Residents prepare "hallacas", a typical Venezuelan dish with a stew of beef, pork, chicken or fish stuffed in corn dough and folded by plantain leaves, for the New Year's dinner in Maracaibo, in Zulia state, Venezuela, on Dec. 31, 2016. In Venezuela, it is a tradition to eat pork, chicken and typical dishes such as "hallacas" and "golfeados" during the New Year's dinner. (Xinhua/Boris Vergara)
