A statue of a Japanese Akita dog named “Hachiko” wearing a face mask is seen near Shibuya Station Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the new coronavirus. Hachiko has waited for his owner University of Tokyo Prof. Eizaburo Ueno at the same place by the station every afternoon, expecting him to return home for nearly 11 years even after Ueno's death at work. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

People take photos of hotel room lights shaping the word “Zero”, referring to Covid-19 cases, in Taipei, Taiwan, 17 April 2020. According to news reports Taiwan records no new COVID-19 cases for third time this week. Medical experts are rushing to develop a vaccine for the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and advising people to practice social distancing and proper hygiene. (Photo by David Chang/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

In this photo taken on Saturday, May 2, 2020, funeral workers, wearing protective suits, lower the coffin of Semen Muchka, 71, who died of coronavirus disease, into the grave at a cemetery in Krynytsya, Ukraine. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)

In Paris, doctors, orderlies and nurses demonstrated as well as all over France to remind the government of its promises on the hospital, in the middle of the “Segur de la sante” on June 16, 2020. The demonstration brought together several thousand people, with a few clashes on the esplanade des Invalides at the end of the day. (Photo by Jan Schmidt-Whitley/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Retired builder Vasili Sidamonidze, 70, poses for a portrait at his home in Gori, Georgia, December 6, 2016. “Unfortunately, Stalin is not popular nowadays. Our people don't respect him. Only we, members of the (Communist) Party, respect him”, Sidamonidze said. “I always try to attend Stalin's birthday anniversaries in Gori. Unfortunately many people don't want to join us even if they live nearby. They look at us from their windows”. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)

New York Rangers right wing Ryan Reaves punches Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Foligno (17) during a third-period fight in an NHL hockey game Thursday, October 13, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (Photo by Aaroan Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP Photo)

Women stand on the “martyrs' bridge” spanning the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, February 24, 2023. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)

Members of carnival marching bands in costumes parade through the streets during the so-called “Morgestraich” carnival parade in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, early 07 March 2022. The traditional “Morgenstraich” parade with colorful lanterns and revelers in traditional costumes is starting early morning at 4 a.m. and marks the kick-off for the Basel carnival. It was not held in its usual form in the past two years because of the measures against the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Georgios Kefalas/EPA/EFE)