A patient is carried on a stretcher by healthcare workers outside Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon on January 7, 2021. Portugal reported a record 10,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours yesterday, and the government warned that its hospitals were under “enormous pressure” from the resurgence of the pandemic. (Photo by Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP Photo)





A dancer participates in “Fitting”, an event choreographed by Austrian artist Willi Dorner as part of Santiago a Mil International Theatre Festival in Santiago, Chile, January 18, 2021. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





A swarm of desert locusts fly near the town of Rumuruti, Kenya, January 31, 2021. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)





Fireflies light up inside a forest at Pitrufquen area in Temuco, Chile in this long-exposure image on January 22, 2021. (Photo by Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/Reuters)





Leang Phannara and Kim Bethyliza attend their traditional Khmer wedding ceremony after it was delayed for months due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on January 29, 2021. (Photo by Cindy Liu/Reuters)





A soldier rides a horse at Horse Guards Parade during snowfall in London, Britain, January 24, 2021. (Photo by Hannah Mckay/Reuters)





Workers bury a person who died with covid-19, in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida public cemetery in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 27 January 2021. To date, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic leaves 7,560 deaths and 257,600 infections in Manaus. In the Amazonian capital, hospitals are increasingly collapsed. Only Manaus has beds available in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), so more than 270 patients have already been transferred to other states of the country. (Photo by Raphael Alves/EPA/EFE)





Registered nurse Yeni Sandoval wears personal protective equipment (PPE) while she cares for a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on January 3, 2021. Approximately four weeks ago, the hospital had a very manageable census, and very small amounts of patients in the ICU, but since Thanksgiving it seems like the census has been doubling every 10 days and they've gotten to a point where 80% of the hospital is filled with patients with Covid-19, and  90% of the ICU is now filled with Covid-19. According to doctor Yadegar, it's not just a matter of room, but it's also the staffing to have nurses, as well as doctors to be able to take care of those patients. It's very difficult to get critical care nurses and doctors. So, it's hard to expand, even if we can expand with the number of beds in the rooms it's impossible to expand in terms of nurses and doctors because there's limited resources. The situation is very dire. The hospital systems are at a breaking point unless we were able to get this infection under control. It's not sustainable. Unfortunately, the emergency room is having to close and not be able to take patients that are coming in with ambulances because we don't have room for them, and at this point this is impacting not just what happens in the hospital but it affects everyone in the community. (Photo by Apu Gomes/AFP Photo)





Blindfolded Myanmar boys try to eat the biscuits during a fair on the occasion of the 73rd Myanmar Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 January 2021. Myanmar, also known as Burma, was colonized by Britain in 1824 and became an independent republic on 04 January 1948. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)





Police try to disperse revelers at the end of the carnival parade through the south-western North Macedonia village of Vevcani on January 13, 2021. The Vevcani carnival is 1.400 years old and is held every year on the eve of the feast of Saint Basil ( January 14), which also marks the beginning of the New Year according to the Julian calendar, observed by the Macedonian Orthodox Church. (Photo by Robert Atanasovski/AFP Photo)





A policeman with helmet and shield holds a baton as he stands next to a policevan on Beijerlandselaan in Rotterdam, on January 25, 2021. The Netherlands was hit by a second wave of riots on January 25 evening after protesters again went on the rampage in several cities following the introduction of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend. Riot police clashed with groups of protesters in the port city of Rotterdam, where they used a water canon. (Photo by Marco de Swart/ANP/AFP Photo)





Students sit at desks outside a high school during a peaceful protest asking authorities to allow them back in to the classroom in Bergamo, Italy on January 19, 2021. (Photo by Luca Ponti/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A protester dressed as Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic since the 1789 revolution walks next to riot police officers during a march for freedom in Paris, Saturday, January 23, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators marched on France's parliament Saturday protesting layoffs related to the virus crisis and demanding the resignation of the government. (Photo by Michel Euler/AP Photo)





People walk the two-kilometre-long snow-covered Lantern path (Chemin des lanternes) between Lake Moubra and Lake Etang Long during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 30 January 2021. Due to the pandemic related closures, many Swiss citizens seek refuge in the mountains, walk in nature and enjoy the winter snow at night. (Photo by Laurent Gillieron/EPA/EFE)





A Venezuelan migrant child, leaning on his suitcase, cries after he and his family were detained, at a checkpoint in Tumbes, Peru, Saturday, January 30, 2021. Peru has sent soldiers to patrol the porous border to stop the illegal influx of Venezuelan migrants. While Peru doesn't share a border with Venezuela, many migrants try to reach it by going through Ecuador and Colombia. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Demonstrators clash with police in Brussels, Belgium on January 13, 2021 during a protest after the death of 23-year-old Ibrahima Barrie at a police station. (Photo by Marin Driguez/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A nurse takes care of a patient infected with Covid 19, on January 25, 2021 in the intensive care unit of Lyon-Sud hospital in Pierre-Benite. Stubbornly high new rates for infections, hospitalisations and Covid deaths fuelled fears France may need another full lockdown, which would be the third, inflicting yet more devastation on businesses and daily lives. The president of the scientific council set up to advise the government on the pandemic pleaded on January 24, 2021 for a swift decision. (Photo by Jeff Pachoud/AFP Photo)





Relatives and friends of Sara Maria Garcia one of the five young people who was killed by unidentified gunmen last Saturday, mourn during her funeral in Buga, Colombia, Monday, January 25, 2021. Buga's Mayor's Office and the Governor's Office of Valle del Cauca state announced a reward of up to 200 million pesos or about $55 thousand, for those who provide information on the murders. (Photo by Juan B. Diaz/AP Photo)





Funeral home workers carry the coffin of Pedro Miguel Infante Vilchez, 80, who died from COVID-19, to the “Martires 19 de Julio” cemetery in Comas, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, January 21, 2021. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Father carries his crying daughter as members of a migrant family from Afghanistan approach Croatia's border from Bosnian side in an attempt to cross into EU by foot, known as “The Game” near Bosanska Bojna on January 6, 2021 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The family crossed into Croatia only to be pushed back to Bosnia by Croatian police few hours later. There are currently some 3,000 refugees with children sleeping in abandoned houses and temporary accommodations in sub-zero temperatures in northern Bosnia. Many attempt crossing into Croatia to claim asylum in the European Union. For years the EU has been deeply divided over its migration policy. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Getty Images)