In this undated photo provided Monday, December 18, 2023, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his daughter and an official watch what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile launching from an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)





A Rohingya refugee child (C) is seen at a beach on Sabang island, Aceh province on December 2, 2023. More than 100 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed in Indonesia's westernmost province on December 2, officials said, but locals threatened to push them back to sea. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





This image shows a frame from a 15-second ultra-high-definition video featuring a cat named Taters which was streamed via laser from deep space by NASA on December 11, 2023. It was part of the technology demonstration known as Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC), which is attached to the Psyche spacecraft traveling to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The video was loaded into Psyche's laser experiment long before the spacecraft blasted off to a metal-rich asteroid in October. (Photo by NASA via AP Photo)





Scenes from the 38th annual Hobe Sound Christmas Parade along Southeast Dixie Highway in Hobe Sound, Fl. on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Crystal Vander Weit/USA Today Network)





A woman injured in an Israeli strike sits amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on December 3 as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Said Khatib/AFP Photo)





Members of a Guatemalan dance group dressed in traditional clothes and using masks perform the traditional “El Torito” (Little Bull) dance during the procession in honor of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel Andres/AFP Photo)





A Lifeguard observes a boat that was sent into the rocks on Deer Creek beach after heavy winds during a storm on December 21, 2023 in Oxnard, California. Southern California saw heavy rain storms that caused flooding and led to evacuations in Ventura County. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)





Workers dressed as Santa Claus pose for photos before their parade at Marunouchi business district located near Tokyo Station (rear) in Tokyo on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)





A boy walks at the cemetery after church Christmas service in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Sunday, December 24, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Water rushes over the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson, NJ on December. 22, 2023. Mist from the falls created hazardous ice conditions and an opportunity for people to take photos. (Photo by Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com via USA Today Network)





Participants jump into the water during the 114th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona's Port Vell on December 25, 2023. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered around 300 participants on Barcelona's Port Vell (old harbour). (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP Photo)





Visitors inspect a cargo container that was washed ashore on the Danish west coast at Tranum beach in North Jutland, Denmark on December 26, 2023. The contents of 46 containers were lost overboard from the ship Mayview Maersk during storm Pia and were washed ashore along the northern part of Denmark's North Sea shoreline. (Photo by Claus Bjoern Larsen/Ritzau Scanpix via AFP Photo)





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)





Palestinian journalists attempt to connect to the internet using their phones in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on December 27, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Power cuts have become a fact of life in war-torn Gaza. But thanks to embedded SIM cards, Palestinians can still access the internet and stay in touch with loved ones abroad. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Beachgoers watch as huge surf pounds the coast, in Manhattan Beach, Calif., December 28, 2023. (Photo by Richard Vogel/AP Photo)





People hold hands as they inspect the damage on buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group hamas. (Photo by AFP Photo)





Vikings from Shetland’s South Mainland Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad lead the Torchlight Procession through Edinburgh city centre for the first time since 2019, on December 29, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh's traditional New Year celebrations mark their 30th anniversary this year and run over four days. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





A woman reacts as confetti falls during a New Year's eve rehearsal in Times Square in New York on December 29, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





The Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot entertains the crowd during the first half of the college football game in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, December 28, 2023. He was later “toasted” in the postgame festivities while holding a sign that said “Dreams really do come true”. (Photo by Romeo Guzman/AP Photo)