Dancers from a ballet theatre of Saint Petersburg perform during the ballet “Swan Lake” on December 20, 2016 in Nanning, Guangxi Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Images of Uruguayans disappeared during the 1973-1985 military dictatorship are displayed on the hull of an abandoned ship aground in the bay of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The project was initiated by photographer Agustin Fernandez with the support and collaboration of the Mothers and Relatives of Disappeared Detained Uruguayans, to call attention to the lack of investigations regarding these cases. (Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo)





Portuguese big wave surfer Nuno Santos wears a Santa Claus hat and holds a violin as he rides a wave off Praia do Norte in Nazare on December 22, 2016. (Photo by Francisco Leong/AFP Photo)





A Palestinian mourner reacts after spreading on his face the blood of Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, who was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers on December 22, 2016, before his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers overnight as they arrived to demolish the home of the alleged perpetrator of a deadly attack on Israelis, the army said. (Photo by Abbas Momani/AFP Photo)





A woman walks past a lit Christmas display at a park in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, December 22, 2016. Christmas decorations adorn the streets and homes of many Filipinos as this predominantly Roman Catholic country prepare to celebrate the most important and beloved Christmas season. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A performer leads the parade with fire during the 27 th Annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice Parade in Toronto on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Cole Burston/AFP Photo)





Vietnamese artist Quoc Co Giang (down) and his brother Quoc Nghiep Giang try to break the Guinness World Record by climbing stairs with one carrying the other on head to head balancing at the Cathedral of Girona on December 22, 2016. The Giang brothers broke the record with 90 stairs in 52 seconds. (Photo by Pau Barrena/AFP Photo)





Monica celebrates in her lottery office after selling the second Christmas lottery prize “El Gordo” with the number 04536, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, December 22, 2016. Celebrations were guaranteed Thursday in Madrid where tickets bearing the top prize number of 66513 in Spain's Christmas lottery, “El Gordo” were sold. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)





Sergia holds up a photocopy of the winning ticket number she bought as she joins others celebrating outside the kiosk where the winning number was sold in Spain's Christmas Lottery “El Gordo” (The Fat One) in Madrid, Spain, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Juan Medina/Reuters)





Syrians children play snowball at a tent city as it snows in the Azaz town of Aleppo, Syria on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Mamun Ebu Omer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)





A German Bundeswehr soldier wearing a Christmas hat sits at a hot punch stall at the Christmas market in Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, 22 December 2016. Von der Leyen is in the country for the traditional visit of the minister of defence to German troops at Christmas. (Photo by Gregor Fischer/EPA)





Masked dancers perform outside St. Thomas church during a celebration honoring the patron saint of Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The church is built atop a former temple and incorporates the temple's 18 steps, each representing a month of the Mayan calendar. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





A member of the Santo Tomas brotherhood takes part in the procession in honour of the saint in Chichicastenango municipality, Quiche department, 150 kilometres west of Guatemala City on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP Photo)





A protester caught on accidental fire during burning of the effigy of Punjab government by contractual teachers appointed under education guarantee scheme at Fauji Chowk, on December 21, 2016 in Bathinda, Punjab, India. The victim has been identified as Sukhminder Singh Mann and was immediately rushed to a local civil hospital. The incident happened when he was sprinkling petrol to burn the effigy. The teachers rued that the Punjab government has not regularised their services even after them completing two-year contract with the state government. The union members claimed that the government had made a two-year contract with more than 7,000 EGS/AIE/STR volunteers in 2014 and promised to regularise their services after completion of the agreement. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Barcroft Images)





A protester caught on accidental fire during burning of the effigy of Punjab government by contractual teachers appointed under education guarantee scheme at Fauji Chowk, on December 21, 2016 in Bathinda, Punjab, India. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Barcroft Images)





A protester caught on accidental fire during burning of the effigy of Punjab government by contractual teachers appointed under education guarantee scheme at Fauji Chowk, on December 21, 2016 in Bathinda, Punjab, India. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Barcroft Images)





Personnel carry the coffin containing the body of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was shot dead by an off-duty policeman while delivering a speech in an Ankara art gallery on December 19, during a memorial service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia December 22, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends a farewell ceremony for the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)





People walk past the coffin containing the body of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was shot dead by an off-duty policeman while delivering a speech in an Ankara art gallery on December 19, during a memorial service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia December 22, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Nuns and pilgrims descend into the “Grotto” in the Church of the Nativity, marking the believed location of the birth of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, 22 December 2016. Christians are preparing to celebrate one of their highest religeous holiday Christmas on 25 December and on its eve, on which Christian faithful believed Jesus Christ was born in a stable cave in Bethlehem. The site is marked by the Church of the Nativity, which is administered jointly by Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Apostolic and Syriac orthodox church. It is also a World Heritage Site listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Photo by Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA)





People cry during a mass for the victims of the fireworks market explosion in Tultepec, Mexico state, on December 22, 2016. Mexico worked on the eve to identify charred bodies left by an explosion that killed at least 33 people at its biggest fireworks market, as authorities investigated what caused the multi-colored salvo of destruction. Rescue workers were still searching for bodies – or survivors – in the smoldering wreckage of the San Pablito market. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





Former presidential secretary Woo Byung-woo (L) speaks beside former presidential nurse officer Cho Yeo-ok during a hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his common-law wife Honeylet Avancena (R) and their daughter Veronica pose for a photograph during a Christmas party at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, December 20, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Presidential Palace)





