Volunteers dressed as Father Frost and Snow Maiden present a gift to a resident of a nursing home on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, as part of the “Old Age for Joy” charity project, in the village of Sosnovskoye in Omsk region, Russia on December 28, 2019. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A photographer waited in just the right place to snap the rare spectacle as the sun was partially blocked by the moon at dawn. Elias Chasiotis had planned on capturing the solar eclipse on December 26, 2019 while on holiday in Al Wakrah, Qatar. And he knew because it came at sunrise he had a chance to capture an even rare phenomenon – a solar eclipse combined with the light-bending mirage effects seen near the surface of the ocean. (Photo by Elias Chasiotis/The Sun)





Revellers dressed in mock military garb throw eggs as they take part in the “Els Enfarinats” battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi on December 28, 2019. (Photo by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo)





An activist takes part in a demonstration against sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence in the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 7, 2019. (Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP Photo)





Police guard as rescuers work on the side of a plane crashed near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, December 27, 2019. The Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday. (Photo by Vladimir Tretyakov/AP Photo)





A protestor screams amidst clouds of tear gas as protestors and French Riot Police clash during a rally near Place de Republique in support of the national strike in France, one of the largest nationwide strikes in years, on December 05, 2019 in Paris, France. President Emmanuel Macron is facing his biggest test since the Gilet Jaune or Yellow Vest movement as railway, transportation workers, teachers, students, hospital employees, police officers, garbage collectors, truck drivers and airline workers join the strike called in protest to changes to Frances pension system. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)





Bathers brave the cold waters of the North Sea as they take part in the annual Boxing Day dip at Redcar Beach on December 26, 2019 in Redcar, England. The event attracts hundreds of people each year who take to the cold water wearing fancy dress as they help to raise money for a number of charities. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times)





Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China in action during the Pairs Short Program of the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix final at Palavela on December 6, 2019 in Turin, Italy (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/Itar-Tass News Agency/Alamy Live News)





A large brawl breaks out as people leave the track after Sydney Racing at Rosehill Gardens on December 07, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)





Revellers in Newcastle, England on the last Friday before Christmas, December 20, 2019. Black Eye Friday festive mayhem hit the nation; Christmas celebrations kicked off with a bang across the country as revellers flocked to pubs and clubs for the biggest night of the year. (Photo by Scott Heppell/PA Images via Getty Images)





Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, left, and Barcelona's Gerard Pique walks together on the pitch during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Thousands of Catalan separatists are planning to protest around and inside Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium during Wednesday's “Clasico”. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





In this December 9, 2019, photo provided by Michael Schade, tourists on a boat look at the eruption of the volcano on White Island, New Zealand. Unstable conditions continued to hamper rescue workers from searching for people missing and feared dead after the volcano off the New Zealand coast erupted in a towering blast of ash and scalding steam while dozens of tourists explored its moon-like surface. (Photo by Michael Schade via AP Photo)





This picture taken on December 15, 2019 shows three young orangutans after they were rescued by police from illegal wildlife traffickers in Pekanbaru in Riau province, Indonesia. (Photo by Wahyudi/Jefta Images/Barcroft Media)





Costumed Star Wars fans take a selfie before the first screening of “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” in Tokyo, Japan, 19 December 2019. The latest Star Wars saga movie will be released across Japan on 20 December 2019. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Mehrban Akhtar, 20, blindfolded and buried up to his neck in sand during a solar eclipse, is pictured along Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on December 26, 2019. Many Pakistanis believe that burying people with disabilities in sand during solar eclipse would bring healing to their bodies. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Yeshiva School students briefly dance on Grant Street after the menorah lighting outside of the City-County Building for the fifth night of Hanukkah, Thursday, December 26, 2019, in downtown Pittsburgh. (Photo by Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Photo)





New Year's Eve revellers from Asia with Australian flags and balloons in the shape of the new year 2020 in Sydney, Australia on December 31, 2019. (Photo by Richard Milnes/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Tiffany Haddish (C) attends Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah at SLS Hotel on December 03, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)





A mahout trains his elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume before a gift presentation to schoolchildren during Christmas celebrations in Ayutthaya on December 23, 2019. Wearing red and white hats and a string of bells, Thai elephants passed out Christmas gifts to hundreds of schoolchildren on Monday despite growing criticism over using the animals in performances. The annual festive event is organised by a nearby elephant park, whose mahouts or handlers started in the early morning dressing the animals. Thailand is largely Buddhist but decorative celebrations around Christmas are common especially at big name malls. In addition to Santa Claus hats and reindeer bells the elephants were outfitted with strands of white rope at the top of their trunks to resemble a white beard. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Rapper Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, known professionally as Cardi B arrives at Queens Criminal Court on December 10, 2019 in New York City to answer charges over strip club incident. Cardi B has been charged in a 14-count indictment, including two counts of felony attempted assault on two bartenders at Angels Strip Club in the Flushing section of Queens. (Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Barcroft Media)





Shannon Courtenay exchanges punches with Buchra El Quaissi during the Bantamweight between Shannon Courtenay and Buchra El Quaissi at York Hall on December 19, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)





A U.S. President Donald Trump mask is seen for sale in a market in Hong Kong, China, December 23, 2019. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)