The Soyuz spacecraft with Canopus satellite blasts off from launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia December 27, 2018. (Photo by State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS/Handout via Reuters)





Russia's President Vladimir Putin (5th L) visits the National Defence Control Centre (NDCC) to oversee the test of a new Russian hypersonic missile system called Avangard, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads, in Moscow, Russia on December 26, 2018. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters)





Peruvian shamans holding a poster of U.S. President Donald Trump and a boa constrictor snake perform a ritual of predictions for the new year at Pescadores beach in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru December 27, 2018. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)





Mapuche indigenous activists clash with riot policemen during a protest demanding justice for Camilo Catrillanca, an indigenous Mapuche man who was shot in the head during a police operation as well as for their indigenous rights and lands for their communities, in Santiago, Chile December 27, 2018. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





A supporter of Bangladesh Awami League party carries a huge photograph of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during an election rally in Dhaka in Bangladesh, Thursday, December 27, 2018. Bangladesh heads for the 11th National Parliamentary Election on Dec. 30, amid opposition allegations that thousands of its leaders and activists have been arrested to weaken them. But authorities say the arrests are not politically motivated and the opposition is trying to create chaos ahead of elections. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Police officers patrol Majengo neighborhood in Goma, on December 27, 2018, following a demonstration against the postponement, announced the day before by the Congolese national committee, of the general elections in this area because of the Ebola outbreak and the mass killings of civilians in this trouble part of DRC. Already postponed three times, the elections are due to bring the curtain down on the era of President Joseph Kabila, in charge of the vast mineral-rich country for nearly 18 turbulent years. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt/AFP Photo)





Protesters flee under FARDC military gunfire outside the offices of the electoral commission in Beni during a demonstration against the postponement of elections in Beni territory and the city of Butembo on December 27, 2018. (Photo by Alexis Huguet/AFP Photo)





A man removes a rock as he searches for scrap metal at an area known as “the Mine”, in the largest garbage dump of Guatemala City, in Guatemala December 27, 2018. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)





Indian Hindu Sadhus (holy men) from the Avahan Akhara ride on an elephant as they take part in a religious procession towards the Sangam area during the first “royal entry” for the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on December 27, 2018. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A child looks at African penguins during the opening of a new area reserved for them at bioparco in Rome on December 27, 2018. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)





The giant panda Xiao Hetao, one of two pandas being released into the wild, walks out of a cage in the snow at the Longxi-Hongkou national nature reserve in Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China on December 26, 2018. (Photo by An Yuan/China News Service)





Kashmiri people walk near a frozen waterfall in the Tangmarg area of north Kashmir, some 30 kilometres from Srinagar the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 27 December 2018. Kashmir valley is witnessing record-breaking cold this winter. The night of 27 December was the coldest night in 28 years at minus 7.6 degree Celsius. The local meteorological department has said that the ongoing cold conditions are expected to continue until New Year's Eve. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





Racegoers in fancy dress look at bookmakers’ odds boards during day two of the Leopardstown Christmas festival in Leopardstown, Ireland on December 27, 2018. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Wire Press Association)





Tourists enjoy hot pot and spring at the hotpot shaped spring during winter at a hotel in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on December 26, 2018. (Photo by Sipa Asia/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People on the “glass tray”, a glass overlook that sticks out over the south edge of the Maha Nakhon Tower in Bangkok, Thailand on December 27, 2018. The MahaNakhon Skywalk, at the top of the King Power Maha Nakhon Tower, is 1,030 feet (314 meters) above street level. It is the tallest building and highest vantage point in Bangkok. (Photo by Sean Edison/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Russian emergency rescue worker dressed as Ded Moroz (Santa Claus, or Father Frost) greets two girls as he scales the wall of a children hospital in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 27, 2018. The action marked the approach of the New Year. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A boy pulls the beard of a Russian emergency rescue worker dressed as Ded Moroz (Santa Claus, or Father Frost ) after scaling the wall at a children hospital in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 27, 2018. The action marked the approach of the New Year. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





In this Friday, December 21, 2018, file photo, zoo owner Manny Tangco sits beside an orangutan named “Pacquiao” while wearing Santa Claus hats as part of their Christmas presentation at the Malabon Zoo in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos prepare to celebrate Christmas day, one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)