Water from River Great Ouse floods Bedford after Storm Henk, Britain on January 4, 2024. (Photo by Matthew Childs/Reuters)





In this aerial view a land surveyor measures beach and sand erosion using GPS on Hemsby beach on December 11, 2023 in Hemsby, England. The collapse of a private access road in November, prompted by high tides and winds, led Great Yarmouth Borough Council to declare the rapidly eroding homes on The Marrams “not structurally sound and unsafe”. This demolition coincides with the 10th anniversary of five village houses lost to the sea in 2013 when storms undermined foundations by stripping away significant sand. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)





A view shows a cemetery in the village of Kaynar, neighbouring the former Semipalatinsk Test Site, one of the main locations for nuclear testing in the Soviet Union, in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)





Cars drive along a snow covered meadow with a creek in the Taunus region in Schmitten, Germany, Wednesday, November 29, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Snow covered fir trees are pictured in a forest of the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, November 29, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A man sails a boat on Lake Chagan, formed in 1965 as a result of a nuclear explosion at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, one of the main locations for nuclear testing in the Soviet Union, in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan on November 9, 2023. (Photo by /Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)





An aerial view of a car abandoned on the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, November 22, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





A local resident walks with dogs during a first snowfall, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 22, 2023. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated with a welcome message for American singer Taylor Swift, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, November 16, 2023. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Cars make their way through surface water on the A1101 in Welney in Norfolk, UK on Thursday December 7, 2023, where the River Delph and New Bedford River have flooded the surrounding area. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





Horses eat hay and rest on straw at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Cars move around a curve in a forest of the Taurus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, December 1, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





The evacuated Icelandic town of Grindavik (R) is seen as smoke billow and lava is thrown into the air from a fissure during a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula 3 km north of Grindavik, western Iceland on December 19, 2023. A volcanic eruption began on Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland's Meteorological Office reported. (Photo by Viken Kantarci/AFP Photo)





A view of debris and damaged boats a month after Hurricane Otis hit Acapulco, Mexico on November 25, 2023. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)





Villagers gather around a well to draw water in Telamwadi, northeast of Mumbai, India, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Collecting water from outside wells is a common task in this rural area, which has seen increasing protests as more river water from dams is diverted to urban areas. “We're very angry”, says a social worker who serves many of the 154 villages in the Thane district. “This is our rain”. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)