Serbian police officers and protesters clash during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, November 27, 2021. Skirmishes on Saturday erupted in Serbia between police and anti-government demonstrators who blocked roads and bridges in the Balkan country in protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors devastating the environment. (Photo by Milos Miskov/AP Photo)





A protester dressed in an old style uniform marches during a police protest in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, November 27, 2021. Tens of thousands of Spanish police officers and their supporters rallied in Madrid on Saturday to protest against government plans to reform a controversial security law known by critics as the “gag law”. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)





Members of the so-called self-defense group known as United Towns or Pueblos Unidos, gather for a rally in Nuevo Urecho, in the Mexican western state of Michoacan, Saturday November 27, 2021. Extortion of avocado growers in western Mexico has gotten so bad that 500 vigilantes from the “self-defense” group gathered Saturday and pledged to aid police. (Photo by Armando Solis/AP Photo)





National Police officers pray before beginning. their shift in the Kennedy neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, November 26, 2021. Hondurans head to the polls on Sunday, Nov. 28 to elect a new president. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





Migrants stand around a fire at a makeshift migrant camp at Loon Beach in Dunkirk, France, November 28, 2021. (Photo by Juan Medina/Reuters)





A man holds up a sign reading Stop Covid Fascism, during a protest against measures to tackle surge of COVID-19 infections, in Prague, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Thousands have rallied in the Czech capital to protest the government’s restrictive measures to tackle a record surge of coronavirus infections. The protesters included supporters of a number of fringe political parties and groups that failed to win any parliamentary seats in October’s election. (Photo by Ondrej Deml/CTK via AP Photo)





People march during a protest for clean air in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Several thousand people have rallied in Belgrade for another environmental protest, a day after demonstrators blocked bridges and roads on several locations in Serbia, and scuffled with riot police who deployed to stop them. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)





Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday November 27, 2021, after cases of the new COVID-19 variant were confirmed in the UK. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Pool via AP Photo)





People wear face masks as they walk, in Regent Street, in London, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was necessary to take “targeted and precautionary measures” after two people tested positive for the new variant in England. He also said mask-wearing in shops and on public transport will be required. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)





Health workers of the Red Cross transport passengers infected with coronavirus returning from South Africa, for a quarantine in a hotel, in Schiphol, the Netherlands, 27 November 2021. Of the 600 people on the two KLM planes that returned from South Africa on Friday 26 November to Schiphol Airport, 61 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus. A new, heavily mutated variant of coronavirus called Omikron or B.1.1.529 had been identified by scientists in South Africa. Dutch government on 26 November banned all travels from and to South Africa. (Photo by Laurens Bosch/EPA/EFE)





A tourist shows his green pass at the ticket office prior to boarding a gondola in San Vigilio di Marebbe, Italy South Tyrol, Saturday, November 27, 2021. After nearly two years of being restricted to watching snow accumulate on distant mountains, Italian skiers are finally returning to the slopes that have been off limits since the first pandemic lockdown in March 2020. But just as the industry is poised to recover from a lost 2020-2021 season after an abrupt closure the previous year, a spike in cases in the Alpine province bordering Austria is underlining just how precarious the situation remains. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)





Students from the Tshwane University of Technology make their way back to their residence in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, November 27, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa – where omicron was first identified – are scrambling to combat its spread across the country. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





A passenger tries to find a flight as several airlines have stopped flying out of South Africa, amidst the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 28, 2021. (Photo by Sumaya Hisham/Reuters)





Passengers arrive to Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, east of Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2021. Israel is to close its borders to all foreigners on November 28, 2021 in a bid to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, authorities said. The government's latest announcement came just hours before the start at sundown of the eight-day-long Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo)





Travelers wearing protective face masks arrive to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Israel on Sunday approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)





Christmas booths are all closed on the Christmas market in Innsbruck, Austria, as snow falls on Sunday, November 28, 2021. Austria is in a lockdown following a spike in COVID-19 infections. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Huge waves crash the against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbor after gusts of almost 100 miles (160 km) per hour battered some areas of the country during Storm Arwen, in Durham, England, Saturday November 27, 2021. The Met Office issued a rare red warning for wind from 3pm on Friday to 2am on Saturday as the first winter storm was set to batter the country. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire via AP Photo)





A person clears snow after a storm of wind and snow in Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo Region, central Italy, 27 November 2021. (Photo by Emanuele Valeri/EPA/EFE)





Fans wait outside of the red carpet at the 58th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, November 27, 2021. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)





Chinese American actress Bai Ling arrives at the 58th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, November 27, 2021. Bai is a guest at this year's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Chinese-language film industry's biggest annual events. (Photo by Billy Dai/AP Photo)