Mustapha Amri, father of suspect Anis Amri who is sought in relation with the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, goes about his day in Oueslatia, Tunisia December 22, 2016. (Photo by Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters)





A worker cleans a statue of Jesus Christ ahead of Christmas celebrations at a school in Ahmedabad, India, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





French and German police conduct a control at the French-German border at the “Le Pont de l'Europe” bridge in Strasbourg, France, to check vehicles and verify the identity of travellers as security measures continue, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Vincent Kessler/Reuters)





An automobile drives on a solar panel road during its inauguration in Tourouvre, Normandy, northwestern France, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)





A man attends a memorial ceremony for Ukrainian serviceman Volodymyr Andreshkiv, killed while fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, at the Independence Square in central Kiev, Ukraine December 22, 2016. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





Flowers and candles are placed near the Christmas market at Breitscheid square in Berlin, Germany, December 22, 2016, following an attack by a truck which ploughed through a crowd at the market on Monday night. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)





People mourn at the Christmas market at Breitscheid square in Berlin, Germany, December 22, 2016, following an attack by a truck which ploughed through a crowd at the market on Monday night. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)





Two mounted police officers pass each other whilst on duty at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain December 22, 2016. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters)





A new flashball gun is put on display at the territorial direction of local security of Seine-Saint-Denis in Bobigny, northern Paris, France, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)





A French plain clothes police officer protects Marseille's mayor during a visit at Christmas market at the Old Harbour as emergency security measures continue in Marseille, France, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)





French police officers patrol the Christmas market at the Old Harbour as emergency security measures continue in Marseille, France, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)





A boy holds a weapon as he stands with armed tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement during a rally held to mobilize fighters for the battles against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen December 22, 2016. (Photo by Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)





Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with police officers before a soccer exhibition game at Besiktas Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Yagiz Karahan/Reuters)





Relatives of victims of human rights abuses during the former dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet chain themselves to pews at the Cathedral of Santiago to protest against a mass taking place in the special prison for human right abusers called “Punta Peuco”, acccording to local media, in Santiago, Chile December 22, 2016. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Relatives of victims of human rights abuses during the former dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet chain themselves to pews at the Cathedral of Santiago to protest against a mass taking place in the special prison for human rights abusers called “Punta Peuco”, acccording to local media, in Santiago, Chile December 22, 2016. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Prisoner Jose Luis Pereira from Extremadura, Spain, dressed as Santa Claus, greets other prisoners during a Christmas celebration for international inmates at Ancon prison in Callao, Peru, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





Prisoners holding flags from different countries perform during a Christmas celebration for international inmates at Ancon prison in Callao, Peru, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





Vendors offer decorative items for the upcoming Christmas holiday in Bangalore, India, 22 December 2016. People hang Christmas stars in front of the house entrance for prosperity to enter their premises. Christmas is celebrated in India and across the world on 25 December to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Italian soldiers patrol next to Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy, Thursday, December 22, 2016. Following the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, Italy is strengthening security measures for areas where crowds are expected for Christmas ceremonies. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)





The 13 houseboats loading large paper lanterns of the calendar’s numbers and monkey, this year’s animal symbol flew away on the Nagaragawa River in Gifu Prefecture on December21, 2016. The art event has been held on the winter solstice since 2006. One by One, the house boats illuminating the surface of the river left away down the stream. (Photo by The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)





BYU running back Jamaal Williams, left, scores a touchdown against Wyoming during the second half of the Poinsettia Bowl NCAA college football game Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Ryan Kang/AP Photo)





Indian Policemen try to detain a Kashmiri law maker, Abdul Rashid Sheikh during a protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India, 22 December 2016. Sheikh and nearly a dozen of his supporters were detained by Indian Police as they protested against issuance of domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees, the Hindus who crossed over from Pakistan and took refugees in Indian Kashmir after 1947, 1965 and 1971 wars between India and Pakistan. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





A woman dressed in Russian traditional headscarf and Santa Claus hat talks by phone video call at the Christmas Market in Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Syrian girl Bana al-Abed (R), known as Aleppo's tweeting girl, hugs her mother Fatemah during an interview in Ankara, Turkey, on December 22, 2016. The young Syrian girl was one of thousands of people evacuated from once rebel-held areas of Aleppo in the last days under a deal brokered by Turkey and Russia. She was evacuated on Monday and Turkish officials promised then she would come to Turkey with her family. But it was not clear when she had crossed over. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP Photo)





Bana Alabed, known as Aleppo's tweeting girl, reacts during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, December 22, 2016. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Smoke billow from houses during a fire in Itoigawa, northern Japan, Thursday, December 22, 2016. A fire whipped by high winds has spread to at least 140 buildings in a small Japanese city on the Japan Sea coast. The fire department said the blaze started at a restaurant in Itoigawa city Thursday morning. By mid-afternoon, 140 houses and other buildings had caught fire, and the fire is still spreading. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo)





Afghan men inspect the remains of their belongings at the house of parliament member Mir Wali in the aftermath of gunmen's attack late Wednesday in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, December 22, 2016. Afghan police say gunmen have stormed the home of the lawmaker in the capital, killing several people and leaving the parliamentarian wounded after he jumped from the roof to escape. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)





A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier as professional surfer Al Mennie waits on a break in the swell on December 22, 2016 in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Storm Barbara is expected to cause major travel disruption when it hits northern parts of the UK later with 90mph winds predicted. The Met Office has issued an amber warning with the worst effects of the storm expected on Friday and Saturday. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)