Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the focus of photographers as she stands on the tribune prior to a session at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on December 8, 2021 to elect the country's next Chancellor. Members of the parliament are to elected Olaf Scholz, bringing...

Villagers walk near their damaged home in an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, December 5, 2021. The highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java spewed thick columns of ash, searing gas and lava down its slopes in a...

An illuminated party boat cruises over the river Main with the European Central Bank at right in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, October 2, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo) A long time exposure shows the fully wrapped Arc de Triomphe monument, as part of an installation entitled 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped'...

Residents gather on the edge of the landslide left by the collapse of one of the main roads in the Mont Ngafula district in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 4, 2021. Every year, during the rainy season, pieces of roads, houses, schools, shops, and...

Kamila Valieva of Russia performs in the Exhibition Program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021 Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia, 28 November 2021. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE) French driver Yann Ehrlacher celebrates at the Grand Tour 2021 FIA WTCR Race of Russia in Sochi, Russia on November...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker tunes a piano at a production factory of Parsons Music Corporation in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, November 23, 2021. China's manufacturing activity rebounded in November as orders improved and power shortages eased, a survey showed Tuesday, Nov. 30. (Photo...

Barbara DuBrul of Long Island, NY, left, stands in the designated area for anti-abortion supporters as an abortion rights supporter, who did not want to give her name, dances nearby outside the Supreme Court of the United States as the court prepares to hear a case out of Mississippi that...

Laborers work at a building construction site in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo) Workers prepare work to lay an underground electricity cable in Mumbai, India Wednesday, November 24, 2021. India’s economy grew by 8.4% in the July-September quarter from the same period a year...

People attending a vigil embrace at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford, Mich., Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at Oxford High School, killing several students and wounding multiple other people, including a teacher. (Photo by Paul Sancya/AP Photo) A sign on the door warning customers...

Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man, right, and Tse Ying Suet compete against Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai during their mixed doubles badminton group stage match at the BWF World Tour Finals in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, December 2, 2021. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo) Mohamed Salah of Liverpool...

Valerie Pecresse, right, hugs Eric Ciotti at the Conservative party Les Republicains party headquarters after she was chosen as the party's presidential candidate, Saturday, December 4, 2021 in Paris. The head the Paris region, Valerie Pécresse, was facing the hardline lawmaker from Nice, Eric Ciotti in the final round of...

Serbia's Novak Djokovic arrives to play against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics (not pictured) during their men's singles tennis match on day two of the ATP Paris Masters at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on November 2, 2021. (Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP Photo) A woman plays with her dog at sunset, Saturday,...