India's prime minister, Narendra Modi leaves after attending the funeral rites of his mother in Gandhinagar on December 30, 2022. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo) A homeless woman sits by the
Ballet dancers practice in preparation for the annual presentation of the Nutcracker at Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, December 5, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
Revellers take photos during a fireworks and laser show as they celebrate the New Year next to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo) Tourists and
A resident shovels snow off around a car at a parking lot in Kitami city Hokkaido prefecture, northern Japan, on December 24 2022. (Photo by Kyodo News via AP Photo) Nagoya castle is covered with
A goldsmith beetle (cetonia aurata) crawls on rhododendron flowers as a bee approaches it in a garden outside Moscow, Russia on June 10, 2020. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo) A goldenrod crab
A worker feeds a falcon at a shop in Doha, Qatar, Friday, December 16, 2022. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo) A person dressed in a Santa Claus costume waits with his donkey as they take part
Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue is reopened Monday, November 14, 2022. Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on the bustling pedestrian
Malak Mahmoud Ibrahim Awad of Egypt competes during the Girls Group A Daoshu at the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia on December 7, 2022. (Photo by
A man swims in the icy waters of the Irtysh River on the opening day of the winter swimming season in Omsk, Russia on December 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters) Cadets of a military
Students look at a pile of seized illegal drugs before they are set on fire during a destruction ceremony to mark the United Nations' “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”