In Belgrade, the snow in December caused problems for some, and brought joy to others on December 24, 2024. (Photo by F.S./ATAImages)





A boy plays with soap suds simulating snowfall at Zocalo Square as part of Christmas celebrations in Mexico City, Mexico on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)





Children stand on the top of an abandoned Syrian government forces tank in the Alawite neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Thursday, December 26, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Choristers from Salisbury Cathedral Choir pose for photos during a photo call prior to their final practice ahead of the Christmas services, on December 21, 2024, in Salisbury, England. The choristers maintain an unbroken tradition of choral music in Salisbury that stretches back over 800 years in the present Cathedral, and for a further 200 years before that at Old Sarum. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





The Miodrag Kostic Foundation opened the Palace of Science in Belgrade on December 24, 2024, which welcomes visitors from today at Kralja Milana 11. Thanks to Miodrag Kostic's gift to Serbian society worth over 25 million euros, a 5,500m2 space in one of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade was turned into the first center for research and popularization of science in Serbia and the largest in the region. This project, which is of capital importance for the development of science and support for education, has brought back philanthropy to the big door, bearing in mind that it is the largest single donation for philanthropy in this area since the beginning of the last century. (Photo by Marko Todorovic/BETAPHOTO/Palata Nauke)





Julia Lopez Peña, the daughter of slain environmentalist Juan López, poses for a photo with her state-assigned bodyguards at her ninth birthday party in Tocoa, Honduras, December 7, 2024. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





A Syrian Christian girl attends a mass at the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus before the Christmas holiday in the old city of Damascus, Syria, 22 December 2024, following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. The Mariamite cathedral is one of the oldest churches in Damascus. (Photo by Mohammed Al Rifai/EPA/EFE)





Meat is displayed during the Smithfield Market Christmas meat auction in the City of London on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, as traders auction off their surplus meats to the public in a tradition that spans back a century. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)





Dilan Sahin stands on a sofa back to obtain a toy that was out of reach, in her family's one-room apartment in the Tarlabasi neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, December 4, 2024. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





Young dancers run to go and perform at a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, December 21, 2024. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Children wearing traditional clothes carry “didukh” as they take part in a Christmas Eve procession in Lviv on December 24, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 'Didukh' is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration made of bunches of wheat, symbolising sacrifice and literally meaning “spirit of grandfather”. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)





Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral choir in UK prepare to take part in Christmas events in the last decade of December 2024. This year, girls have been admitted for the first time in the choir’s 900-year history. (Photo by Richard Pohle/The Times)





A newborn baby is being examined at the maternity ward in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Kahani, Mayotte, France, on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





Children line up to buy bread, after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)





Dressed as Santa Claus, city worker Aristoteles de Queiroz gives a gift to a patient at Souza Aguiar Hospital on December 19, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Souza Aguiar Hospital is the biggest medical center in Rio de Janeiro, attends over 14,000 emergencies per month and has different areas of specialization such as maternity or a rehab center. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)