A woman displays her inked thumb after casting her vote for the general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 30, 2018. Voting was underway Sunday in Bangladesh's contentious parliamentary elections, seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's increasingly authoritarian rule, amid complaints from both ruling party and opposition activists of attacks on supporters and candidates. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Migrants run after making their way through a hole in a border fence to enter the United States at San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves over to border patrol agents. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)





Bangladesh police's elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) women personnel guard a street on the eve of the general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, December 29, 2018. As Bangladeshis get set for Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Protesters set up a barricade in the Eastern Congolese town of Beni Thursday December 27, 2018. Police in eastern Congo have fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse dozens of people protesting a presidential election delay that means more than 1 million votes will not count. The protesters in Beni say the delay announced by Congo's electoral commission makes no sense. The delay of Sunday's election until March for Beni and Butembo city is blamed on a deadly Ebola outbreak. The rest of the country will vote on time. (Photo by Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP Photo)





In this photo provided by the Hattiesburg Police Department, released drivers attempt to drive through flash flood waters on Providence Street in Hattiesburg, Miss., Thursday, December 27, 2018. A storm system dumped up to 12 inches of rain in Louisiana and Mississippi, Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning. (Photo by Ryan Moore/Hattiesburg Police Department via AP Photo)





A woman holds a puppet depicting U.S. President Donald Trump ready to be burned at midnight on December 31. as a way of saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new in Managua, Nicaragua, December 29, 2018. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)





Revellers take part in the festival of Els Enfarinats, in the town of Ibi near Alicante, Spain, Friday, December 28, 2018. For about 200-years the inhabitants of Ibi annually celebrate with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers, outside the city town hall. (Photo by Alberto Saiz/AP Photo)





People enjoy the traditional winter event “Els Enfarinats” battle in Ibi, Valencia, Spain, 28 December 2018. The weapons allowed during this special battle are flour, eggs and firecrackers. “Els Enfarinats”, which literally means “the floured people” in Valencian language, is held every year on occasion of 28 December, Spanish day marking the 'Dia de los Santos Inocentes' (Saint Innocents Day), the Spanish version of April Fools' Day. (Photo by Morell/EPA/EFE)





A member of the Indian transgender community smokes a cigarette as she protests against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill in New Delhi on December 28, 2018. The activists are protesting the recently passed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill including provisions for “screening committees” to verify transgender identity, the criminalising of begging, and the lack of promises of reservations for employment or education. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)





Amanda Nunues, left, lands a punch to Cris Cyborg during the first round of a featherweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 232, Saturday, December 29, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/AP Photo)





Thousands of biodegradable balloons are released by members of the Chamber of Commerce to celebrate New Year in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 28, 2018. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP Photo)





People take pictures of balloons being released in the sky of downtown Sao Paulo as part of year-end celebrations, Sao Paulo, Brazil December 28, 2019. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Believers of Afro-Brazilian religions pay tribute to Yemanja, goddess of the sea, during a traditional celebration ahead of New Year's eve on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 29, 2018. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Celtic Fire Theatre company, PyroCeltica perform ahead of the torchlight procession on the Royal Mile for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations on December 30, 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is expected to bring in excess of 150,000 visitors from all over the world to the city for the traditional New Year celebrations, which run over three days. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Members of the Cryophile amateur winter swimmers' club react while rubbing each other with snow after taking a bath in the icy waters of the Yenisei River during an event marking the New Year and Christmas season, with the air temperature at about minus 26 degrees Celsius (minus 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit), in Krasnoyarsk, Russia December 30, 2018. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





A person participates in the parade of the “San Jose Carnival” in San Jose, Costa Rica, 27 December 2018. The festival sees people parading through the city's main avenues as part of the San Jose Celebrations that take place at the end of each year. (Photo by Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA/EFE)





A man applies colour to a haircut with the number “2019”, depicted to welcome the new year at a barbershop in Ahmedabad, India, December 30, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)