A rare snowy owl sits on top of the marble orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain near Union Station in Washington DC, on January 12, 2022. (AFP)

View of Renascimento (Rebirth), an installation by Brazilian artist Siron Franco, at Casa das Rosas cultural center, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January, 13, 2022. (AFP)

Visitors tour the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on January 13, 2022. (AFP)

Aerial view showing people queueing to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, at the Municipality building in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on January 13, 2022. (AFP)

A judge waits to begin the process of selecting the Best In Show pigeon during the 50th anniversary edition of the annual British Homing World 'Show of the Year' held in the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. (AFP)

A man waves the Italian flag during a demonstration against the so-called "Super Green Pass", imposing new restrictions in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections in Italy. (AFP)

A grab taken from footage by Japan's Himawari-8 satellite and released by the National Institute of Information and Communications (Japan) on January 15, 2022 shows the volcanic eruption that provoked a tsunami in Tonga. (AFP)

This aerial view shows Kuwait City's al-Hamra tower (L), the headquarters of The National Bank of Kuwait (C) and the al-Rayah tower (R), caught in heavy fog early on January 13, 2022. (AFP)

Tennis star Novak Djokovic on January 16, 2022 lost his fight against deportation from Australia many in his native Serbia reacted with fury to a federal court ruling calling it a "shameful farce." (AFP)

An aerial photo shows The Northwest Angle ice road at Lake of the Woods, between Warroad and Angle Inlet, Minnesota, on January 16, 2022. (AFP)