Israeli police forcefully remove Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against the jailing of members of their community who refuse mandatory military service in Bnei Brak, Israel, Dec. 27, 2020. Ariel Schalit | AP

A Palestinian boy in a Santa Claus costume jumps next to part of Israel’s apartheid fence during a protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Dec. 23, 2019. Mahmoud Illean | AP

In this Aug. 20, 2014 file photo taken with a long exposure, protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. On Dec. 20, 2020, the top editor of the Kansas City Star newspaper apologized for past decades of racially biased coverage and has posted a series of stories examining how it helped keep Kansas City segregated. Jeff Roberson | AP

A demonstrator gives the victory sign during a protest, in Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 19, 2020. Protests in Sudan’s capital and across the country are demanding a faster pace to democratic reforms, in demonstrations that are marking the two-year anniversary of the uprising that led to the military’s ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir. Marwan Ali | AP

Relatives wearing protective clothing carry the body of a loved one who died from COVID-19 at a cemetery in the outskirts of the city of Ghaemshahr, in northern Iran, Dec. 17, 2020. Ebrahim Noroozi | AP

People protest against a law to legalize euthanasia in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Dec. 17, 2020. The Spanish Parliament debates on votes on a bill to legalize euthanasia for those people suffering “unbearably” from a chronic or incurable disease. Manu Fernandez | AP

Workers and activists protest in front of Amazon’s distribution center in Wrocław, Poland demanding fair wages and more responsible practices towards locals communities and the planet. Protesters blocked the entrance to the distribution center for more than two hours during the protest, December 15, 2020. Max Zieliński | Greenpeace Polska | Flickr CC

Riot police charge a group of demonstrators during a protest against a proposed bill that would make it illegal to film police officers, Dec.12, 2020, in Paris, France. Lewis Joly | AP

An Indigenous woman sits in front of the Congress during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei and members of his cabinet in Guatemala City, Dec. 10, 2020. Oliver de Ros | AP

Israeli police confront Palestinians during a protest against the expansion of Illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements near the West Bank town of Salfit,, Dec. 3, 2020. Majdi Mohammed | AP