Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid a hunger crisis as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues in Deir el-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, on December 20, 2024. (Photo by APA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A health worker administers polio vaccine to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Peshawar, KPK province, Pakistan, 17 December 2024. At least one health worker and two police officers were killed in attacks targeting vaccination teams in Pakistan, as the country began a week-long nationwide anti-polio campaign on 16 December aiming to vaccinate approximately 44 million children under five after 63 poliovirus cases were reported this year. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Madeleine Bordon runs home with gifts in hand that she received at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by “Los Chicos de la Via” soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 14, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A boy plays in front of riot police trucks outside the parliament building, as deputies vote to elect a new president, in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Daro Sulakauri/Reuters)





Young jockey Florence Watson (L), Lily Draper (2L), Fiona Smith (2R), and Ellie Day compete in The Shetland Pony Grand National in the main arena at the London International Horse at the ExCel in London on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP Photo)





A man takes a photograph of his son posing with fighters of the ruling Syrian body after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





A diver dressed as Santa Claus performs for visitors inside a fish tank at the Guadalajara Zoo aquarium days before the Christmas holidays in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz/AFP Photo)





Everly Base, six, sees the funny side of a TV carol-singing performance with her classmates in which her father had dared her to cross her eyes while she sang in Yate, Gloucestershire, UK on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Tom Wren/South West News Service)





A child rides on a merry go round at Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, December 14, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A child carries Christmas donations from the SOMOS social movement, a non-governmental organization working to fight hunger, in the Jardim Gramacho favela, in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Sunday, December 15, 2024. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





A woman covers her son from the sun with a cardboard bag during a heatwave hitting the country, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





Pope Francis poses with little girls during his Wednesday General Audience at Paul VI Hallon December 18, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican. With the opening of the Holy Door less than 6 days away, Pope Francis holds his weekly General Audience and begins the cycle of catechesis that will mark the entire Jubilee Year, focusing on “Jesus Christ, our hope”. (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)





A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a health center in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, December 16, 2024. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





A young girl walks in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Thursday, December 19, 2024, after Cyclone Chido. (Photo by Adrienne Surprenant/AP Photo)





Migrants, attempting to reach the United States to seek asylum, take part in a gathering to commemorate International Migrants Day at the Pan de Vida shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)