The Christmas tree recycling point on Hove Lawns in Brighton, UK is busy on January 3, 2022, as the festive season comes to an end on Bank Holiday Monday in England. (Photo by Simon Dack/Alamy Live News)





Costumed people, mask dancers called Kukeri, perform a traditional dance during the Surva Festival to ward off evil spirits in Sofia, Bulgaria, 09 January 2022. In ancient times, the old Thracians held the Kukeri Ritual Games in honor of god Dionysus - known as a god of wine and ecstasy. Even today these games are also known as the Dionysus' games. Among the Kukeri (singular: kuker) dancers' are many characters, including Dionysus and his satyrs as well as others from deep history such as the tsar, harachari, plyuvkachi, startzi, and pesyatzi. (Photo by Vassil Donev/EPA/EFE)





People protest against the installation of oil companies on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 4, 2022. (Photo by Jaime Olivos/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Police officers detain violators in a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 10, 2022. Kazakhstan has been gripped by unrest since 2 January 2022 sparked by a rise in the price for liquefied petroleum gas used for vehicles. On January 5, 2022, Kazakhstan's President Tokayev dismissed the cabinet, declared a two-week state of emergency over mass unrest in the country and asked the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) for assistance. On January 6, 2022, a counterterrorism operation to stop mass unrest began in Almaty. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)





Detail of artistic projections, depicting pictorial masterpieces of Renaissance, in Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy on January 2, 2022. (Photo by Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





A street performer is seen during the Elevate Sydney Final Night on January 05, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. The free, five-day ticket even held on Cahill Expressway was organised to bring back to life Sydney's event and tourism industry, but thousands have reportedly returned tickets as the Omricon COVID-19 variant continues to spread. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)





A woman stands in front of a mask-clad lion statue outside a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on January 18, 2022, as Japan reported a record high of new Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Saudi cameleers and horsewomen take part in a parade during the sixth edition of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in the Rumah region, some 161Km east of the capital Riyadh, on January 8, 2022. The festival introduced a round for women camel owners, allowing them for the first time to showcase their animals in a beauty contest. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP Photo)





A woman bathes in an ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. The temperature in St. Petersburg is –7C (19F). (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Theary Seng, center, a Cambodian-American lawyer, dressed in a prison-style orange outfit, raises her arm with her supporter as she arrived at Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Cambodian security forces on Tuesday briefly detained Theary Seng, a prominent rights activist, as she walked barefoot near the prime minister‚ residence in Phnom Penh, wearing the orange outfit and Khmer Rouge-era ankle shackles. She was released, shortly afterwards, and arrived at the Phnom Penh court for the resumption of her trial on treason charges. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)





Highlanders from Soutern Poland take part in the UNESCO listed horse carriage competition (Kumoterki) in Bialy Dunajec, Poland on January 30, 2022. In 2017 Kumoterek Races were entered on the UNESCO National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The origins of the tradition can be traced back to the nineteenth century, when for a long winter period highlander horse-drawn sleds were an irreplaceable means of transport. (Photo by Omar Marques/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





The body of a victim is seen in a damaged car in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, January 7, 2022. On Jan. 6, security forces killed dozens of protesters. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said he had given security forces shoot-to-kill orders to halt the violent unrest, saying: “We intend to act with maximum severity regarding lawbreakers”. ​(Photo by Vasily Krestyaninov/AP Photo)





Revelers dressed up as devils hold torches with firecrackers as they take part in a “correfoc” or “fire-run” during the Sant Antoni neighborhood celebrations on January 23, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. “Correfoc” is a traditional Catalan festival dated from the 12th century where people dress up as devils and dance among firecrackers. Spectators attempt to get as close as possible to the devils, running with the fire. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)





A model presents a creation by Amato Couture during the Arab Fashion Week in Dubai, on January 28, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





Models present creations by Amato Couture during the Arab Fashion Week in Dubai, on January 28, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





Pair skaters Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky of Russia perform a lift during an exhibition gala at the 2022 ISU European Figure Skating Championships at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia on January 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Bobylev/TASS)





Bellringers, known as “Joaldunak” in Basque language march with big cowbells hanging on their back during the traditional Ituren Carnival, in the northern Spanish Navarre town of Ituren on January 31, 2022. The annual three-day festivities, focusing mainly on agriculture and sheep farming, take place on the last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of January where the inhabitants of two villages in the Navarre Valley dress up and participate in various activities during a pilgrimage in each village. (Photo by Ander Gillenea/AFP Photo)





A zoo keeper counts Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo in central London on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)





A demonstrator sits under an umbrella while blocking an access route to Iquique, Chile, during a regional strike called by different organizations against illegal immigration, on January 31, 2022. The city of Iquique, in the north of Chile and near the border with Bolivia, experienced a second day of agitation Monday with blockades at its entrance roads and the closure of its airport, in protest against the increase in crime that some associate with the illegal immigration. (Photo by Diego Reyes/AFP Photo)