A Ukrainian serviceman patrols a street near frontline with with Russia-backed separatists in Verkhnotoretske village in Yasynuvata district, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, January 22, 2022. Russia on Thursday announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world this month, and claimed the West is plotting “provocations” in neighboring Ukraine where the Kremlin has been accused of planning aggressive military action. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko/AP Photo)





Police officers secure traces on the grounds of the Heidelberg University Botanical Garden in Heidelberg, Germany, Monday, January 24, 2022. German police say a lone gunman wounded several people at a lecture theatre in the southwest city of Heidelberg on Monday. Police said in a brief statement that the perpetrator was dead but didn't give details of how that happened. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A fighter with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces mans a checkpoint in Hassakeh, northeast Syria, Monday, January 24, 2022.Clashes between U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and militants continued for a fourth day Sunday near the prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of IS, the Kurdish force said. (Photo by Baderkhan Ahmad/AP Photo)





A medical staff member walks past the entrance of a special drive-thru voting area set up outside Montecitorio palace for electors positive to COVID-19 or in quarantine, in Rome, Monday, January 24, 2022. The first round of voting for Italy's next president opens Monday without a clear slate of candidates. Italy's lawmakers and a smaller group of special regional representatives are set to vote for a successor to Sergio Mattarella as Italy's head of state, a largely ceremonial post that still requires political acumen and constitutional knowledge to steer Italy through its frequent political crises. (Photo by Andrew Medichini/AP Photo)





A monument of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lays in pieces in Plaza San Jose in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, January 24, 2022. Unknown people toppled the in the pre-dawn hours of Monday ahead of a visit of King Felipe VI to the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico. (Photo by Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)





Taliban representative Anas Haqqani sits ahead of a meeting, in Oslo, Norway, Monday, January 24, 2022. Western diplomats are meeting with Afghan women’s rights activists and human rights defenders in Oslo ahead of the first official talks with the Taliban in Europe since the Taliban took over in August. The closed-door meeting was a chance to hear from civil society in Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora their demands and assessment of the current situation on the ground. The meeting was taking place at a hotel in the snow-capped mountains above the Norwegian capital and was attended by representatives of the EU, the US, the United States, France, Italy and hosts Norway. (Photo by Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB via AP Photo)





Protestors wave signs near a burning fire as they demonstrate against COVID-19 measures in Brussels, Sunday, January 23, 2022. Demonstrators gathered in the Belgian capital to protest what they regard as overly extreme measures by the government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including a vaccine pass regulating access to certain places and activities and possible compulsory vaccines. (Photo by Olivier Matthys)/AP Photo





A rioter throws a brick at a police vehicle during clashes after a protest against European anti-coronavirus measures, in Brussels, Belgium, 23 January 2022. Tens of thousands of people were expected to a protest against the way the EU governments imposed “disproportionate measures that violate human rights”, as organiser 'Europeans United' puts it, to curb the Omicron variant wave of the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus. (Photo by Stephanie Lecocq/EPA/EFE)





Police officers stand guard during a demonstration against the Belgian government's restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brussels, Belgium, January 23, 2022. (Photo by Johanna Geron/Reuters)





A police officer walks by a damaged building in the European Union quarter during a demonstration against COVID-19 measures in Brussels, Sunday, January 23, 2022. (Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo)





A woman dances with a hunting bird while during a protest march along the Castellana Boulevard in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, January 23, 2022, defending Spanish rural areas. Members of rural communities are demanding solutions from the government for problems and crisis in the rural sector. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)





A medical worker in a booth wears plastic gloves at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Monday, January 24, 2022. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo/Pool)





Medical workers walk to an ambulance at a hospital in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, January 23, 2022. Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia have reached an all-time high and authorities are blaming the highly contagious omicron variant, which they expect to soon dominate the country's outbreak. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Medical workers prepare for work at a mass coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Monday, January 24, 2022. Chinese authorities have lifted a monthlong lockdown of Xi'an and its 13 million residents as infections subside ahead of the Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, the 2 million residents of one Beijing district are being tested following a series of cases in the capital. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Medical workers wait for customers in a mobile test station test in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, January 24, 2022, when German politician discuss further measures to avoid a new spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A customer sits in a restaurant, in Paris, Monday, January 24, 2022. Unvaccinated people are no longer allowed in France's restaurants, bars, tourist sites and sports venues. A new law came into effect Monday requiring a “vaccine pass” that is central to the government's anti-virus strategy. (Photo by Thibault Camus/AP Photo)





People walk in the snow at Istanbul, Monday, January 24, 2022. Snow blanketed most of Turkey's largest city Monday. Flurries are forecast to continue over the next few days in Istanbul, a metropolis of some 16 million spanning two continents and bridging Europe to Asia. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





People play with the snow during a snowfall, in central Athens, on Monday, January 24, 2022. A severe weather front has hit Greece, with sub-freezing temperatures and snowfall in many parts of the country, including the capital Athens and many Aegean islands.(Photo by Michael Varaklas/AP Photo)





Audience members record on their cell phones models wearing creations for the Dior Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection collection, in Paris, Monday, January 24, 2022. (Photo by Michel Euler/AP Photo)





A model wears a creation for the Dior Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection collection, in Paris, Monday, January 24, 2022. (Photo by Michel Euler/AP Photo)





American rapper Kanye West and American actress Julia Fox attend the Kenzo fall-winter 22/23 men's collection, in Paris, Sunday, January 23, 2022. (Photo by Lewis Joly/AP Photo)





Sculptured figures titled “Huck and Jim” is on display at a press preview at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City on Monday, January 24, 2022. (Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Alamy Live News)