A protester holds a sign during a protest to prevent a Black and Indigenous family from being forced from their North Mississippi Avenue home, Dec. 8, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Beth Nakamura | The Oregonian via AP

Supporters of Indian farmers burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a nationwide shutdown called by thousands of farmers protesting new agriculture laws in Kolkata, India, Dec. 8, 2020. Farmers say the laws will lead the government to stop buying grain at minimum guaranteed prices and result in exploitation by corporations that will push down prices. Bikas Das | AP

A father and son sit on a set of stairs painted with the eyes of the late President Hugo Chavez during National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. US-backed opposition figure Juan Guaido boycotted the vote, handing Maduro’s party a decisive victory. Matias Delacroix | AP

Ninawa Inu Huni kui holds a sign that reads “Amazons is life, Oil and gas are death” during a protest against auctions for the exploration of oil fields in the Amazons outside a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 4, 2020. Environmental activists and a representative of indigenous communities gathered outside the hotel where the National Oil Agency will be auctioning oil and gas blocks located in the Amazon. Silvia Izquierdo | AP

Farmworkers block the Pan-American highway during a protest in Villacuri, Ica province, Peru, Dec. 2, 2020. The workers are demanding better wages and health benefits. Rodrigo Abd | AP

A student walks past a mural encouraging the wearing of face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, on the main road of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Nov. 24, 2020. Adel Hana | AP

Israeli police fire tear gas at a crowd of protesters during demonstrators against illegal Israeli Jewish settlements in the village of Beit Dajan near the West Bank city of Nablus, Nov. 27, 2020. Majdi Mohammed | AP

French riot police attack a protester after throwing her to the ground during a protest against a law that makes sharing images of police, illegal, Nov. 28, 2020, in Marseille, France. Civil liberties groups and journalists say the law will stymie press freedoms and allow police brutality to go undiscovered and unpunished. The cause has gained fresh impetus in recent days after footage emerged of French police officers beating up a Black man, triggering a nationwide outcry. Daniel Cole | AP

A police officer stands next to a burning barricade during a protest in Paris, Nov, 24, 2020. France’s interior minister ordered an internal investigation after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while evacuating a protest camp in Paris. The evacuation drew nationwide attention amid tensions over a draft law beefing up police powers that goes to a vote in France’s lower house of parliament. Michel Euler | AP

A demonstrator carrying a Palestinian flag runs through a cloud of tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a protest against illegal Israeli Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank, Nov. 24, 2020. Majdi Mohammed | AP