Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas talks to journalists as she arrives for an EU-Western Balkans summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, December 13, 2023. European Union and Western Balkans leaders meet in Brussels Wednesday to discuss political and policy engagement, economic foundations and the impact of Russian aggression against Ukraine. (Photo by Virginia Mayo/AP Photo)





Revellers are seen at Mrs Macquaries Point, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney on Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image)





Revelers perform during the traditional “Cali Viejo” parade in the framework of the Fair of Cali at the Salsodromo in Cali, Colombia, on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP Photo)





Jose Miguel Moctezuma Gonzalez, a street artist who specializes in human statues and make-up, is dressed as Father Christmas and is traveling around various stations of the Metro Collective Transport System in Mexico City on December 20, 2023. He is chatting with users and taking photos to make their journey to their destinations more pleasant on the eve of Christmas and New Year's Eve in the capital. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Turkish sniper at the 13th Border Company Command aims his rifle during patrol duty on the Turkiye-Iran border in Van, Turkiye on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Police officer throws a rock as opposition supporters run into a opposition leader Martin Fayulu’s party house during a demonstration in Kinshasa on December 27, 2023. Police were deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on December 27, 2023 during a banned demonstration against recent elections in the fragile central African state.Leading opposition politicians in impoverished but mineral-rich DRC have rejected last week's vote, which was marred by severe delays and bureaucratic disarray, and called for a demonstrations. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Palestinians in the Qatari-funded Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 2, 2023, walk in front of the destroyed buildings as they flee their homes after an Israeli strike hit 7 towers in the city of Hamad. A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired on December 1, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed, accusing Hamas of violating the operational pause. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Tourist trains “La Sabana” are decorated with Christmas lights in Bogota, Colombia on December 11, 2023. (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)





Fireworks explode over the Marina Bay during the New Year celebrations in Singapore on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift appears on the cover of Time Magazine's 2023 “Person of the Year” edition, in an image released in New York City, U.S. December 6, 2023. (Photo by Inez and Vinoodh for TIME/Handout via Reuters)





The fish market and surrounding streets on the Hamburg, Germany on December 22, 2023 waterfront are flooded following a storm surge. (Photo by Axel Heimken/AFP Photo)





Thick smoke billows from a raging fire at a storage tank of the al-Awda oil field facility near al-Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on December 24, 2023, a day after a reported Turkish strike. An AFP correspondent as well as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported strikes on December 23 evening against two oil sites in northeast Syria, near the Turkish border, without reporting any victims. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP Photo)





Visitors stop to look at an animated model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex wearing a Santa hat and festive jumper in it's Christmas-themed display at the Natural History Museum on December 21, 2023 in London, England. The animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex is modelling a tiny-armed version of this year's Natural History Museum Christmas jumper, and seasonal makeover for its quarters in the museum's dinosaur gallery. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)





Dancers perform a Christmas ballet at Heathrow airport in London on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Matt Alexander/PA Wire Press Association)





The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah who was killed on October 13 by what a Reuters investigation has found was an Israeli tank crew, is displayed during a press conference by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as they released findings from their investigations into the deadly October 13 strikes by Israel on southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Emilie Madi/Reuters)





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 visitor carries a soft toy prize through the Winter Wonderland theme park at Hyde Park in London, Britain on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)





People celebrate the release of former President Alberto Fujimori at the Barbadillo prison in Lima, Peru on December 06, 2023. The Constitutional Court ordered the immediate release of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases in the Barbadillo prison. (Photo by Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Guide dog Pinky is pet by her trainer during her graduation ceremony in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)