People attend a massive yoga class during the “Yoga ao Sol Nascer” (Yoga at Sunrise) event, at Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 23, 2023. (Photo by Tercio Teixeira/AFP Photo)





Competitors race into the ocean during round one of the 2023/24 Nutri-Grain IronMan & IronWoman Series at Manly Beach on December 16, 2023 in Manly, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)





Bathers brave the cold waters of the North Sea as they take part in the annual Boxing Day dip at Redcar Beach on December 26, 2023 in Redcar, England. The event attracts hundreds of people each year, with many wearing fancy dress, who take to the water to help raise money for a number of charities. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)





Mount Etna as seen from Piazzale Funivia dell'Etna, Italy on December 1, 2023. (Photo by Etna Walk, Marco Restivo/Reuters)





This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 19, 2023 shows an image of the Earth taken by a camera installed on a Hwasongpho-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during its test launch. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw this week's test launch of the country's most powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, which has the potential to reach the United States, state media said December 19. (Photo by KCNA via KNS/AFP Photo)





Catalina, 18 years-old, a member of the Sipoteni bear pack, poses for a portrait in Comanesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Catalina first wore the bear fur costume when she was 15 years-old, feels joy when wearing the costume and is proud to be a part of the centuries tradition. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





A aircraft lands at Leeds Bradford Airport, England, Thursday, December 21, 2023. Storm Pia is expected to cause disruption in parts of Scotland, the north of England and Northern Ireland. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire via AP Photo)





Two rams collide as a referee looks on during a ram fighting competition at the National Stadium in Lagos Nigeria, Sunday, December 3, 2023. Ram fighting is a sport between two rams with the same weight category held in an open field. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





A giant Douglas fir is decorated with Christmas lights in a garden of a house in the small village of Falkenstein near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Swimmers pose for a photo as they take part in the Christmas Day swim at Tynemouth Longsands in the North East of England, Monday December 25, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire via AP Photo)





An anti-government protester wearing a dog mask holds up a sign that reads in Spanish “You cloned poverty” during a rally outside the Supreme Court against the economic reforms of President Javier Milei, as labor unions legally challenge the measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Members of a regional bear pack perform during a festival in Moinesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The dancing bears tradition originates from the pre-Christian era, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





A participant dressed as “Krampus”, a half-goat, half-demon figure that punishes people who misbehave during the Christmas season, takes part in “The Whitby Krampus Run” in Whitby, north east England on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Before the end-of-year pontifical mass in Cologne Cathedral with Cardinal Woelki, the area around the cathedral is heavily guarded by police with machine guns, Sunday, December 31, 2023. German authorities say they have detained three more people in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday period. (Photo by Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP Photo)





Traditional Christmas “piñatas” that will be filled with fruit and candy are displayed at a small family-run business in Acolman just north of Mexico City, Wednesday, December 13, 2023. This style of piñata has a religious origin, with each cone representing one of the seven deadly sins, and hitting the globe with a stick is a symbolic blow against sin. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





A road in the district of Nienburg-Weser is flooded in Drakenburg, Germany, Thursday, December 28, 2023. Parts of northern Germany are continuing to grapple with flooding as rivers remain swollen after heavy rain. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP Photo)





A man sits on a mobility scooter, while Palestinian Muslims hold Friday prayers, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Jerusalem on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





A view of Etna volcano during spewed ash and lava strongly in Catania, Italy on December 01, 2023. Volcano Etna eruption began at around in the late evening of December 01, produced spectacular lava fountain from the Southeast Crater, one lava flow descended in a southwester direction while another larger lava flow descended toward the valley southeast of the crater. Since November 19, 2023, a strombolian activity has been going on with alternating small pauses up to produce this eruption. The massive ash fallout affected the northeastern slope of the volcano. (Photo by Salvatore Allegra/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A small-scaled boat with offerings for Yemanja, the African goddess of the sea, floats near Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 31, 2023. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers honor Yemanja by offering flowers and launching large and small boats into the water in exchange for blessings for the coming year. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)