A woman pays respects to a victim of the war over Karabakh, during a gathering for a memorial ceremony, at the Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery in Yerevan, on December 19, 2020. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan led, on December 19, 2020, thousands in a march in memory of those killed in a six-week war with Azerbaijan as the Caucasus country began three days of mourning. Pashinyan has been under huge pressure from the opposition to step down after nearly 3,000 Armenians were killed in the clashes with Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Photo by Karen Minasyan/AFP Photo)





An Iraqi demonstrator jumps over a burning tire during anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq, December 20, 2020. (Photo by Essam al-Sudani/Reuters)





Pro-democracy protest leader Panupong Jadnok smilies outside Bang Khen Metropolitan Police Station, Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, December 21, 2020. Several leaders of protest movement report to the police station to answer the charges of defaming the Thai monarchy, the most serious of many offenses of which they stand accused during recent pro-democracy rallies. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





People walk over the historic Old bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, Sunday, December 20, 2020. Divided between Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats, who fought fiercely for control over the city during the 1990s conflict, Mostar has not held a local poll since 2008, when Bosnia's constitutional court declared its election rules to be discriminatory and ordered that they be changed. (Photo by Kemal Softic/AP Photo)





Israeli security forces take a protester into custody as anti-zionist Orthodox Jewish religious group members, known as Neturei Karta, gather to stage a protest against zionism and Israel at Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on December 20, 2020. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Police detain a person during a demonstration in Montreal, Sunday, December 20, 2020, where people protested measures implemented by the Quebec government to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (Photo by Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





Police officer push back protester at Piccadilly Circus during an anti lockdown protest on December 19, 2020 in London, England. With the majority of the United Kingdom now under the strictest tier 3 lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to hold a press conference later in the day to update the public on advice around travel and gatherings at Christmas. (Photo by Maciek Musialek/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Health workers in protective clothing conduct screening for COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, December 20, 2020. Thailand reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. (Photo by Jerry Harmer/AP Photo)





A man walks past a closed shop on Regent Street in central in London, Sunday, December 20, 2020. Millions of people in England have learned they must cancel their Christmas get-togethers and holiday shopping trips. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that holiday gatherings can’t go ahead and non-essential shops must close in London and much of southern England. Johnson imposed a new, higher level of coronavirus restrictions to curb sharply spreading infections in the capital and other areas. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire via AP Photo)





People wait in a line at a COVID-19 testing station on the northern beaches in Sydney, Australia, Monday, December 21, 2020. Sydney's northern beaches are in a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to more than 80. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near the display of South Korea's capital Seoul logo in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





A takeaway delivery cyclist rides down a street in Cardiff city center, Sunday December 20, 2020. In Wales, authorities said they decided to move up a lockdown planned for after Christmas and people must stay at home from 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The move will largely scrap Christmas gatherings in line with the rules for southern England. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Wire via AP Photo)





A man sits alone on a Bakerloo Line underground train in central London on December 20, 2020. Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled Christmas for almost 18 million people across London and eastern and south-east England following warnings from scientists of the rapid spread of the new variant coronavirus. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)





A worker removes a Christmas tree from Cardiff Castle on December 20, 2020 in Cardiff, Wales. All non-essential shops will close as of midnight, and people have been advised to stay home in a bid to curb the infection rates in one of the worst hit areas of the UK. Since the start of the pandemic, Wales has registered 120,432 Covid-19 positive cases, and 3,046 deaths. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)





French Romain Vandendorpe closes his eyes as he tries to break the world record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes, in Wattrelos, northern France, on December 19, 2020. (Photo by Francois Lo Presti/AFP Photo)





Normandie Amandine Petit (3rd R) celebrates after being elected Miss France 2021 in Puy du Fou, France on December 19, 2020. (Photo by Anthony Ghnassia/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)