Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) dances with a woman during the New Year's Youth Ball in the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus on December 29, 2020. A total of 314 young people from various Belarusian regions have been invited to the event, namely comprehensive and vocational school pupils, university and college students. (Photo by Maxim Guchek/TASS via Getty Images)





A woman reacts next to buildings damaged in an earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia and caused major damage and at least one death and 20 injuries in a town southeast of the capital Zagreb. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People warm up around a fire after an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)





A woman uses a megaphone as she protests in favour of legalizing abortion outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





A demonstrator attend an anti-abortion rally as senators debate an abortion bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Matias Baglietto/Reuters)





Demonstrators protest in favour of legalizing abortion outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





Anti-abortion activists pray during a demonstration against the decriminalization of abortion as lawmakers debate its legalization, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Marcos Brindicci/AP Photo)





Abortion-rights activists react after lawmakers approved a bill that legalizes abortion, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, December 30, 2020. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)





An anti-abortion activist reacts as others leave after lawmakers passed a bill that legalizes abortion, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, December 30, 2020. (Photo by Marcos Brindicci/AP Photo)





A medical worker prepares to administer a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, during a third national COVID lockdown, at a Maccabi Healthcare Services branch in Ashdod, Israel on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





Claus-Dieter Turra, cremator, stands with coffins in an elevator with “Covid-19” chalked on coffins containing a deceased person who died with the coronavirus, with other coffins at the crematorium in Dresden, Germany, Tuesday December 29, 2020. The crematorium has reached the limit of its capacity due to the high mortality in the Corona pandemic and is now dependent on help from other crematoria. (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP Photo)





In this handout photo released by Belarus Health Ministry, Belarus medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to a woman in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Belarus has announced the start of mass coronavirus vaccinations with the Russian-developed Sputnik V shot, becoming the second country after Russia to roll out the vaccine that is still undergoing late-stage studies to ensure its safety and efficacy. (Photo by Julia Borodun/Belarus Health Ministry via AP Photo)





Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, in London, Tuesday December 29, 2020. England Health Service figures show hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April's first-wave peak, with fears of increased figures because of a Christmas social spread. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire via AP Photo)





A health worker prepares an injection for a woman during the first trial phase of a locally-made Iranian vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus disease in Iran's capital Tehran on December 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Mexican army health workers wait to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Central Military Hospital in Mexico City, on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)





A man holds his cat as they enjoy good weather in a public garden. in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Turkey has declared a four-day lockdown, starting on New Year's eve, to curb the spread of the coronavirus and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that parties and other large gatherings will not be tolerated. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilici/AP Photo)





A commuter wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks along a street on an unseasonably cold day in Beijing, Tuesday, December 30, 2020. Beijing has urged residents not to leave the city during the Lunar New Year holiday in February, implementing new restrictions and mass testings after several coronavirus infections last week. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





People pass a sign at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, indicating a COVID testing station Tuesday, December 29, 2020. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the wearing of masks compulsory and has reimposed a ban on the sales of alcohol and ordered the closure of all bars and beaches as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo)





A woman wears a face mask on her chin and walks past a cake depicting the coronavirus on display at the annual cake show organized as part of new year celebrations in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, December 29, 2020. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)