A snow plow clears a walkway on Liberty Island next to the Statue of Liberty on January 5, 2018, in New York City. New York City was digging out from the "bomb cyclone" under frigid temperatures. #

Members of Sarruga Produccions theater company perform Beringei with a giant gorilla puppet during the Santiago a Mil International Theatre Festival in Santiago, Chile, on January 3, 2018. #

Workers repair the carriage of the Montreux Oberland Bernois train after it was pushed off the tracks by gusts of wind during storm Eleanor near Lenk, Switzerland, on January 3, 2018. #

Fireworks explode over the River Thames behind the Elizabeth Tower, which contains the bell know as "Big Ben," at the Houses of Parliament in London, as New Year celebrations take place after midnight on January 1, 2018. Scaffolding stands erected around the Elizabeth Tower for repairs. The last extensive conservation works took place more than 30 years ago. #

97-year-old Maria Suo poses at a hotel on December 29, 2017, in Harbin, China. According to an article in China Daily, Suo is the matriarch of the Aoluguya, part of the Ewenki, China's last hunting tribe, who live in Heilongjiang province and northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region. #

A herd of some 120 buffaloes are driven in Kiskunsag National Park from their winter habitat in Szabadszallas to the animal farm of Fulopszallas, 87 kilometers south of Budapest, Hungary, on January 4, 2018. #

In this photo taken by an individual—not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP—outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by Iranian riot police, in Tehran, Iran, on December 30, 2017. A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran's weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. #

In this photo—taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP—outside Iran, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University while Iranian riot police prevent them from joining other protesters in Tehran, Iran, on December 30, 2017. #

Scotland’s legendary Up Helly Aa Vikings kick off the iconic Torchlight Procession launching Edinburgh’s Hogmanay at Holyrood Park on December 30, 2017, in Edinburgh. 45,000 people took part to create a spectacular river of fire. #

Activists from Ukrainian nationalist parties hold torches as they take part in a rally to mark the 109th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 1, 2018. #

Camels walk across the Liwa desert, about 250 kilometers west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 2, 2018. The festival, which attracts participants from around the Gulf region, includes a variety of races (cars, bikes, falcons, camels and horses) or other activities aimed at promoting the country's folklore. #

Locals dressed as "Perchten," a traditional demonic creature in German and Austrian Alpine folklore, parade through the town center during the annual "Rauhnacht" gathering on December 30, 2017 in Bayerischen Eisenstein near Regen, Germany. The Rauhnaechte nights are the time in between Christmas and Epiphany when winter is at its darkest and its evil spirits most prevalent. In a tradition dating back centuries locals dressed as Perchten, witches, devils, and other demonic beings parade through the streets in a final show of force before they retreat by January 5 to let winter ebb. #

Swimmers run into the water of the Atlantic Ocean during the Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge on Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, New York City, on January 1, 2018. #

Tourists take photos of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on January 3, 2018. The cold snap which has gripped much of Canada and the United States has nearly frozen over the American side of the falls. #

Rescue workers stand at the scene after a bus collided with a truck and fell off a high cliff along a sharply curving highway north of Lima, Peru, on January 2, 2018. #

Thousands of Buddhist nuns gather at a park near Shwedagon Pagoda for a ceremony marking the New Year in Yangon, Myanmar, on January 1, 2018. 18,000 monks gathered at Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda for a Buddhist ceremony marking New Year's Day, which is a public holiday for the first time in Myanmar. #

A woman holds marijuana for sale at the MedMen store in West Hollywood, California on January 2, 2018. Monday was the first day that California allowed the selling of recreational marijuana, and long lines formed at many stores. #

Indian devotees light oil lamps on the occasion of "Paush Purnima," a significant day for Hindus, where they can wash away their sins with a holy dip at Sangam (the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati) during the annual traditional fair Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, on January 2, 2018. #

Flames emerge from the side of a building among layers of ice formed on items. Firefighters respond to an early-morning fire in Newark, New Jersey, on January 5, 2018. The fire broke out in a vacant structure in Newark early Friday morning and spread to two adjacent structures. #