Shoppers carry masks depicting politicians and a papier-mache doll locally known as a “manigote”, purchased at a market in preparation for the New Year's Eve celebrations, in Riobamba, Ecuador, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Come midnight revelers light their manigotes on fire symbolically burning away the bad of the past year in hope that the coming year will be better. (Photo by Juan Diego Montenegro/AP Photo)
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