A group of Japanese monkeys soak themseves in the hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Garden in Yunokawa Hot Spring resort, Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture on December 14, 2021. The monkeys are delicate and sensitive to the temperature and they can relax and enjoy in a hot spring, of which the temperature should be around 40 C degrees. (Photo by Noriaki Sasaki/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)





Lighthouse Immersive's 92-foot-tall Vincent Van Gogh-shaped hot air balloon is launched at Lake Hollywood Park on December 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)





People in costume participate in the Montol Festival on December 21, 2021 in Penzance, England. Montol is a six-day arts and community festival organised by the Cornish Culture Association that celebrates the midwinter solstice and Cornish Christmas traditions, culminating in costumed parades on December 21st. The event, which began in 2007, was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid concerns but resumed this year. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)





People cover themselves in front of a man wearing a “torito”, a bull-shaped harness equipped with fireworks, during a Christmas celebration in Antigua, Guatemala, late Saturday, December 25, 2021. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





Riots Police officers break into Carlos Berrocal's apartment to evict him in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, December 20, 2021. After living in his apartment for twenty five years, Carlos Berrocal, 53, received an eviction order after the new owner of the building refused to renovate his contract. (Photo by Joan Mateu/AP Photo)





Members of the community mourn together at Bridgewood Church in Clarkston, Michigan, a day after a 15-year-old student killed four classmates before surrendering to police at Oxford, High School in Oxford, Michigan, USA, 01 December 2021. The Oakland County Sheriff stated that in additional to the four killed, six other students and a teacher were wounded with a handgun investigators believe was purchased by the suspect's father a few days ago. (Photo by Nic Antaya/EPA/EFE)





Shamans hold photos of U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a year-end ritual where they predict political and social issues expected to occur in next year in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. The shamans made symbolic payment to Mother Earth while asking that the COVID-19 pandemic come to an end and that world leaders be cleansed so they can make wise decisions in the coming year. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo)





Miss Alaska Emma Broyles, left, reacts as she is announced as the winner of the Miss America competition, Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. At right is runner up Miss Alabama Lauren Bradford. (Photo by Jessica Hill/AP Photo)





Maria de Los Angeles Galindo, 14, a Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrim, poses for a portrait at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City, Saturday, December 11, 2021. One of the world's largest religious pilgrimages resumes after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. This year, thousands of pilgrims are expected to walk towards the now open Basilica to commemorate the Virgin's Dec. 12 feast day. (Photo by Emilio Espejel/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldier walks along a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists, not far from town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, on December 10, 2021. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





A man holds onto barriers as he waits to be evacauted by a rescue team in Shah Alam, Selangor on December 20, 2021, as Malaysia faces some of its worst floods for years. (Photo by Arif Kartono/AFP Photo)





Bell ringers inside the bell tower of St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle during midnight Christmas mass, in Prague, Czech Republic, 24 December 2021. St. Vitus Cathedral is one of just four around the world that have kept alive the tradition of bell-ringers, an unpaid job that saw volunteers come to produce the rhythmic melody in a centuries-old tradition dating back to 1541. (Photo by Martin Divisek/EPA/EFE)





A big wave surfer rides a wave during the Tow Surfing Challenge at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal, 13 December 2021. The area ​is famous worldwide for generating some of the largest waves in the world. (Photo by Carlos Barroso/EPA/EFE)





Student of Meiji University Yuki Hou licks a screen of Taste the TV (TTTV), a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate the flavours of various foods, during its demonstration at the university in Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 2021. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





In this photo provided by Imagen de Chile, people view a total solar eclipse from Polar Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica, Saturday, December 4, 2021. (Photo by Felipe Trueba/Imagen Chile via AP Photo)





A couple kiss inside a terminal of the Barcelona Airport, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Health authorities in the Spanish capital have confirmed a second case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a 61-year-old woman who had returned from a trip to South Africa on Monday. Meanwhile lines have returned for those seeking vaccine shots in Portugal and Spain as they step up efforts to close the gap of the few residents still unvaccinated. (Photo by Joan Mateu Parra/AP Photo)





An overturned truck on Broadway Avenue in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Saturday, December 11, 2021. One or more tornados tore through Bowling Green in the early morning. (Photo by Austin Anthony/The Washington Post)





Sisters Julianna Sims, 21, and Natalie, 15 comfort each other while visiting the destroyed theater at the American Legion after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through several U.S. states in Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S., December 19, 2021. Julianna, who has been away at college returned to her hometown this weekend and walked around sharing emotional memories with her sister. “You take your hometown for granted because you think it will always be there, and now it’s not”, she said. “It looks like the finger of God touched down on the Earth and left destruction in its wake”. (Photo by Cheney Orr/Reuters)





Street artists perform on Ermou Street, Athens' main shopping area, on Friday, December 24, 2021. Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece as part of new restrictions that include a mask mandate for outdoors and all public areas. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)