A worker roasts rows of freshly slaughtered pigs, known locally as “lechon” and famously served as main courses during the New Year revelry, at a store in Manila, Philippines, December 31, 2016. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Reuters)

Couples take part in a competition during a mass wedding of 64 doctoral student couples at Harbin Institute of Technology, a university in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, June 4, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman prays as she touches the carcass of a male elephant after he, according to forest officials, was electrocuted early morning in a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Planned improvements to Rio’s favelas have meant increases in rent, forcing the poorest families into squatting in unoccupied buildings. Photographer Tariq Zaidi visits the Mangueira community favela, less than 1km from the showpiece Maracanã stadium, to see what life is like for the women living there. Here: Victoria, 12, at her home in Mangueira. (Photo by Tariq Zaidi/The Guardian)

Haitian soldiers shoot in the air to try to control the crowd as they wait for food to be handed out after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 18, 2016. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Motorcycling, Gotland Grand National 2016 endure race, Gotland, Sweden on October 29, 2016. Riders compete. (Photo by Soren Andersson/Reuters/TT News Agency)

Voodoo believers carry dead goats during a ceremony of Fet Gede in a Peristil, a voodoo temple, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 2, 2016. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

Figure Skating, ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 2016/2017, Ice Dance Short Dance, Moscow, Russia on November 4, 2016. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada compete. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)