Police officers detain a demonstrator as people gather in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down. The move is the...

Israeli police detain a man as Bedouins protest in the southern Israeli village of Sa’we al-Atrash in the Neguev Desert against an afforestation project by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), on January 12, 2022. Israel's government today sought to ease tensions with Bedouins over a controversial tree-planting project in the...

Children smile for the camera during a Christmas food donation by “Covid Sem Fome” or Covid Without Hunger, a non-governmental organization that works to releave hunger in the Jardim Gramacho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, December 19, 2021. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo) A girl receives a shot...

Cemil Ozcelik and his 6 huskies watch passers-by from their apartment's balcony in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2021. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters) People buy bread in the Istanbul Municipality's bread kiosk in Istanbul, Thursday, December 2, 2021. Turkey’s beleaguered currency has been plunging to all-time lows against the U.S. dollar...

Performer Alice Rende from Brazil stretches prior to performing “Passages”, a contortionism creation in a space delimited by a Plexiglas box during the BIAC, International Circus Arts Biennale, in Marseille, south of France, Thursday, February 4, 2021. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo) A girl looks on through the window of...

This picture taken on January 11, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 12, 2022 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observing what state media says a hypersonic missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an...

Shintoist priests arrive to hold a ritual in preparation for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 31 December 2021. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, about three million people used to visit the Meiji Shrine during the first three days of the new year. The number of visitors...

People camp as they wait to refill empty oxygen cylinders in Villa El Salvador, on the southern outskirts of Lima, on February 25, 2021, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Relatives of COVID-19 patients are desperate for oxygen to keep their loved ones alive during a fierce second wave of the...

A boy 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) Girls gesture after receiving a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, during a vaccination drive for children...

A photograph taken on January 10, 2022 shows a general view of a burnt-out Almaty City Administration building in central Almaty, following violent protests over the price increase of the fuel. Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan was observing on January 10, 2022 a day of national mourning, following the worst unrest in the...

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Park Police patrol the National Mall, with the Capitol in the background, in Washington on January 6, 2022. Thursday marks the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, a violent attack that has fundamentally changed Congress and prompted widespread concerns about...

Germany's Markus Eisenbichler soars through the air during a training jump of the ski jumping event in Innsbruck, Austria, on January 3, 2022, that is part of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee). (Photo by Christof Stache/AFP Photo) Wolverhampton Wanderers' Joao Moutinho celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during...