Russian President Vladimir Putin visits an exhibition ahead of an annual meeting with top military officials in the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Putin said that Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons even though its military spending is a fraction of the U.S. military budget. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





An Iraqi anti-government protester is pictured at a roadblock with burning tyres in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on December 23, 2019. Thousands of protesters blocked roads and bridges across southern Iraq, condemning Iranian influence and political leaders who missed another deadline to agree on a new prime minister. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)





A demonstrator gestures and shouts slogans during a protest against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, December 24, 2019. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A student shouts slogans during a protest rally against a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India, December 24, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Paris Opera dancers perform in front of the Palais Garnier against the French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, in Paris, on December 24, 2019. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP Photo)





People walk outside the former building of the communist party central committee, the place where Nicolae Ceausescu delivered his last speech 30 years ago today, during an event commemorating those killed in the 1989 anti-communist uprising in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, December 22, 2019. Romania marks the 30th anniversary of the anti-communist uprising which started in the western Romanian town of Timisoara on Dec. 16 and in Bucharest on Dec. 21, 1989, left more than one thousand people dead and ended the rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, December 22, 2019, photo, volunteer Ibtisam Nablussi tosses a Christmas present, as anti-government protesters distribute clothing to the needy ahead of Christmas, at Martyrs Square in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon is entering its third month of protests, the economic pinch is hurting everyone, and the government is paralyzed. So people are resorting to what they've done in previous crises: They rely on each other, not the state. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo)





Relatives of one of the inmates killed during a fight between armed gangs at El Porvenir prison, react outside the morgue, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on December 23, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Cabrera/Reuters)





A picture shows strong waves hitting a beach restaurant after the storm Fabien on December 22, 2019, in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. The storm Fabien which swept across southwest France and Corsica left over 30,000 houses without electricity in the afternoon of December 22, and caused the interruption of transport between the Mediterranean island and the mainland due to a swell and still threatening strong winds. (Photo by Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP Photo)





Huge waves break on the cliffs of the coast of Llanes, Spain on December 22, 2019. (Photo by Eloy Alonso/Reuters)





People escape a wave from the Atlantic Ocean, in Biarritz, southwestern France, Sunday, December 22, 2019. Most of the French regions are on alert for violent storms and high winds. (Photo by Bob Edme/AP Photo)





Christian pilgrims pray in the Grotto of the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 24, 2019. (Photo by Musa Al Shaer/AFP Photo)





A woman kisses the hand of a giant baby Jesus statue in preparation for Christmas Eve in Mexico City, Monday, December 23, 2019. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)





Puppeteers rehearse Christmas nativity show at the Royal Toone Theatre in central Brussels, Belgium on December 19, 2019. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)





Shoppers bid for cuts of meat during a Christmas Eve auction in Smithfield market in London, Britain December 24, 2019. Meat produce is traditional sold at bargain prices on Christmas Eve in Smithfields, the largest wholesale meat market in the UK and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. (Photo by Neil Hall/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A butcher throws a cut of meat to a customer during a Christmas Eve auction in Smithfield market in London, Britain on December 24, 2019. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)





Spanish tourists wearing Christmas outfits dance on Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, 25 December 2019. (Photo by Steven S​aphore/EPA/EFE)





A girl wearing a Santa hat surfs at Bondi Beach on December 25, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. December is one of the hottest months of the year across Australia, with Christmas Day traditionally involving a trip to the beach and celebrations outdoors. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)





People enjoy Christmas day on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, 25 December 2019. (Photo by Steven S​aphore/EPA/EFE)





A tourist visits an ice structure at the Santa Claus Village near Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, on December 2, 2019. Rovaniemi's Santa Claus Village amusement park is a snow-covered wonderland of reindeer rides, ice castles, souvenir shops, snowmobiles and igloo hotels where Christmas holds sway 365 days a year. But Lapland is also the homeland of the indigenous reindeer-herding Sami people, who protest that some in the tourist industry spread offensive stereotypes about Sami people and seek to profit from their ancient culture. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP Photo)