A demonstrator throws items at an armoured vehicle during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on December 30, 2019. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Demonstrators take cover amid laser beams during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile on January 1, 2020. (Photo by Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters)





Pro-democracy supporters hold placards and shout slogan as they take part in a march during a rally on New Years Day on January 1, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continue their demands for an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word “riot” to describe the rallies, and genuine universal suffrage. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)





Anti-government protesters tear down Christmas and New Year's decorations during a demonstration on New Year's Eve outside Mong Kok police station in Hong Kong, China on December 31, 2019. Protesters briefly blocked Nathan Road, a key artery leading through Kowloon to the harbor, after forming human chains across the Chinese-ruled city and marching through shopping malls, urging people not to give up the fight for democracy in 2020. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





People raise their cellphones lights as they form a human chain on New Year's eve in Hong Kong, Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Months of pro-democracy protests have brought “sadness, anxiety, disappointment and even rage”, the city’s leader Carrie Lam said in a News Year’s address Tuesday. Protests that began in June over a proposed extradition law have spread to include demands for more democracy and other grievances. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





An anti-government demonstrator is helped by medics after running away from tear gas during a protest on New Year s Eve in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2020. Thousands of revelers welcomed in 2020 on neon-lit promenades along the picturesque Victoria Harbour, breaking into pro-democracy chants as the clocks struck midnight after more than half a year of often violent unrest. Authorities had canceled the popular new year fireworks for the first time in a decade, citing security concerns. A “Symphony of Lights” took place instead, involving projections on the city's tallest skyscrapers after the countdown to midnight. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)





Protesters react as police fire tear gas during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping in a New Year's address Tuesday has called for Hong Kong to return to stability following months of pro-democracy protests that began in June over a proposed extradition law, and have spread to include other grievances and demands for more democracy. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





Riot police question anti-government demonstrators during a shopping mall protest on New Year s Eve in Hong Kong, China, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)





Anti-government protesters tear down Christmas and New Year's decorations during a demonstration on New Year's Eve outside Mong Kok police station in Hong Kong, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Anti-government demonstrators form a human chain protest on New Year s Eve in Hong Kong, China, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)





Activists take part in a demonstration, after a British woman was found guilty of faking a rape claim, outside the Famagusta courthouse in Paralimni, Cyprus on December 30, 2019. (Photo by Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters)





In this Monday, December 30, 2019 photo provided by State Government of Victoria, a helicopter tackles a wildfire in East Gippsland, Victoria state, Australia. Wildfires burning across Australia's two most-populous states trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions Tuesday, Dec. 31, and were feared to have destroyed many properties and caused fatalities. (Photo by State Government of Victoria via AP Photo)





This picture taken on December 31, 2019 shows firefighters struggling against the strong wind in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP Photo)





Revelers celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 31, 2019. (Photo by Amr Alfiky/Reuters)





A Schwellkopp (swollen head), a traditional Mainz carnival character, takes part in the traditional New Year’s Day parade in Mainz, Germany on January 1, 2020. (Photo by Andreas Arnold/dpa)





People take a photo after the Fireworks and light effects display from the Taipei 101 skyscraper during New Year's Eve celebrati​ons in Taipei, Taiwan, 01 January 2020. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA/EFE)





Revelers get together to celebrate on New Year's eve in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, December 31, 2019. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





People watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana Beach during the New Year's celebrations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Women pose for a picture in front of a 2020 luminous sign during New Year’s Eve in Seoul, South Korea on December 31, 2019. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Performers prepare ahead of the New Year's Day Parade in London, Britain, January 1, 2020. (Photo by Simon Dawson/Reuters)





A couple share a tender moment during New Year's celebrations in Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower, second right, in the background in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Russians began the world's longest continuous New Year's Eve with fireworks and a message from President Vladimir Putin urging them to work together in the coming year. (Photo by Denis Tyrin/AP Photo)





A reveller wears glasses shaped like the year 2020 during the New Year's Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on December 31, 2019. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





A woman is sprayed with foam as she celebrates the New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 1, 2020. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





Girls hold hands as they arrive their New Year parties in Newcastle, England on December 31, 2019. (Photo by Craig Connor/North News and Pictures)