People gather outside Insein prison expecting to see prisoners being released in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, February 12, 2021. Myanmar's military government expected to release thousands of prisoners to mark the anniversary of Myanmar's Union Day. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Demonstrators flash three-fingered salute against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, February 12, 2021. Large crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Demonstrators flash three-fingered salute, a symbol of resistance against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, February 12, 2021. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A South African woman is briefed before taking a COVID-19 test at the Ndlovu clinic in Groblersdal , 200 kms north-east of Johannesburg Thursday February 11, 2021. African countries without the coronavirus variant dominant in South Africa should go ahead and use the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, while the World Health Organization suggested the vaccine even for countries with the variant circulating widely. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





Nurses tend to a patient in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Curry Cabral hospital in Lisbon, Thursday, February 11, 2021. After Portugal figured for about two weeks last month as the world’s worst-hit country by size of population, anxiety over the recent pandemic peak has eased slightly. The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital and in intensive care fell Thursday for the third straight day. The health ministry reported the fewest hospitalizations since Jan. 20 and the fewest patients in ICUs for almost two weeks. (Photo by Armando Franca/AP Photo)





A carnival reveler is watched by public order guards at the “Alter Markt” where normally tens of thousands of revelers dressed in carnival costumes would celebrate the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, February 11, 2021. This year all carnival celebrations are banned due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A worker disinfects the Thean Hou Temple during during first day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, February 12, 2021. The movement control order (MCO) currently enforced across the country to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, has been extended to Feb. 18, effectively covering the Chinese New Year festival that falls on Feb. 12 this year. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Divers perform an underwater lion dance at the KLCC Aquaria during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a protective mask prays at the Thean Hou Temple during first day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Ethnic Chinese worshippers light joss sticks during the Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple in the China Town area of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)





Worshippers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, Friday, February 12, 2021, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





An ethnic Chinese man wearing lights joss stick during the Lunar New Year celebration at a temple in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo)





Street vendosr prepare grilled pigs to sell for the Chinese New Year celebrations at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 11 February 2021. Chinese people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which marks the year of the Ox. (Photo by Kith Serey/EPA/EFE)





People watch Lunar New Year fireworks while wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they wait to enter a temple in Taipei, Taiwan, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters)





Skaters play hockey on the ice that settled on the Oresund strait, Wednesday February 10, 2021, at Bunkeflostrand a suburb of Malmo, Sweden, south of the Oresund Bridge. (Photo by Johan Nilsson/TT via AP Photo)





Icicles hanging from a branch in Hattenheim, Germany, Thurday, February 11, 2021. In the coming days, it is expected to remain wintry cold in large parts of Germany. (Photo by Boris Roessler/dpa via AP Photo)





A woman takes pictures of icicles on a jetty at the Afsluitdijk, a dike separating IJsselmeer inland sea, and the Wadden Sea, Netherlands, Thursday, February 11, 2021. The deep freeze gripping parts of Europe served up fun and frustration with heavy snow cutting power to some 37,000 homes in central Slovakia. (Photo by Peter Dejong/AP Photo)





A thick layer of ice has formed at temperatures of minus five degrees on the pier on the island of Ruegen, Germany, Thursday, February 11, 2021. The bridge is closed to pedestrians because of the icing. (Photo by Jens Buettner/dpa via AP Photo)





A woman takes a photograph of icicles hanging from branches in Epping Forest on the edge of London as the cold snap continues to grip much of the nation, Thursday February 11, 2021. Overnight temperatures dropped below freezing overnight. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Wire via AP Photo)