A counter-protester grabs the flag of a pro-police demonstrator during a rally, following weeks of protests against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. June 27, 2020. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)

An Egyptian man shows off his motorcycle skills, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)

A pro-democracy protester wears a hat in the shape of a yellow rubber duck, which has become a recent symbol for the ongoing protests, during an anti-government rally in Bangkok on November 22, 2020. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Women wearing masks and shields take a selfie in front of a praying altar during Lunar New Year in Chinatown in Manila, Philippines, February 12, 2021. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

A man wearing a costume of the StarWars protagonist Din Djarin poses in front of a giant replica of the Razor Crest, a gunship from the StarWars spinoff series “The Mandalorian” used by the hit TV show's mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy's outer reaches, in a park of the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofroneyev/AFP Photo)

A dog named Izzy licks its chops as Craig Morland of Crofton, Maryland, buys a bucket of Thrashers famous fries on the first day of eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions for the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, U.S., May 9, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Cookie the cockapoo dog is enjoying herself on the beach by jumping over a sea defence as the sun shines at Heacham, West Norfolk, England on July 14, 2020. (Photo by Paul Marriott/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Young women wearing facemasks and traditional costumes of Song dynasty and Tang dynasty are seated on a bench in a park next to the East Lake in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 17, 2020. The Guardian picture desk has chosen on December 17, 2020, the AFP photojournalist Hector Retamal as “Agency Photographer of the Year 2020” for his coverage of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)