An elderly covid-19 coronavirus patient lies on a stretcher at the emergency ward of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 22, 2022. China faces new 4.2 million cases and 5000 deaths a day as the “thermonuclear” Covid surge takes hold of the country. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





A man dressed as Saint Mykola (Saint Nicolas) performs for children at Kramatorsk train station eastern Ukraine on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)





View of the traditional Christmas lights in Medellin, Colombia, on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Freddy Builes/AFP Photo)





England fans react to France's second goal as they watch a screen showing the 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between England and France, at Depot Mayfield in Manchester on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Costumed members of Compagnie 1602 parade in the old town of Geneva during the commemoration of the Fete de l'Escalade, in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 2022. The “Fete de l'Escalade” (from escalade, the act of scaling defensive walls) is an annual celebration held in December in Geneva's old town, celebrating the defeat of the surprise attack by troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, during the night of 11 to 12 December 1602. (Photo by Magali Girardin/EPA/EFE)





Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke, left, is presented with the Miss America 2023 sash by Miss America 2022 Emma Broyles, center, after Stanke is named the winner of the competition at Mohegan Sun casino, in Uncasville, Conn., Thursday, December 15, 2022. (Photo by Steven Senne/AP Photo)





Kate, Princess of Wales smiles at the crowd after attending the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Sunday, December 25, 2022. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





A riot policeman stands guard in front of a Christmas tree in Syntagma square during the 14th anniversary of the fatal shooting by the police of 15-year old Alexis Grigoropoulos, in Athens, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. A 34-year-old police officer appeared in court over the shooting early Monday of a 16-year-old Roma boy who allegedly drove off from a gas station without paying the bill. Before Monday's incident, protest marches already were planned to mark the anniversary of the 2008 fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens that sparked Greece’s worst riots in decades. (Photo by Michael Varaklas/AP Photo)





Handout photo issued by the Zoological Society of London of western lowland gorilla Mjukuu snacking on a snowman's broccoli hair in the snow at ZSL London Zoo on Monday, December 12, 2022. (Photo by ZSL/PA Wire Press Association)





A woman stands next to a picture with an artwork on concrete blocks which were installed to protect the city from the Russian troops, in the main square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, December 1, 2022. The painting appears to have been made by British street artist Banksy, who confirmed this on his Instagram account. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Salvadoran clown is seen wearing colorful clothes and face make-up during the parade within the framework of the National Salvadoran Clown Day that is celebrated on the first Wednesday of every December by legislative decree in San Salvador, El Salvador on December 07, 2022. After the pandemic crisis, dozens of Salvadoran clowns took to the streets to celebrate their day, and invite families to respect the work of bringing smiles to children and adults in El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Police officers detain an activist of the “Letzte Generation” (Last Generation) as they carry her off a road, during a protest for a speed limit on highways as well as for affordable public transport, in Berlin, Germany on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Christian Mang/Reuters)





Dancers perform at the Salsodromo during the start of the Cali Fair, in Cali, Colombia, 25 December 2022. With the participation of more than 2,000 dancers from almost fifty salsa schools, the Salsodromo kicked off the 65th edition of the Cali Fair on 25 December, which fills the fills the Colombian “Branch of heaven” with color and music between 25 and 30 December. (Photo by Ernesto Guzmán Jr./EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Surfing Santas on the city beach in Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Alan Dawson/Alamy Live News)





Germany fans react after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group E match between Costa Rica and Germany at Al Bayt Stadium on December 01, 2022 in Al Khor, Qatar. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)





Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is displayed on a screen as he speaks via video link as Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (R) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listen during a Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) plenary session in Riga, Latvia December 19, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Pool via AFP Photo)





Dancers attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Universal Pictures' “M3GAN” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on December 07, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto Rodriguez/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)





A swimmer takes a dip in Serpentine lake as cold weather continues in London, England on December 12, 2022. Snow and ice weather warnings were extended across the UK this week after the record for the coldest night of the year so far was broken for the second night in a row. Braemar in Aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the UK on Tuesday night, recording a low of –17.3ºC. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





Pope Francis greets people as he attends the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)