A Minion character dressed in a Christmas theme is pictured in Times Square during unseasonably warm weather on Christmas Eve in the Manhattan borough of New York, December 24, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Participants run through the streets of the Back Bay during the 16th annual Santa Speedo Run in Boston, Massachusetts, December 12, 2015. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)

People take part in the "Bison Race" winter extreme run competition in Zhodino, Belarus, December 5, 2015. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

A participant peeks from his costume before the start of the the annual London Pantomime Horse Race in Greenwich, Britain December 13, 2015. (Photo by Neil Hall/Reuters)

Droid BB-8 arrives at the world premiere of the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Hollywood, California, December 14, 2015. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Vendors sell their wares at a parking garage for commercial transports in Obalende district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos November 23, 2015. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)

Gianluca Pardelli is something of an expert on markets. For the past two years, he’s travelled across eastern Europe, from Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan, Moldova to Georgia, photographing them. Here: Telavi, Georgia. (Photo by Gianluca Pardelli)

A child dressed as a cat takes part in the Children's Halloween day parade at Washington Square Park in the Manhattan borough of New York October 31, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)