A long skater speeds away on the rain-wet ice on lake Orlangen, South of Stockholm on December 15, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 5 degrees for southern Sweden. (Photo by Tobias Rostlund/AFP Photo)

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A Turkana tribeswoman reacts after an accidental fire of a shelter in Turkana settlement in Ilemi Triangle, Kenya, July 15, 2019. The Ilemi Triangle, a disputed sliver of land along the border with Ethiopia and South Sudan, is the northernmost tip of Turkana, Kenya's poorest county. A series of deadly clashes between the Turkana community and other ethnic groups that they said had crossed from South Sudan have put people on edge, to the point of posting lookouts. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

This photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows a woman taking photos as people look at cherry blossoms in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)

People enjoy the color run in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China on May 29, 2022. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Greyfriars Bobby statue is pictured wearing a mask as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, March 23, 2020. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

A nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital wears a unique mask as the hospital celebrates the release of a COVID-19 patient after 45 days in their care during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Orange, California, U.S., May 5, 2020. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

People huddle to get on a bus after the government has eased restrictions on public transport amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 4, 2020. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Dog groomers participate in a contest at the “Interpets” international pet fair in Tokyo, Japan, 01 April 2021. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)