An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from southern Israel towards the Gaza Strip, in a position near the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday, December 14, 2023. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





A view of the room called “DON´T GET UP” that was created by artists Wilfred Stijger and Edith Van De Wetering at Icehotel 34 on December 15, 2023 in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. Since 1989, the Icehotel – part hotel, part art exhibition – has been crafted annually from ice taken from the Torne River. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)





A woman prays inside the church during Christmas celebration in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Sunday, December 24, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Members of the Sipoteni bear pack, wearing bear fur costumes, perform for villagers in Racova, northern Romania, Tuesday, December 26, 2023. The dancing bears tradition originates from the pre-Christian era, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Members of the Mexican revolutionary leftist group Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN) participate in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising at the autonomous community of Caracol Dolores in Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/Reuters)





This photograph taken on December 12, 2023, shows human skulls and bones aligned against a wall of Paris' Catacombs, the city's former quarries where the remains of some six million people where transferred from saturated Parisian cemeteries between the end of the 18th century until 1861. (Photo by Julien de Rosa/AFP Photo)





Children and their parents ride a carousel at a Christmas Market set up in Red Square decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, December 31, 2023. The Red Square will be closed for celebrations on the New Year's Eve. (Photo by Marina Lystseva/AP Photo)





American actor and musician Jared Leto and Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek attend the 3rd Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on December 3, 2022. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)





Syrian farmers sweep harvested corn near the northern city of Raqa on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP Photo)





People warm up before taking part in the annual Christmas race named “The Santa Run”, in Mexico City, Mexico on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)





American actress Kristen Stewart attends the Chanel Metiers d'Art runway show, in Manchester, Britain on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)





In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP Photo)





General view of a large nativity scene created 79 years ago in a main room of a house, the figures number more than 400 and were mostly donated by neighbors over the years, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 30, 2023. In the heart of the San Telmo neighborhood in Buenos Aires, there is a beautiful and enormous Christmas manger scene and for which two sisters of Italian descent born in Argentina maintain a long tradition of commitment and devotion. Teresa and Susana Gargiulo are responsible for maintaining the legacy started by their mother 79 years ago, when she began putting together a humble manger with plaster figures in the main room of her house in the heritage San Telmo neighborhood, and which today has reached 24 meters. squares and more than 440 pieces that form a complete landscape inspired by Bethlehem, and the customs of the era of Jesus. The work is open to the public from the window of the house from December 8 to January 6 when the Three Wise Men arrive at the manger. (Photo by Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the “Els Enfarinats” battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi on December 28, 2023. During this 200-year-old traditional festival, participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d'etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents, a traditional day in Spain for pulling pranks. (Photo by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo)





A person wearing a costume stands while welcoming visitors at a festive park ahead of Christmas in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 23, 2023. (Photo by Amr Alfiky/Reuters)





A woman rests with her shopping bags near a Santa Claus statue at the Christmas market in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France, 23 December 2023. The market opened to the public on 18 November 2023 and runs through 07 January 2024. (Photo by Teresa Suarez/EPA)





Fireworks explode above a devil's figure before being set ablaze during celebrations in honor of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception on December 7, 2023, in Guatemala City. The event marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Guatemala. (Photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP Photo)





People take photos with a Christmas tree as they celebrate Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Steven Saphore/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Women take photos with their mobile phones of a street art poster, made by French artist Big Ben, depicting Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa holding a mobile phone, displayed on a wall of the Louvre Museum in Paris on December 13, 2023. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)