Ice sculptures are seen at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.

A surfer jumps into the storm-beaten Baltic Sea from the pier in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, as temperatures reached 2° C.

A Buddhist monk looks on from a staircase in the middle of a park in central Bangkok, Thailand.

Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A boy make heart sign while the last sunset of 2020 hangs over the Sindh's provincial capital of Karachi, Pakistan.

People run as dust rises after explosions hit Aden airport, upon the arrival of the newly-formed Yemeni government in Aden.

A view of a damaged car and buildings are seen after an earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center says the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southeast of Zagreb, killing at least six people and injuring dozens.

A person walks through the grounds of the Parish Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, in Whitmore, Staffordshire, Britain.

Nurse Elena Betti reacts after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Careggi hospital in Florence, Italy.

A man walks past a snow-covered installation depicting a bicyclist in Stavropol, Russia, Dec. 23, 2020.

Members and friends of a Cypriot surfing club, dressed as Santa Claus to celebrate the holidays, set out to sea on stand up paddle (SUP) boards at Makenzy beach, in the southern city of Larnaca.

A man dressed in Santa Claus clothes rides on a standup paddle board in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun.

An Iraqi woman, dressed as Santa claus, rides her bicycle in the old city of Mosul.

Pet dogs dressed in Santa Claus costumes are seen on a sidecar of a Harley Davidson's motorbike before Xmas Toy Run parade to rev up the holiday spirit and rally against child abuse, organised by Harley Santa Club in Tokyo, Japan.

Susan Iannuzzi, left, and Linda Marzell clear a sidewalk after a heavy snowfall on street in Binghamton, New York.