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Anita Seratto-Dourron comforts her friend Jeannie Rochelle as she reacts to a victory speech by Democratic 2020 U.S. vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a bar in Atlanta, Georgia November 7, 2020.

People take part in a protest organized by the Strajk Kobiet (Women's Strike) movement, following a court ruling imposing a near-total abortion ban, in Warsaw, Poland, November 18, 2020. Kuba Atys/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS

Ugandan refugees Suzan Nakajiri and Eva Nabagala, both members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, hold hands inside their shelter at the Kakuma refugee camp, in Turkana county, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya February 22, 2020. Picture taken February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Italian doctor Cecilia Bartalena, 35, rests with her face in her hands as she returns home from a long shift in the emergency ward at the Cisanello hospital, in this picture taken by her husband, musician Lorenzo Marianelli, in Pisa, Italy, March 31 2020. Looking after patients suffering with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bartalena has had to change the way she interacts with her family when she gets home from the hospital - she uses a separate bathroom from her husband and four-year-old daughter, eats meals in a separate area, and sleeps alone in her daughter's bedroom. Picture taken March 31, 2020. Lorenzo Marianelli via REUTERS

A woman attends a banned demonstration planned in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation which some have likened to the death of George Floyd in the United States, in front of courthouse in Paris, France June 2, 2020.

Felix Hassebroek pretends to be a fireman, interrupting his mother Naomi as she works from home during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 6, 2020.

Herriman Mustangs cheerleaders display the American flag before a game against the Davis Darts, the first regular season football game in the United States since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began, at Herriman High School in Herriman, Utah, U.S. August 13, 2020.

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff hold a T-shirt as they visit the Downtown Holiday Market in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2020.

Democratic Electoral College elector Stacey Abrams leads her fellow electors through the process of casting their votes for President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the Georgia State Senate chambers in the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 14, 2020.

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, and her daughter Papri Haldar, 11, travel across Satjelia island on a boat in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees ($27) Haldar makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. "No matter how hard it is, I want to educate her," said Haldar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Palestinian girls, part of a team of amputees some of whom lost limbs in Israeli fire, attend a soccer training session arranged by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the first time after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased in the central Gaza Strip July 7, 2020.

An all-female group of canine rescuers from the Italian School of Rescue Dogs (La Scuola Italiana Cani Salvataggio) attend a training session with their dogs before patrolling the beach to ensure swimmers can enjoy their time at the sea in safety, in Riva dei Tarquini, near Rome, Italy, August 25, 2020.

Nancy Van Der Stracten, 75-year-old suffering from Parkinson's disease, practices boxing with her trainer Muhammed Ali Kardas at a boxing club in the southern resort city of Antalya, Turkey, February 26, 2021.

Mayu adjusts Koiku's kimono, both of who are geisha, as Koiku wears a protective face mask to pose for a photograph, before working at a party being hosted by customers, where they will entertain with other geisha, at Asada, a luxury Japanese restaurant, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, June 23, 2020. "My father really didn't understand geisha, he thought it was like the sex trade. He opposed me so violently I thought it would tear the family apart", said Mayu. "After six years I just gave up and left", she added. "When he saw our first performance, and how hard we work, he came backstage and went to his knees and bowed really low ... Now he's a huge fan." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Team GB athlete Desiree Henry trains at a golf course in Edmonton, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, April 26, 2020.

Estefani Linares poses during a photo session for her quinceanera (coming of age of 15-year-olds) celebration amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread concerns, in Havana, Cuba, July 15, 2020.

A girl plays in a mustard field in Munshiganj, Bangladesh January 8, 2021.

Photographer Evgenia Danigevich, 27, enjoys the time with her newborn son Platon at home in Moscow, Russia May 4, 2020. Evgenia is originally from Tiraspol in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region. Her parents live there and are unable to come to Moscow due to lockdown measures amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Picture taken May 4, 2020.

Women look on during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., May 30, 2020.

