A man stands near smoke billowing from a brick kiln in Karachi, Pakistan, 14 December 2018. According to the UN report, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have increased for the first time in four years. The United Nations Conference COP24, held in Katowice, Poland, until 14 December 2018, searches for a common position in the fight against climate change. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)

Participants take part in the so-called “Bearded Men” parade in the streets of Slawatycze village, eastern Poland, 29 December 2023. “Bearded Men” is an old local tradition, passed from generation to generation. In last three days of December, costumed citizens of Slawatycze say goodbye to the old year and make wishes for the New Year. (Photo by Wojtek Jargilo/EPA/EFE)

A young Ukrainian woman wears an ear of grain braid during a traditional Ukrainian celebration of Kupalo Night, in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Ukrainians in Warsaw jumped over a bonfire and floated braids to honor the vital powers of water and fire on the Vistula River bank Saturday night, as they celebrated their solstice tradition of Ivan Kupalo Night away from war-torn home. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

With the entry of Poland into the European Union in 2004, Warsaw is currently experiencing the biggest economic boom of its history. The opening match of UEFA Euro 2012 is scheduled to take place in Warsaw. (Photo by: ryarwood; Source: Flickr)

A woman from a group called “Las Patronas” (The bosses), a charitable organization that feeds Central American immigrants who travel atop a freight train known as “La Bestia”, passes food and water to immigrants on their way to the border with the United States, at Amatlan de los Reyes, in Veracruz state, Mexico October 22, 2016. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)

A Naga girl carries a child and walks up a slope during sunset in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, September 19, 2019. Nagas are indigenous people living in several northeastern Indian states and across the border in Myanmar. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)