A vendor, wearing a traditional Serbian hat, prepares dried oak branches – the Yule log symbol – for the Orthodox Christmas Eve in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, January 6, 2023. Orthodox believers in Serbia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)





An anti-government protesters who traveled to the capital from across the country to march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, is detained and thrown on the back of police vehicle during clashes in Lima, Peru, Thursday, January 19, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for up to 48 protesters killed in clashes with police. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





Jordanian Ibrahim Ahmed Nevvar reads the smallest copy of the Quran, which attracts the attention of antique, cultural heritage and collection enthusiasts, with a magnifying glass at the Permanent Folk Heritage Museum, which he founded in As-Salt, Jordan on January 24, 2023. 1.50 centimeters wide and 2.5 centimeters long, with a green cover, the Quran can only be read with a magnifying glass, as the texts are very small. (Photo by Ahmed Shoura/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Masked revelers take part in the carnival parade in the village of Vevcani, in the southwestern part of North Macedonia, on Friday, January 13, 2023. In its fourteen century-old tradition, the Vevcani carnival is always held on Orthodox St. Basil's day, marking the beginning of the New Year by the Julian calendar. The participants in the carnival find an inspiration for their masks in old pagan beliefs and rituals, while some of the masks are based on political and social events, but in a satirical context. (Photo by Boris Grdanoski/AP Photo)





People run from flames during fire in La Floresta, Uruguay, 26 January 2023. The fire grew due to intense winds amid drought conditions and has resulted in several casualties. (Photo by Federico Gutierrez/EPA/EFE)





A woman reacts while walking out of the icy waters of a pond during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Moscow, Russia on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A destroyed Russian tank with an artwork depicting a dove with an olive branch by famous street artist TvBoy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Dmytrivka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine Monday, January 30, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A cross-dresser parades wearing typical Bolivian women's clothing during the election of the Cholita cross-dresser, organized by the LGBT community in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand Thursday, January 19, 2023. Ardern says that she will not contest this year's general elections. (Photo by Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, January 9, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Dancers light their torches as they perform an age-old ritual chasing the evil spirits away on the streets of Donna Sekirna, Bulgaria, late Friday, January 13, 2023. Every winter in villagers in western Bulgaria donning large, frightening masks depicting mythical creatures took to the streets Friday, in an age-old Orthodox New Year carnival believed to ward off evil spirits. (Photo by Valentina Petrova/AP Photo)





Anya Korostenska drops to her knees at the grave of her fiance Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on January 15 in Bakhmut, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, January 19, 2023. (Photo by Daniel Cole/AP Photo)





Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard outside a house during a raid against suspected Islamic State group fighters in Raqa, the jihadist group's former defacto capital in Syria, on January 29, 2023. After the jihadists lost their last scraps of territory following a military onslaught backed by the coalition in March 2019, IS remnants in Syria mostly retreated into desert hideouts in the country's east. They have since used such hideouts to ambush Kurdish-led forces and Syrian government troops while continuing to mount attacks in Iraq. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP Photo)





Members of the Up Helly Aa 'Jarl Squad' pose for photographs with their Viking galley ship in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on January 31, 2023 before the Up Helly Aa festival later in the day. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 'guizers' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo)





A model presents a creation for Viktor & Rolf during the Haute-Couture Spring-Summer 2023 Fashion Week in Paris on January 25, 2023. (Photo by Stephane de Sakutin/AFP Photo)





People watch as a lifelike robot of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama paints spots on the window of the luxury retailer Louis Vuitton store at Place Vendome in Paris, France on January 25, 2023. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)





People protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima on January 17, 2023. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte asked this Tuesday to the hundreds of protesters from various regions of the country who are heading to Lima to protest against their government to do so in “peace and calm”. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)





A regional train approaches passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A supporter of opposition leader and governor of Santa Cruz Luis Fernando Camacho shouts slogans on a bullhorn during a protest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Prosecutors in Bolivia on Dec. 29, 2022, remanded Camacho into custody for four months while he faces terrorism charges. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)