Members of an internet celebrity model group "Glamma Beijing" (L-R), Lin Wei, 65, Sun Yang, 64, Wang Xinghuo, 70 and Wang Nianwen, 74, wearing traditional Chinese dresses walk across a street during a video shooting, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) area, China August 13, 2020.

Michell, granddaughter of Rosalia Reyes who was sentenced to eight years in prison after her baby died during a home childbirth, plays with balloons during the welcome party for Rosalia after she was transferred home where she will serve the rest of her time under house arrest, in Zarate, Argentina November 22, 2020.

Iranian woman Masoumeh, who alleges she is a victim of acid attack by her father-in-law, sits on a bed at her home in Parand, suburb of Tehran, Iran November 5, 2020. Picture taken November 5, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Nancy Pedroza, 27, who is pregnant, holds on to Ryan Morgan, 30, her partner and father to their unborn child, as she experiences contractions while taking a brisk walk with Nichollette Jones, her doula, to speed up Pedroza's contractions, near the home of Susan Taylor, a licensed midwife, where Pedroza plans to give birth, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Fort Worth, Texas,A U.S.,A April 7, 2020. A REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

People gather for a block party to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality, at a mural dedicated to George Floyd in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 19, 2020.

Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi reacts as police officers detain her for protesting against the way that government distributes the relief food and the lockdown situation to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kampala, Uganda May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

Members of a feminist collective clash with police officers during a march to mark the International Safe Abortion Day in Mexico City, Mexico September 27, 2020.

Gymnast Ty-La Morris, 12, trains at the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation, which offers free and discounted classes for children in Detroit and in New York, in New York, U.S., February 22, 2020. Ty-La, who said she's drawn comparisons to 2016 Olympic champion Simone Biles, said a full - a tumbling move where a gymnast flips backwards and twists - was her favorite move that she's learned through her classes at Wendy Hilliard Foundation. She's also formed rock-solid bonds there with other students. "We are very close. We (are) like brothers and sisters," she said. "I just always wanted to do gymnastics because I just love to flip," said Ty-La, "And now I'm doing it." REUTERS/Idris Solomon

Female activists and students take part in a torch procession demanding women's safety and justice for rape victims, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 14, 2020.

Martial arts trainer Seham Amer practices self-defense moves with a trainee at a training center in Sanaa, Yemen September 1, 2020.

Neva Gotwals-Ferrei, 8, embraces her mother while holding a Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg doll as the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020.

Activists stage a mock funeral during a protest against the growing incidents of violence on women in Kathmandu, Nepal February 12, 2021.

Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, 32, a nurse from the Witoto tribe, an indigenous ethnic group, who has volunteered to provide the only frontline care protecting her indigenous community of 700 families from the COVID-19 outbreak, wears a face mask that reads "Indigenous lives matter" as she puts on personal protective equipment (PPE), before leaving her home in Parque das Trios, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Taruma district, Manaus, Brazil, April 26, 2020. "Our people are dying from this disease here and they are not being recognized as indigenous people by the state and Sesai," said Santos. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Soccer Football - Womens Primera Division - Villa San Carlos v Lanus - Estadio Genacio Salice, Berisso, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 7, 2020 Villa San Carlos' Mara Gomez celebrates a goal scored by Emilia Braga. Mara Gomez is Argentina's first transgender professional soccer player, she hopes to one day play for the national team in the World Cup.

Participants form a human chain during a demonstration to support female political prisoners and to protest against police violence in Saint Petersburg, Russia February 14, 2021.

A woman with a red hand painted on her face, which calls attention to the high rates of indigenous women who are murdered or missing, raises a sign in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter M-movement at a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., June 3, 2020.

A Salvadoran transgender woman poses for a picture at a migrant encampment, where more than 2,000 people live in while seeking asylum in the U.S., during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Matamoros, Mexico May 1, 2020.

Mothers stand between federal law enforcement officials and demonstrators during a protest against racial inequality in Portland, Oregon, U.S., July 19, 2020.