Spectators watch the U.S.S. Lyndon B. Johnson as it travels down the Kennebec River on its way to sea in Phippsburg, Maine, on January 12, 2022. The warship was the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer built for the Navy at Bath Iron Works. #

An aerial view of cars and rubble left behind after the Rio das Velhas overflowed on January 12, 2022, in Honorio Bicalho, Brazil. Heavy rains over the weekend caused landslides and floods in the Minas Gerais region. #

A man poses next to the excavated remains of Britain's largest ichthyosaur at Rutland Water, a reservoir in Rutland, England, in August 2021. Photo released on January 10, 2022. The 10-meter-long fossil is estimated to be about 180 million years old. #

Audi's French driver Stephane Peterhansel and his co-driver, Edouard Boulanger, of France compete during Stage 10 of the 2022 Dakar Rally between Wadi Ad Dawasir and Bisha in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2022. #

A worker collects dried incense sticks in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 12, 2022, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. #

Villagers participate in a community fishing event during the Bhogali Bihu harvest celebrations at Goroimari Lake in Panbari, on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, on January 13, 2022. #

A man holds on to the handlebars of his all-terrain vehicle as he is swept off a road after trying to drive through floodwater from the Chehalis River, on January 7, 2022, near Centralia, Washington. The man was able to safely swim to shore after the incident. Flooding caused by snow and rain forced the closure of parts of Washington State's two major highways—Interstate 90 and Interstate 5. #

A Christmas retro train, pulled by a steam locomotive through the forests of Russia's Ivanovo region, arrives at a station in Shuya, Russia, on January 6, 2022. One of the symbols of the Russian Christmas festival is the Christmas retro train. All seats on the train were occupied—tickets had sold out long before the holiday. #

A worker makes repairs to a video wall at the Main Media Center, ahead of opening ceremonies for the Beijing Winter Olympics, on January 9, 2022 in Beijing, China. The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics will take place on February 4. #

A technician disinfects official balls before the Group F Africa Cup of Nations 2021 football match between Mauritania and Gambia at Limbe Omnisport Stadium in Limbe, Cameroon, on January 12, 2022. #

Participants wearing protective face masks pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls, and to make wishes to overcome the pandemic, at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 9, 2022. #

Crew members dress the set of the new Batgirl movie in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 10, 2022. Roads in Glasgow's city center are being closed as film crews descend on the city for the upcoming movie, which will see Leslie Grace play the title role and a return of Michael Keaton in his role as Batman. #

A rare snowy owl looks down from its perch high atop the large marble orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2022. #

A Sumatran tiger is seen in a cage after being evacuated by officers in Palembayan Village, Agam District, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on January 11, 2022. The tigers are evacuated to prevent conflict with humans—this tiger was reported to have chased a resident's cow. Sumatran tigers are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with fewer than 400 left in the wild. #

Women clad in traditional kimonos, who have either recently turned 20 years old, or will turn 20 this year, take a selfie to celebrate Coming of Age Day in Yokohama, Japan, on January 10, 2022. #

Students wearing protective masks study in a classroom in the Merlan school of Paillet, where Professor Mireille Dosso, the director of the Pasteur Institute of Côte d'Ivoire, said that cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant had been detected, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on January 11, 2022. #