A fisherwoman is drying various pickled products to welcome the new year in Guyu Market, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, East China, on Monday. (Photo: CFP)

A farmer works at a chilli plantation as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials at Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Photo taken on Wednesday shows the newly issued special stamps themed on the Year of the Ox in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Thursday. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden condemned what he called "insurrection" at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, after some supporters of the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump, broke into the building, forcing electoral vote counting to halt. (Photo: Xinhua)

The Azadi Tower is illuminated in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, to commemorate the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane crash. The Ukraine passenger flight was hit on January 8, 2020, by Iranian missiles shortly after it took off from Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. Iran said that its forces "accidentally" shot the plane down. (Photo: Xinhua)

Undated photo provided by Dalian Ocean University shows members of the university's anti-epidemic volunteer team delivering supplies to students' dormitory at the university in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Thursday. (Photo: Xinhua)

First-placed Linus Strasser of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the FIS Alpine Ski Men's World Cup Slalom in Zagreb, Croatia, on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)

A visitor views a photo exhibited at a wildlife photography exhibition at Jilin Province Library in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province, on Friday. The wildlife photography exhibition kicked off at Jilin Province Library on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Artists disguised as the Three Kings, (L-R), Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior, arrive in a hot air balloon as part of celebrations on the eve of the Epiphany in Seville, Spain, on Wednesday. (Photo: VCG)

Cakes in the shape of vaccination syringes and with the slogan '2021 Bye Bye Corona' are sold at Schuerener Backparadies bakery in Dortmund, western Germany, during a partial lockdown to curb the spread of the ongoing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. On January 5, 2021, Germany prolonged and toughened its partial lockdown until January 31. (Photo: Agenceis)