Members of the Taliban forces fire in the air to disperse the Afghan women during a rally to protest against what the protesters say is Taliban restrictions on women, in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 28, 2021. (Photo by Ali Khara/Reuters)





Police officers push back protesters during a rally of journalists against a new media bill, in front of the Parliament building in Baku, Azerbaijan on December 28, 2021. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Reuters)





Police officers restrain a protester during a rally of journalists against a new media bill, in front of the Parliament building in Baku, Azerbaijan on December 28, 2021. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Reuters)





Police officers detain a demonstrator as people gather in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down. The move is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on dissent. The Prosecutor General’s Office last month petitioned the Supreme Court to revoke the legal status of Memorial – an international human rights group that rose to prominence for its studies of political repression in the Soviet Union. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A Palestinian woman is comforted as she reacts while an Israeli machinery demolishes her under-construction house, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 28, 2021. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)





Palestinian women clash with Israeli soldiers as they react against the demolishing of their under-construction house, in the West Bank city of Hebron, 28 December 2021. According to Israeli authorities, the construction was built without obtaining necessary permits. (Photo by Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA/EFE)





Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Hong Kong police raided the office of the online news outlet on Wednesday after arresting several people for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





Jordanian parliament members are separated during an altercation in the parliament in the capital Amman on December 28, 2021. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer Network)





Shamans use a photo of Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a year-end ritual where they predict political and social issues expected to occur in next year in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. The shamans made symbolic payment to Mother Earth while asking that the COVID-19 pandemic come to an end and that world leaders be cleansed so they can make wise decisions in the coming year. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo)





Health workers take part in a protest outside the government building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Protesters observed a moment of silence for those who died in the line of duty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and demanded salary and benefits increases that would reflect the higher workload and risks they are faced with. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A member of the medical staff at the National Public Health Organisation (EODY) conducts a COVID-19 rapid test on a woman in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. A government committee of medical experts hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to consider speeding up scheduled restrictions after the daily number of COVID-19 infections more than doubled in a day to set a new record. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





A woman walks past cordoned-off benches in a shopping centre in Freital, Saxony, Germany, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Saxony has the lowest vaccination rate among Germany’s 16 federal states, and one of the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases. It also has seen angry and aggressive anti-vaccine protests in recent weeks. (Photo by Daniel Schaefer/dpa via AP Photo)





A baby wearing a face shield is seen on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House on December 29, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. New South Wales has recorded 11,201 COVID-19 cases nearly doubling in the last 24 hours and reporting the highest daily caseload in any Australian state since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)





A worker sprays disinfectant around people who traveled from the provinces to Monte de Oración church for donated food and clothing during the church's annual Good Samaritan campaign in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the church is distributing the goods outdoors. (Photo by Freddy Barragan/AP Photo)





Women wearing masks walk past ads featuring models for make up products in Beijing, China, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Advertisements featuring some Chinese models have sparked feuding in China over whether their appearance and makeup are perpetuating harmful stereotypes of Asians. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A girl carries a chair in flood waters in Itapetinga, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Two dams broke Sunday in northeastern Brazil, threatening worse flooding in a rain-drenched region that has already seen thousands of forced to flee their homes. (Photo by Raphael Muller/AP Photo)





Unloading an ice-covered Sun Rio cargo ship carrying second hand cars from Japan in the port of Vladivostok, Russia on December 28, 2021. Ship icing occurs due to a humid sea wind, waves and sub-zero air temperatures which leads to an increase in draft, heeling and can increase the risk of a ship's overturn. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS)





Two women pose for photos during an exhibition named “Amazing Taiwan 3D Art Exhibition II” organised by the Ministry of Culture at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on December 29, 2021. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)





Revellers take part in the Els Enfarinats festival, in the town of Ibi near Alicante, Spain, Tuesday December 28, 2021. For about 200-years the inhabitants of Ibi annually celebrate with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers, outside the city town hall. (Photo by Alberto Saiz/AP Photo)





The vintage car parade held at Cali Fair on December 28, 2021 in Cali, Colombia. Cali fair is one of the most important old car shows in Latin America. Cars of all brands participated in the parade. (Photo by Edwin Rodriguez Pipicano/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An elephant tosses a Chrismas tree at the Berlin Zoo, Germany, on December 29, 2021. Many of the Christmas trees left over after the festivity period end up as food for various animals in Berlin's zoo. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP Photo)