Tibetan musician Loten Namling walks from Bern to the IOC Lausanne with skis and ski boots and a Chinese flag trailing behind him, on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, in Bern, Switzerland, as part of a protest march to protest against the Beijing Winter Games. With the action, Loten Namling wants to draw the attention of athletes in Switzerland to the oppression of Tibetans by the Chinese government. (Photo by Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP Photo)





Laura Barquero and Marco Zandron of Spain perform during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships at Tondiraba Ice Hall on January 12, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. (Photo by Jurij Kodrun/International Skating Union via Getty Images)





A scuba diver during an ice diving class at the Sea Frogs scuba diving center in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia on January 30, 2022. The air temperature is –11°C (12.2°F), the water temperature is –2°C (28.4°F). Scuba divers undergo theoretical and practical training in ice diving and perform dives in the open water during the day and the night time as part of the Ice Diver NDL special program. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS)





People attend the annual bonfire of dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas eve, in front of the Orthodox cathedral in Podgorica on January 6, 2022. The branches are carried into the homes and burned on Orthodox Christmas Day, which is celebrated according to the Julian calendar, January 7, 2022. (Photo by Savo Prelevic/AFP Photo)





Trucks are parked on Metcalfe Street as a rally against COVID-19 restrictions, which began as a cross-country convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, continues in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Thousands of antivaccine protesters descended on Canada’s capital of Ottawa in frigid temperatures to protest vaccine mandates, masks and restrictions over the weekend and some remain, blocking traffic around Parliament Hill in what has been the biggest pandemic protest in the country to date.(Photo by Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





An instructor trains a member of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, January 29, 2022. Dozens of civilians have been joining Ukraine's army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about Russian invasion. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





An aerial picture taken on January 3, 2022, shows a man riding his bicycle along a flooded section of the Sausalito/Mill Valley bike path during the “King Tide” in Mill Valley, California. “King Tides” occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align in orbit to produce unusually high water levels and can cause local tidal flooding. Over time, sea level rise is raising the height of tidal systems. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)





Revelers in costume participate in the carnival parade through the village of Vevcani, in the southwestern part of North Macedonia, on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Hundreds of people participated Thursday and many more watched the carnival celebrations which have been taken place for centuries in the tiny North Macedonia's town of Vevcani. Even though the number of new COVID-19 cases is reaching records in North Macedonia since the beginning of epidemic almost two years ago, authorities did not impose new restrictions. (Photo by Boris Grdanoski/AP Photo)





A visitor views a portrait of Kate Moss (centre) by Banksy on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, which is going on view to the public at Phillips auction house in central London until Thursday 19 January, ahead of its sale at auction with an estimate of 130,000 – 180,000 sterling. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)





A so-called “Silvesterchlaus” (New Years Claus) of the group “Hoernli-Schuppel” is on the way in Hundwil, Switzerland, Thursday, January 13, 2022 to offer best wishes for the New Year (following the Julian calendar) to the farmers in this region. After their performance of singing and dancing the Silvesterchlaeuse receive hot drinks. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP Photo)





A man wearing traditional carnival disguise and face paint takes part in the Negros y Blancos Carnival on January 6, 2022 in Pasto, Colombia. This UNESCO-recognized carnival takes place every January in the Southern Andean city of Pasto. The Carnival of “Blancos y Negros” has its origins in a mix of Amazonian, Andean and Pacific cultural expressions. (Photo by Diego Cuevas/Getty Images)





People participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough on January 1, 2022 in New York City. The event returned this year after a hiatus last year due to COVID-19. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)





A FEMEN topless feminist activist protests with her daughter outside Ukraine's President office in Kyiv on January 27, 2022 against the government project of military registration for women. (Photo by femen.org)





Syrian workers cut laurel soap at the Jbaili soap factory, an 800 year old artisanal soap manufacturer, in the old city of Syria's northern city of Aleppo on January 24, 2022. The factory which was heavily damaged during the war has been renovated and resumed work after Syrian government forces took back the old city. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Lights and lasers are displayed to mark the start of the year 2022, after midnight, by the Millennium Bridge going over the River Thames, backdropped by the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London, Saturday, January 1, 2022. The usual New Year's Eve London firework display by the London Eye ferris wheel was cancelled for the second year running to stop crowds gathering during the UK's current coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Matt Dunham/AP Photo)





Servicemen take their position in a trench at the line of separation near Yasne village, about 33,6 km (21,2 miles) south-west of Donetsk, controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Friday, January 14, 2022. Moscow has accused Ukraine of hatching plans to use force to reclaim control over the areas controlled by Russia-backed seaparatists in eastern Ukraine, the accusations Ukrainian authorities have denied. (Photo by Alexei Alexandrov/AP Photo)





Chinese railway staff is pictured inside the high-speed trains to the mountain area at Qinghe railway station inside a closed loop area designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on January 25, 2022. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)





Revelers take cover during a firework battle as part of the “Las Carantonas” festival in Acehuche, southeast Spain, early Friday, January 21, 2022. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a Russian CSTO peacekeeper in a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 11, 2022. Kazakhstan has been gripped by unrest following protests in the towns of Zhanaozen and Aktau in western Kazakhstan which were sparked by rising fuel prices on 2 January 2022. Kazakhstan's President Tokayev has declared a 2 week state of emergency over mass unrest in the country and asked the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) for assistance. On 6 January 2022, according to a decision by the CSTO Collective Security Council, a peacekeeping contingent was sent to Kazakhstan for a limited period of time to stabilise and normalise the situation. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)