Protesters wear mask as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in front of Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, Thursday, December 29, 2022. Netanyahu was set to return to office Thursday at the helm of the most religious and ultranationalist government in Israel's history, vowing to implement policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country's closest allies. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)





Hungarian border police officiers patrol on December 15, 2022 at the Hungarian-Serbian border, close to Kelebia village. In August 2022, the Hungarian government decided to strengthen the already existing 165-kilometer security border fence and build a new border protection system at the south part of the border. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)





Riot police fires a shotgun as they clear remaining soccer fans who waited for hours for a homecoming parade for the players who won the World Cup at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. A parade to celebrate the champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured onto thoroughfares, highways and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team. (Photo by Victor Caivano/AP Photo)





Fans of Morococo display masks prior to the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)





Hoak's restaurant is covered in ice from the spray of Lake Erie waves during a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region in Hamburg, New York, U.S. December 24, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Hoak via Reuters)





A member of the Kurdish community tries to calme demonstrator during clashes with police officers during a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center in Paris, Saturday, December 24, 2022. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack aimed at foreigners. (Photo by Lewis Joly/AP Photo)





Migrants queue near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





Russian opposition leader, former Moscow's municipal deputy Ilya Yashin gestures in a defendants' glass cage prior to a verdict hearing at the Meshchansky district court in Moscow, Russia, December 9, 2022. Prosecution requested nine years in prison for Yashin for spreading fake information about the Russian army. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via Reuters)





Croatia fans watch from the Ban Josip Jelacic Square in Zagreb, Croatia, as Argentina's Julian Alvarez scores the team's second goal during a World Cup semifinal football match in Qatar on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)





Сoncrete blocks, that were previously used for building barricades, are turned into Christmas decorations to distract locals citizens from thoughts of war, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Artists and dancers perform dances during the Qhapaq Raymi (summer solstice) Festival in Cusco, Peru on December 21, 2022. Cusco is one of the most touristic cities in Peru and tries to return to normality, after two weeks of intense demonstrations in the country that left a balance of 26 deaths nationwide. (Photo by Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Olha reacts during a funeral ceremony for her husband Volodymyr Yezhov, Ukrainian serviceman and game designer for world renowned games S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Cossacks, who was recently killed in a fight against Russian troops near the town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 27, 2022. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





Russian peacekeepers are seen deployed at the Lachin corridor, the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's only land link with Armenia, as Azerbaijani environmental activists protest what they claim is illegal mining, on December 26, 2022. Azerbaijani activists who have blocked the sole road connecting Karabakh with Armenia rejected on December 26 Yerevan's accusations of provoking a humanitarian crisis in the enclave. But locals in Karabakh interviewed by AFP decried the dire consequences of the blockade, which they say is aimed at chasing ethnic Armenians from the region. (Photo by Tofik Babayev/AFP Photo)





People take shelter inside a metro station during massive Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





People hold candles on the Day of the Little Candles (Dia de las velitas), in Bogota on December 7, 2022. The Day of the Little Candles is a traditional Colombian celebration which commemorates the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and marks the beginning of the Christmas season. On this day, people light candles in their homes, on streets, and at cemeteries to decorate the graves of their loved ones. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





A US Army soldier signals the way to a M1A2 Abrams battle tank that will be used for military exercises by the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia on December 3, 2022. The military equipment arrived in Poland as part of the Operation Atlantic Resolve, augmenting the air, ground and naval presence along the Eastern flank of the NATO. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/AFP Photo)





An employee of the SEA LIFE Blackpool aquarium dressed as Father Christmas swims in the attraction’s large ocean tank as the sea creatures are fed, in Blackpool, northern England on December 14, 2022. The aquarium is home to more than 2,000 creatures, including many rare and endangered species. Amongst other fish, the ocean tank is home to: Giant Green Sea Turtles, Black Tip Sharks, White Tip Sharks, Stingrays, Shovel Nose Sharks, Nurse Sharks. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





A woman cries in front of the building which was destroyed by a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, December 16, 2022. Russian forces launched at least 60 missiles across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, reporting explosions in at least four cities, including Kyiv. At least two people were killed by a strike on a residential building in central Ukraine, where a hunt was on for survivors. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Woodcutter leads horses from a clearing, high up in Stara planina mountain near the town of Teteven on December 8, 2022. Bulgarians rushed to stock up on firewood, even as prices over doubled this year, rueful about the much higher costs of other means of heating and fearing potential electricity cuts over the winter. High demand prompted logging to continue into December with many people around the country still awaiting their firewood deliveries. (Photo by Nikolay Doychinov/AFP Photo)