Children warm by the fire at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the Nahr al-Bared area in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on December 9, 2024, amid the continuing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. (Photo by Bashar Taleb/AFP Photo)





Govani Hernandez and her daughter Itzel Hernandez, migrants from Honduras trying to reach the United States to request asylum, eat as they celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving Day with a meal offered by members of the Renovados de Jesus church, in Ciudad Juarez Mexico on November 28, 2024. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





A young spectator catches raindrops with his tongue while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Sixth Avenue, in New York, November 28, 2024. (Phoot by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)





Passengers carry their luggage to check-in at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, November 27, 2024. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)





Flower girls carrying flower pots lead the annual Corpus Christi procession organised by the Catholic Association of Bengal, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, November 24, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A boy waves the opposition Syrian flag as he stands in one of the water wheels, or norias, in Hama, after anti government fighters captured of the central city, on December 6, 2024. Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on December 6. In little over a week, the offensive has seen Syria's second city Aleppo and strategically located Hama fall from Assad's control for the first time since the civil war began in 2011. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP Photo)





Carnival performers prepare for the annual Orange Farm Carnival, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 01 December 2024. The annual festival aims to bring the community of the township south of Johannesburg together in a spirit of “Ubuntu”' or togetherness. Organized by the Project of Nkosana Ngobese Foundation in Association with the Stretford CHC Clinic, the carnival also raises awareness to the subject of HIV/AIDS and the 16 days of activism highlighting gender-based violence in the community. (Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA/EFE)





Salisbury Cathedral choristers have refreshments during the interlude of the performance of Handel's Messiah at Salisbury Cathedral, on December 07, 2024 in Salisbury, England. A musical prelude to Christmas as Salisbury Cathedral choir perform Handel's Messiah accompanied by the City of London Sinfonia. Conducted by the Cathedral's Director of Music David Halls, with soloists, Camilla Harris (soprano) and Tim Morgan (Alto), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor) and Božidar Smiljanić (bass). (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





Children sit in a vehicle as they attempt to cross into Lebanon at the Masnaa border crossing between the Lebanon and Syria, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, as pictured from the Syrian side on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Yassin/Reuters)





A man holds a baby, at the famous “Nuernberger Christkindlesmarkt” (Christ Child Market), one of the world's oldest Christmas markets, on the day of its opening ceremony, in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Michaela Stache/Reuters)





Internally displaced Palestinian children play next to a mural painted on the rubble of a damaged house in Deir Al Balah town, central Gaza Strip, 02 December 2024. According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people (or nine in ten people) across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, including people who have been repeatedly displaced. Since October 2023, only about 11 percent of the Gaza Strip has not been placed under Israeli-issued evacuation orders, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA/EFE)





A young spectator dressed as a dinosaur rests on his father's shoulder during the annual Pasadena Doo Dah Parade on Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Vogel/AP Photo)





Models present creations by NataDi during the Moldova Fashion Days Winter 24/25 show in Chisinau, Moldova, 30 November 2024. (Photo by Dumitru Doru/EPA/EFE)





Ava Cheptoo Cheruiyot, 11, a member of the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK), performs on stage during The Nutcracker at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on December 7, 2024. The Nutcracker is a beloved Christmas ballet, first performed in 1892, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Known for its enchanting score and festive themes, it has become a holiday tradition worldwide. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment, examines a picture of him drawn bt 10 year old Karson Heighway during a visit to the Regiment for a Christmas event with the soldiers and families at Picton Barracks in Wiltshire on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Richard Pohle/The Times)





A girl wades through a flooded street after a heavy downpour in Kota Bharu, in Malaysia's Kelantan state, on November 29, 2024. Flooding in northern Malaysia and southern Thailand has killed at least eight people and forced tens of thousands from their homes, officials in both countries said on November 29. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





7-year-old Retal Raadon sits on the shoulders of her father Ali Raadon, who are Syrian refugees from Hama who fled to Germany in 2015, as Ali holds up a picture of a family member who they say was killed by the regime, during a celebration, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Bonn, Germany, on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





Otto Grimaldi braves heavy lake effect snow to take in the annual Hamburg Holiday Parade on November 30, 2024 in Hamburg, New York. The Northeast storm that closed a 90 mile stretch of The New York State Thruway and snarled holiday traffic across the country dumped more than four feet of snow around Buffalo and its southern suburbs and is expected to continue throughout the weekend. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)





Girls hold posters outside the venue of the Dua Lipa concert in Mumbai, India on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Children play on a flooded street in Hat Yai district, Songklha province, Thailand on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Roylee Suriyaworakul/Reuters)