French tap dancer “Philou” performs a demonstration of Charleston dance during the 13th edition of the “Festival du Merveilleux” (Festival of the Marvelous) in Paris, France, 27 December 2023. The Museum of Fairground Arts gathers the largest private collection dedicated to the show and the fairground art from 1850 to 1930. Since 2009, the museum has been offering different events during the festival to recreate the fun and entertainment of the late 19th and early 20th century. This year's edition of the Festival du Merveilleux, running from 27 December 2023 to 07 January 2024, highlights the link between the Belle Epoque funfair and sporting activities. (Photo by Teresa Suarez/EPA/EFE)





Migrants rest on a beach after arriving by their own means at the coast of Teguise in Lanzarote island, the Canaries, Spain, 26 December 2023. The group, consisting of 48 people, arrived on an inflatable boat on the coast of Lanzarote. (Photo by Adriel Perdomo/EPA/EFE)





A reveller wears 2024 glasses during the New Year Eve firework celebrations on the River Thames in London, Britain on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Neil Hall/EPA/EFE)





Najiah Knight uses a practice barrel to work on bull riding skills with the help of her father, Andrew, at the family's home in Arlington, Ore., Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Najiah, a high school junior from small-town Oregon, is on a yearslong quest to become the first woman to compete at the top level of the Professional Bull Riders tour. (Photo by Amanda Loman/AP Photo)





Sergei Sidorovich, left, and Marina Begunkova decorate a Christmas tree with their children Anna, right, and Misha, left, in their apartments in Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday, December 21, 2023. In Estonia, as in many parts of the world, trees covered with lights brighten up homes and town squares during the Winter Solstice and Christmas festivities afterwards. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Members of the Sipoteni bear pack kiss after perform a ritual dance in Racova, northern Romania, Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the unique custom thrives, with popular festivals drawing large crowds of locals and tourists. (Photo by Andreea AlexandruAP Photo)





A man representing one of the Three Wise Men walks inside a shopping center ahead of the “Cabalgata de Reyes” Epiphany parade in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, January 5, 2024. Christians around the world will mark the Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series of celebrations that go from parades and gift-giving for children to the blessing of water. The holiday is also called the Feast of Epiphany, Three Kings Day and Theophany. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





People take part in the annual Allendale Tar Barrel Festival, in Allendale, northern England, Britain on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





Supporters attend a campaign rally of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Taipei, Taiwan on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Artists protest violence against women after the murder of Venezuelan actress and clown Julieta Inés Hernández Martínez in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, January 8, 2024. The body of Hernández, who had been missing since Dec. 23 while traveling by bicycle, was found in Presidente Figueiredo city, near Manaus in Amazonas state. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Elvis fan Ross Cummings dresses up as Elvis Presley ahead of the departure of the Elvis Express bound for Parkes, at Central Station in Sydney, Australia, 11 January 2024. More than 25,000 Elvis enthusiasts are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to Parkes NSW, making it the largest congregation of Elvis fans in the Southern Hemisphere. (Photo by Bianca de Marchi/EPA/EFE)





A group of 200 prisoners from seven penitentiary establishments present the Choral symphonic concert “Art to humanize, Humanize to resocialize” at the Grand National Theater of Lima on December 27, 2023 in Lima, Peru.This presentation promotes cultural diversity with an intercultural and inclusive approach. Recognizes and celebrates the diverse artistic expressions and cultural identity of people deprived of liberty in prisons nationwide.The musical repertoire will be performed by three music masters Wilfredo Tarazona, Marco Romero and Mauricio Mesones and the event was attended by more than 500 people, including relatives of the inmates and the general public. (Photo by Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Bathers take part in the traditional Christmas bath in Nice, on the French Riviera, on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for a photo wearing a Happy New Year headpiece at Mrs Macquarie's Chair during New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Revellers turned out in large numbers to celebrate the new year in Australia. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)





A jogger runs past a sculpture resembling a heart during snowfall in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 2, 2024, while the Stockholm City Hall is seen in the background. (Photo by Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/AFP Photo)





People on motorbikes wait at a traffic light during morning rush hour in Taipei, Taiwan on January 10, 2024. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)





First time voter Yeshi Choden poses for camera as she waits to cast her vote in the national elections in Deothang, Bhutan, Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The landlocked country in the eastern Himalayan mountain range is electing a new Parliament, with the parties in contest promising to fix the nation’s economic crisis. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An Israeli soldier weeps at the marker for a loved one kidnapped on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas at the Nova music festival, after a press conference at the site in Re'im, southern Israel, Friday, January 5, 2024. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo)





Members of the public take part in Ayrshire Cancer Support Boxing Day Dip on December 26, 2023 in Various Cities. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Tourists take photographs with a statue of Shakira at the Malecon in Barranquilla, Colombia, on December 26, 2023. Arms interlocked high, belly exposed, and torso folded to one side anticipate Shakira's iconic hip movement, immortalized on Tuesday in a 6.5-meter-high statue in the Colombian port city of Barranquilla, where she grew up. (Photo by Carlos Parra Rios/Reuters)