, 2019. Syrian regime and Russian air strikes on December 7 killed over a dozen civilians, including children, in the country's last major opposition bastion of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo by Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP Photo)





A woman argues with a riot policeman during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on December 15, 2019. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





A demonstrator reacts during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on December 20, 2019. (Photo by Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters)





A Jersey City police officer reacts at the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead on December 10, 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey. In a raging gun battle that by some accounts lasted in excess of an hour, six people – a Jersey City police officer, three civilians and two suspects – were killed in the Tuesday afternoon standoff and shootout across the Hudson River from Manhattan, according to published reports. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images)





Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol reports live by phone as policemen stand guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 26, 2019. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the most prominent foe of President Vladimir Putin and the governing United Russia party was detained in his office in Moscow. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A miniature figure wearing artist Guy Fawkes mask and a sign reading “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” is displayed during a rally against the use of tear gas by police in Hong Kong, Friday, December 6, 2019. Hong Kong police have fired more than 10,000 tear gas canisters to quell violent protests that have rocked the city for six months. Its heavy and prolonged use in Hong Kong – one of the world's most densely populated cities and known for its concrete jungle of high-rises – is unusual and has sparked health fears. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





People wearing masks stand during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights in Hong Kong, Sunday, December 22, 2019. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Detail of the shoes of Detroit Pistons guard Langston Galloway (9) in the first half against the Philadelphia 76ers at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA on December 23, 2019. (Photo by Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports)





Police guide tourists across the road as they prepare for action against protesters during a rally on Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, Tuesday, December 24, 2019. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





A man comforts a woman next to members of security forces during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on December 16, 2019. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A woman takes cover behind a tree during clashes between riot police officers and demonstrators at a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on December 18, 2019. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Supporters cheer as Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses an eve of poll rally in London, Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Britain will go to the polls tomorrow Dec. 12, to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





A prisoner (L) makes fists next to an Ukrainian police officer prior to a prisoner exchange between Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebels sides, not far from the Maiorske checkpoint, Donetsk area, Ukraine, 29 December 2019. According to media reports, the Ukrainian side will swap prisoners who were captured in Ukrainian-controlled territory for Ukrainian citizens, including prisoners of war (POW) that were held hostages in occupied Donbas at the Maiorske crossing checkpoint, on the contact line between the warring parties near the pro-Russian militant-occupied town of Horlivka in Donetsk region. The agreement, reached during the summit of the Normandy Four leaders in Paris on 09 December 2019, sets the exchange between Kyiv and Donbas to be carried out before the end of the year. (Photo by Yevgen Honcharenko/EPA/EFE)





People look at the Zelek Star cargo ship carrying cement stranded in the Mediterranean sea beach in the southern Israeli port city of Ashdod, Friday, December 27, 2019. Strong winds and waves forced the vessel away from its anchor point near the port of Ashdod on Thursday. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)





Members of the Karnataka Reserve Police Force swing their sticks to beat two men on a scooter who rode too close to a barricade set up on a street in Mangalore on December 20, 2019, amid heightened security due to protests over India's new citizenship law. Fresh clashes between Indian police and demonstrators erupted on December 20 after more than a week of deadly unrest triggered by a citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Female activists perform a choreography originated in Chile, and inspired by the Chilean feminist group Las Tesis, to protest against gender violence and patriarchy in front of the Greek parliament at Athens' Syntagma Square on December 22, 2019. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photo)





A car drives through a flooded road following heavy rain in Gaza City on December 27, 2019. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





U.S. President Donald Trump grimaces during a meeting with NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, December 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP Photo)





Civil defense workers treat an injured protester injured during a protest where anti-government protesters try to enter the parliament square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, December 14, 2019. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)