QATAR: Before their World Cup opener on Wednesday, November 23, Germany's starting 11 posed for their team photo with their right hands in front of their mouths. The team's social media feed confirmed that the gesture was designed to protest FIFA's decision to ban the "OneLove" anti-discrimination armband that many European captains had been hoping to wear in Qatar (Visionhaus/Getty Images)

QATAR: Iranian players line up for the national anthem before their World Cup match against England on Monday, November 21. In what seemed to be a show of solidarity with those protesting back home, the players stood silent as the anthem played out around the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar (Julian Finney/Getty Images)

QATAR: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo does his trademark goal celebration Thursday, November 24, after converting a penalty against Ghana to become the first man in history to score in five World Cups (Hassan Ammar/AP)

COLORADO SPRINGS: People link hands Sunday, November 20, at a memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That was the LGBTQ nightclub where a deadly shooting took place the night before (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON DC: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attends his last White house press briefing on Tuesday, November 22. Fauci, who has been a prominent figure throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, is stepping down at the end of this year (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images)

CIANJUR: Students look at houses that collapsed during a deadly earthquake in Cianjur, Indonesia, on Monday, November 21 (Raisan Al Faris.Antara Foto/Reuters)

QATAR: Saudi Arabia players celebrate their World Cup victory over Argentina on Tuesday, November 22. The 2-1 result is one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)

NEW YORK: A Pikachu balloon floats in New York City during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 24 (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

BAKHMUT: Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Sunday, November 20 (Libkos/AP)

TREPLIN: In this aerial photo, taken on Sunday, November 20, snowy paths are seen in a reedy area of Treplin, Germany (Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/dpa/Getty Images)