Children and priest break traditional Christmas bread to mark the Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Saturday, January 7, 2023. Children traditionally scramble for a piece of the bread, searching for a gold coin, hidden inside. (Photo by Radivoje Pavicic/AP Photo)





People wearing communist era military uniforms, decorated with colorful items, take part in a parade showcasing winter traditions from the northeast of the country in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, December 18, 2022. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





Oleksandra, 3, receives a Christmas gift from humanitarian aid organisation UA Future, who are delivering gifts to children living in underground shelters ahead of Orthodox Christmas, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Bakhmut, Ukraine on January 4, 2023. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Afghan children carry cauliflowers in a field on the outskirts of Jalalabad on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Shafiullah Kakar/AFP Photo)





Alice, 7, reacts as her parents calm her down after performing at a dance festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday January 28, 2023. (Photo by Roman Hrytsyna/AP Photo)





Children play along the side of the road, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Bakhmut, Ukraine on January 5, 2023. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





People take part in a march to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr Day in New York City, U.S. January 16, 2023. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)





A man bathes his daughter in water during a traditional Epiphany celebration in the mountain river Kara-Balta, during celebration a traditional Epiphany near Sosnovka village, 90 km (56 miles), southwest of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, January 19, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Voronin/AP Photo)





Palestinian scouts and march in the Christian Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, Friday, January 6, 2023. (Photo by Nasser Nasser/AP Photo)





Mohammed, the father of Syrian Maya Merhi, sits next to his disabled toddler, inside the family tent at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on January 6, 2023. Twelve-year-old Maya and her father were born with no legs due to a congenital condition. She had to struggle around the camp on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans. Later, Maya was able to walk thanks to her new prosthetics after undergoing treatment in Turkey. She now has a little brother who is also disabled. (Photo by Rami al Sayed/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask and a child look at a cellphone as they sit on a bench at a public park in Beijing, on June 2, 2022. As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have yet another thing to look forward to – one extra hour of online games each day. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Emirati school girls prepare to greet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Qasar Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, January 15, 2023. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received an honor guard welcome Sunday on a trip to the United Arab Emirates, where Seoul hopes to expand its military sales while finishing its construction of the Arabian Peninsula's first nuclear power plant. (Photo by Jon Gambrell/AP Photo)





A contestant prepares his paper during the annual New Year's calligraphy contest at the Budokan martial arts hall Thursday, January 5, 2023, in Tokyo. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Five-year-olds Annabelle Ye and Luna Chen join the dragon at Edinburgh Castle in the second decade of January 2023 to launch the city’s Chinese New Year celebrations. The Year of the Rabbit runs from January 20 to February 3. (Photo by Duncan McGlynn/The Times)





A young performer looks out of a dragon mask ahead of the Lunar New Year parade in London, Sunday, January 22, 2023. The parade is to mark the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, with thousands of visitors expected to watch the spectacular show and Lion Dances in the capital. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





A young boy reacts to the strong smell as visitors look at the Titan Arum, aka Corpse Flower, as it begins to bloom at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in Adelaide, Australia, 09 January 2023. It is the first time that the endangered flower has blossomed in nearly 10 years, and it is expected to take another three to five years before it does so again. The huge plant is known for its strong odor of a rotting corpse with which it usually attracts insects for its pollination. (Photo by Matt Turner/EPA/EFE)





Young girls wait to participate in the Lunar New Year parade, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





Industrial alpinist wearing superhero costume greets children in the children hospital in Krakow, Poland on January 26, 2023. Every year in the various cities of the country high-attitude workers climb hospital buildings as a part of âThe Great Orchestra Of Christmas Charityâ which is the biggest charity organisation in Poland. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Suadar Oyunbold, age 5 runs from a Lion Dancer in Dublin City Farm at St Anne’s Park on January 9, 2023 to mark the launch of the programme for Dublin Lunar New Year which runs from 21-29 January. (Photo by Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times)





People use a sled over a frozen river at the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, on January 4, 2023, ahead of the 39th Harbin China International Ice and Snow Festival. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)