Lightly salted salmons are being smoked at a smokehouse in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, December 7, 2020. /CFP

People install 20,000 light bulbs titled "fresco of solidarity" dedicated to carers, caregivers and all those involved in the fight against COVID-19, Lyon, France, December 8, 2020. /CFP

Flowers and flower petals decorate the Imagine mosaic at Strawberry Fields in Central Park dedicated to the late Beatles legend John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of Mark Chapman's assassination of Lennon outside his home in New York City, U.S., December 8, 2020. /CFP

Trams are decorated with Christmas decorations and big teddy bears are placed on tram seats for maintaining distance between passengers in Osijek, Croatia, December 9, 2020. /CFP

A part of the Thank-You celebrations for popular female giant panda Xiang Xiang in Ueno,Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2020. /CFP

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairman of the Nobel Committee, makes a brief statement during the online award ceremony for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2020. /CFP

As the mercury drops to minus 11 degrees Celsius, people ice skate on the frozen Volga River in Kineshma, central Russia, December 12. /CFP