A municipal employee guiding a donkey collects garbage bags in a stairway in Mardin, southeastern Turkey, on October 18, 2021. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP Photo) A dog is seen in Kovada Lake National Park, which is home to many plant and bird species, during autumn season in Egirdir district of...

Dominik Fischnaller crashes during the men's sprint race at the Luge World Cup in Igls near Innsbruck, Austria, Sunday, December 19, 2021. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo) Rhythmic gymnast Szofia Bernat of Hungary performs her clubs routine during the individual all-around event at the Divine Grace International Experimental Rhythmic Gymnastics...

A view of the Palace of Saddam Hussein a former palace of deposed Iraqi leader, located in the ancient city of Babylon in Babil, Iraq on November 05, 2021. (Photo by Karar Essa/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) An general view shows a dead crab stuck to the dry and cracked...

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, firefighters work at the scene of missiles attack, at the seaport of the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean struck the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, igniting a fire...

Patricia Berkey grieves at the headstone of her late husband William Brian Berkey after laying a holiday wreath in Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day in Arlington, Va., Saturday, December 18, 2021. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo) New Orleans fire fighter Mike Williams puts up a sign letting...

Syrian children wait for donated toys and food to be distributed in a refugee camp for displaced people supported by the Turkish Red Crescent in Sarmada, north of Idlib city, Syria, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo) A young ballet dancer waits to perform at a Christmas...

Snow is cleared from the pitch at Dynamo Kiev before a Champions League match against Bayern Munich at NSC Olympiyskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 23, 2021. The German visitors didn’t slip up in the freezing weather, winning the game 2-1. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters) People visit a monument to...

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard lifts up from the launchpad, at the Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on December 25, 2021. The telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever built, is now tentatively set for launch on Christmas Day,...

Members of the Russian Young Army Cadets National Movement stay in formation as they mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow, in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, Sunday, December 5, 2021. The Battle of Moscow is the counterattack of Soviet troops against German invaders during World War...

In this November 23, 2017, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese military H-6K bomber is seen conducting training exercises, as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force conducted a combat air patrol in the South China Sea. With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last...

An elderly Sikh farmer looks on as others dismantle temporary structures used during protests in Singhu, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Saturday, December 11, 2021. Tens of thousands of jubilant Indian farmers on Saturday cleared protest sites on the capital's outskirts and began returning home, marking an end...

An anti-COVID-19 green pass protester keeps Vasile the dog warm inside his jacket, outside the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, December 21, 2021. People gathered to protest against the introduction of the COVID-19 “green certificate” in the workplace a measure considered by authorities to limit the coronavirus infections....