Sea water floods the shore line after high tide in Langstone, south England, Tuesday December 7, 2021, with disruptive winds, heavy rain and snow was forecast. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire via AP Photo)





An illuminated Christmas tree leans against the window of a damaged house in Mayschoss in the Ahrtal valley, southern Germany, Tuesday, December 14, 2021. The region was hit by floodings exactly five months ago, causing the death of about 180 people. Amid the mud and debris still clogging the streets from last summer's devastating floods, residents of the Ahr Valley in western Germany are trying to spark some festive cheer with Christmas trees. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa of the Philippines immitates the painting “Scream” by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch when asked about how she reacted to winning the award, during an AFP interview prior to the award ceremony in Oslo, on December 10, 2021 (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)





Hospital workers place gifts under a christmas tree in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Friday, December 24, 2021. Marseille's La Timone Hospital, one of France's biggest hospitals, has weathered wave after wave of COVID-19. On Christmas Eve, medical personnel decorated a fir tree in the corridor and seized a moment for a communal meal in their scrubs, trying to maintain a semblance of holiday spirit in between rounds. (Photo by Daniel Cole/AP Photo)





An effigy representing the Devil is set to burn during the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception celebrations in Guatemala City, Tuesday, December 7, 2021. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





A girl receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5 - 11, in Rome, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Italy has started vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 as the government braces for the spread of the omicron variant during the holiday season. (Photo by Andrew Medichini/AP Photo)





A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit scales the Duke of Wellington statue as Covid rules are tightened on December 21, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a series of new pandemic-related rules today, to take effect from Dec. 26, with the aim of curbing the surge in Covid-19 infections. Among the restrictions are that large public events will be cancelled, new caps will be imposed on indoor and outdoor events, and hospitality venues can only offer table service. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Tears flow down the cheek of a Konyak Naga girl as she prays inside a church in Oting village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. High up in the hills along India's border with Myanmar, Oting village in the northeastern state of Nagaland is in mourning after more than a dozen people were killed by soldiers. The incident earlier this month is the latest violence to shake the state of Nagaland and has left Oting village reeling in shock and grief for their lost ones. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)





An employe of a Christmas market next to Cologne Cathedral checks a 2G rule status of visitors, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Cologne, Germany, December 1, 2021. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





Rocena, a five-month pregnant migrant, touches her forehead as she lies on the floor, saying she has a fever and and has been waiting in line for several days to obtain a humanitarian visa to transit through Mexico territory, in Tapachula, Mexico, December 4, 2021. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





A police officer stands guard as the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft for the new International Space Station (ISS) crew is transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad ahead of its upcoming launch, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan December 5, 2021. Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano, led by Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will take part in a mission to the ISS scheduled for December 8, 2021. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A girl receives a dose of the vaccine at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre for children, in Tulln, Austria on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)





The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, space flight participants Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano, blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





Villagers ride a motorcycle as Mount Semeru volcano spews ash and smoke in Supiturang village, Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, December 7, 2021. (Photo by Ari Bowo Sucipto/Antara Foto via Reuters)





A Saudi girl exercises during her training session in the Fight Club gym in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 8, 2021. (Photo by Ahmed Yosri/Reuters)





A woman walks past a submerged car during floods following heavy rainfall in Villava, Spain, December 10, 2021. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





2021 FIA Formula One World Champion Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates in the parc ferme of the Yas Marina Circuit after winning the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on December 12, 2021. Max Verstappen became the first Dutchman ever to win the Formula One world championship title when he won a dramatic season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)





A couple reacts with their daughter outside the Congress as the Senate votes to approve a same-s*x marriage bill in Valparaiso, Chile on December 7, 2021. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)