Defense attorney Christian Everdell exits the court with boxes of documents as the jury deliberations continue in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate accused of sеx trafficking, in New York City, U.S., December 21, 2021. (Photo by David “Dee” Delgado/Reuters)





U.S. President Joe Biden coughs as he speaks about the country's fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)





Postal worker Eddie Smith, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to a neighbor on his mail route in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2021. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





An airport employee gestures to lines of travelers outside a TSA security checkpoint during the holiday season as the coronavirus Omicron variant threatens to increase case numbers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 22, 2021. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters)





A couple parts ways outside Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, California, U.S., December 22, 2021. (Photo by Bing Guan/Reuters)





Damik Wright, brother of Daunte Wright, reacts to the outcome in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after mistaking her handgun for her Taser during a traffic stop, outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 23, 2021. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Reuters)





People react to the outcome in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after mistaking her handgun for her Taser during a traffic stop, outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 23, 2021. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Reuters)





Donning a Santa Claus hat, Caitlin Banford waits in line to check in for her flight to Washington at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, December 20, 2021. For the second year in a row, the ever-morphing coronavirus presents would-be holiday revelers with a difficult choice: cancel their trips and celebrations yet again or figure out how to forge ahead as safely as possible. Many health experts are begging people not to let down their guard, but pandemic fatigue is real. While travel restrictions in some places have forced cancellations, many governments have been reluctant to order more lockdowns. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





In this image provided by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, firefighters respond to a fire in McLean, Va., Wednesday, December 22, 2021. Former Sen. Chuck Robb and his wife, Lynda, were hospitalized Wednesday after the fire destroyed their northern Virginia home. Fire officials said the injuries were not life-threatening. (Photo by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department via AP Photo)





The Grinch character is seen tossing out shirts during the first half between the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic at State Farm Arena on December 22, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)





Visitors take photos under a Christmas tree amid the COVID-19 pandemic at a shopping district Wednesday, December 22, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)





Binax Covid-19 testing kits are handed out in the Bensonhurst section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City on December 23, 2021. The resumption of holiday travel coupled with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant left Americans scrambling to find at-home Covid tests, leading multiple major distributors to limit the number of kits per customer. Amazon, as well as vendors on its platform, began limiting the number of tests per person on December 22. National pharmaceutical chains CVS and Walgreens announced a maximum limit of six and four kits, respectively, per customer. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith/AFP Photo)





Workers clear debris from the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 on April 26, 2019, in Lakewood, Colo., following a deadly pileup involving a semi-truck hauling lumber. A truck driver who was convicted of causing the fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on Interstate 70 west of Denver was sentenced Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, to 110 years in prison. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was convicted in October of vehicular homicide and other charges stemming from the April 2019 crash. (Photo by David Zalubowski/AP Photo/File)





Registered nurse Bryan Hofilena attaches “COVID Patient” stickers on a body bag of a patient who died of coronavirus at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers, already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 delta variant and now bracing for the fallout of another highly transmissible mutation. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





Balsam fir wreaths lie on tombstones in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, on December 18, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. The 30th annual “Wreaths Across America” project places wreaths on the more than 250,000 tombstones of military servicemen and women at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)





People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC on December 20, 2021. The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the main coronavirus strain in the United States, accounting for 73.2 percent of new cases over the past week for which data is available, health authorities reported December 20, 2021. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP Photo)





Community members look on as the casket of corrections officer Robert Daniel is lowered into his grave at the Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S., December 18, 2021. Officer Daniel was killed on December 10 while directing workers and inmates, under his care, to safety following a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through several U.S. states. (Photo by Cheney Orr/Reuters)





Charlotte Basham, 5, greets Santa Claus along Marshall Pond Road on Sunday December 19, 2021 in Burke, VA. The street has become a destination spot with nearly every house decked out for the season. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)





The moon rises beyond the Lee's Summit Magic Tree on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, in Lee's Summit, Mo. The lone modest tree in a field next to a freeway is covered with more than 12,000 lights and attracts thousands of visitors every Christmas season. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)