A bird owner entices a blue and gold macaw parrot to perch on his arm during a campaign to encourage the use of paper horns instead of firecrackers in welcoming the New Year, Friday, December 29, 2017 at Malabon Zoo in suburban Malabon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Zoo owner Manny Tangco claims that birds, dogs and other animals are traumatized by exploding firecrackers as revelers welcome the New Year. The Government, in an attempt to reduce firecracker-related incidents, has banned the use of powerful firecrackers and designated some public areas around Metropolitan Manila for fireworks display to welcome the New Year. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





A woman confronts riot police during a protest against the shortage of food, amid Fuerzas Armadas avenue in Caracas on December 28, 2017. As Venezuelans protest in Caracas demanding the government's prommised pork – the main dish of the Christmas and New Year's dinner – President Nicolas Maduro attributes the shortage to international sabotage. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)





Thousands of biodegradable balloons are released by members of the Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the New Year in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 29, 2017. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP Photo)





Members of Sao Paulo's Commerce Association release fifty thousand balloons to celebrate the New Year in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, December 29, 2017. (Photo by Nelson Antoine/AP Photo)





Hundred of demonstrators shout slogans against the pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, December 28, 2017. Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski granted a medical pardon to the former strongman Fujimori who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, corruption and the sanctioning of death squads. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)





In this December 22, 2017 photo, an anti-government protestor blocks a road, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Trump administration recognized the results of Honduras' disputed presidential election despite opposition complaints, irregularities found by poll observers and calls from Congress to back a new vote. (Photo by Fernando Antonio/AP Photo)





Illustration taken with a long time exposure on December 27, 2017 in Sieversdorf, eastern Germany, shows four people drawing the year “2018” with sparklers. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/AFP Photo/DPA)





People sledge under the Angel of the North in Gateshead, England, Friday, December 29, 2017. Heavy snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind caused disruption across much of Britain as a band of “severe” weather rolled across the country. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire via AP Photo)





Israeli Air Force pilots throw their hats in the air as they celebrate during their graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, on December 27, 2017. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)





Supporters of George Weah, former soccer player and presidential candidate of Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), celebrate after the announcement of the presidential election results in Monrovia, Liberia December 28, 2017. (Photo by Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters)





Fire Department of New York (FDNY) personnel work on the scene of an apartment fire in Bronx, New York, U.S. December 28, 2017. The Fire Department of New York says a blaze raging in the Bronx apartment building has seriously injured more than a dozen of people. (Photo by Amr Alfiky/Reuters)





A vehicle is seen on a solar panel expressway during its opening in Jinan, Shandong province, China December 28, 2017. World's first photovoltaic road has been finished construction and put into test run on Thursday in Jinan. The 2-kilometer-long photovoltaic road is built 1 kilometer east to the Jinan south toll station, and the electric it generates will be delivered to the nearby small power stations. The road with transparent concrete on top can bear the weight of small vehicles and medium trucks. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A policeman stands guard in front of Mar Mina church, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, December 29, 2017, where several people have been killed in a shootout outside the church. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)





Navy personnel of People's Liberation Army (PLA) wave at their brides during a mass wedding at a military base in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China December 29, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A man has his beard trimmed to show number 2018 to welcome the New Year inside a barbershop in Ahmedabad, India, December 29, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Palestinian demonstrator hurls stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 29, 2017. (Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)





An Israeli soldier hurls a sound grenade at Palestinian demonstrators during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the West Bank city of Hebron, December 29, 2017. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)





Trader Peter Tuchman reacts as the final day of trading for the year draws to a close at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 29, 2017. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)





A follower of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda pays tribute for Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 29, 2017. Hundreds of practitioners of Brazil's Afro-Brazilian Candomble and Umbanda faiths have gathered at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach to honor Yemanja. Worshippers were mostly dressed in white as they launched their offerings to Iemanja: small boats with flowers and bowls with candles and fruits. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





Followers of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda pay tribute to Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 29, 2017. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





A follower of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda pays tribute for Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 29, 2017. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)