A long skater speeds away on the rain-wet ice on lake Orlangen, South of Stockholm on December 15, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 5 degrees for southern Sweden. (Photo by Tobias Rostlund/AFP Photo)

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Chinese military medics take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, September 3, 2015. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A Chinese bus ushers jump as she pose for a photograph on Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Waka Tsukiyama and Sayaka Unagi compete during the Women's Pro-Wrestling “Stardom” at Korakuen Hall on September 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Performers are seen as a 90-year old spruce tree cut down in the woods of the Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Region, Russia on December 16, 2021 is sent to Moscow. The almost 28-metre high tree will be put up at the Moscow Kremlin's Sobornaya (Cathedral) Square this New Year and Christmas. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/TASS)

People gather outside the BFC Showspace for London Fashion Week Women's, London, Britain September 14, 2018. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

“The Reward”. “A spot that a friend and I found that takes a bit of effort to get to. Needs the right swell and wind direction to come together for the backwash to really happen. We had been many times with OK results, but this morning everything lined up perfectly and I was rewarded with this split-second moment in time under some amazing morning light”. (Photo by Scott Harrison/2019 UK Surf Photo of the Year)

This aerial photo taken on December 28, 2018 shows commercial and residential buildings in Hong Kong. (Photo by Dale De La Rey/AFP Photo)