Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam leaves the Legislative Council main chamber after a oath-swearing ceremony on January 3, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council is welcoming new members at a ceremony today, following a revamp of the electoral system by Beijing to ensure only “patriots” hold political power. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, January 3, 2022 after the fire re-ignited late afternoon. Firefighters are again on the scene after a major blaze tore through the precinct a day earlier. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo)
Court securities direct Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng, right, dressed in a prison-style orange outfit, to the entrance of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Cambodian security forces on Tuesday briefly detained Theary, a prominent rights activist, as she walked barefoot near the prime minister’s residence in Phnom Penh, wearing the orange outfit and Khmer Rouge-era ankle shackles. She was released, shortly afterwards, and arrived at the Phnom Penh court for the resumption of her trial on treason charges. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)
A girl is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-through site as Israel faces a surge in Omicron variant infections, in Jerusalem on January 3, 2022. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, visits a vaccination hub in the at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury, England, Monday January 3, 2022, as the booster vaccination programme continues. (Photo by Steve Parsons/Pool via AP Photo)
Workers handle the luggage of passengers of the cruise ship AIDAnova docked in Lisbon, Monday, January 3, 2022. The ship passengers started to be evacuated early morning on Monday and taken to Lisbon airport due to an outbreak of coronavirus cases on board. The cruise ship arrived in Lisbon on December 29, with 4,197 people on board, including 1.353 crew and 2.844 passengers, of various nationalities, mostly German, after several passengers and crew members tested positive for the COVID-19. (Photo by Armando Franca/AP Photo)
A doctor injects vaccination against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease to a man as other people line up for their vaccination inside the Sage Beach Bar and Restaurant in Berlin, Germany, Monday, January 3, 2022. The Clubcommission Berlin, an association that protects and supports the Berlin club culture, start a vaccination campaign which take place in several clubs bars and restaurants in the German capital. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)
Indian teens wait to receive their vaccination for COVID-19 at a government school, in New Delhi, India, Monday, January 3, 2022. India has begun vaccinating teens in the age group of 15 to 18, as more states are enforcing tighter restrictions to arrest a surge of infections stoked by the omicron variant. On Monday, state governments across the country administered doses at schools, hospitals and through special vaccination sites amid a rapid rise in coronavirus infections, particularly in the country’s densely populated cities. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
A girl reacts as she receives a dose of Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, Covaxin, during a vaccination drive for children aged 15-18 years in Ahmedabad, India, January 3, 2022. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)
A fallen tree blocks part of the road as it snows near Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill on Monday, January 03, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
People wade past an inundated lorry stuck in floodwaters in Lhoksukon, North Aceh on January 3, 2022, following heavy rainfall in the region. (Photo by Azwar Ipank/AFP Photo)
A murmuration of starlings fly in the sky at sunset in Rome on January 3, 2022. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)
On January 2, 2022, Philadelphia’s longest-running signature event, The Mummers Parade, returned to strutting down south Broad Street. The parade which began in 1901 is the country’s oldest continuous folk parade. The parade includes five divisions, Fancy, Wench, Comic, String Band, and Fancy Brigade. (Photo by Ricky Fitchett/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Revellers in fancy dress participate in the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia on January 2, 2022. The Mummers Parade is a 120-year-old folk festival held annually to mark the new year, in which some 10,000 participants divided into themed groups march through the streets of Philadelphia.’Mummering’ is a form of pantomime historically practiced by the poor, which first arrived in Philadelphia via Swedish immigrants in the late 17th century. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, January 2, 2022. The remote mountain village of Ribnovo in southwest Bulgaria has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive despite decades of Communist persecution, followed by poverty that forced many men to seek work abroad. The wedding ritual was resurrected with vigour among the Pomaks – Slavs who converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. The highlight of the ceremony is the painting of the bride’s face, where in a private rite open only to female in-laws, her face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with colourful sequins. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
A male sea lion Leo writes the word of tiger in Chinese character at a New Year’s attraction to celebrate the Year of the Tiger at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo on Monday, January 3, 2022. The calligraphy attraction by the sea lion will be carried through January 31. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
