Last-minute shoppers on Christmas Eve in Oxford Street in central London on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)





Swimmers take part in the Macmillan Boscombe White Christmas Dip, in aid of Macmillan Caring Locally, at Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)





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





A portrait of an activist woman in traditional Ukrainian clothing during the rally urging for the return of Ukrainian soldiers of Mariupol garrison from Russian captivity on December 22, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainians continue to participate the “Free Azov” rallies in support of the captured defenders of Mariupol, which regularly take place in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The participants take to the streets to remind the society that the Ukrainian military has been in Russian captivity since 2022. (Photo by Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)





Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club take part in the Peter Pan Cup race, which is held every Christmas Day at the Serpentine, in Hyde Park, central London on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)





Women rest on a footbridge over a stream filled with debris in the Kaweni slum in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Thursday, December 19, 2024, after Cyclone Chido. (Photo by Adrienne Surprenant/AP Photo)





Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa, right, kneels in prayer in the chapel at the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Jessie Wardarski/AP Photo)





A fashion fair was organized in the Rajićeva Shopping Center in Belgrade on December 24, 2024. The first floor of the shopping center was transformed into a catwalk, and the models of the Alekk fashion agency brilliantly expressed the idea that fashion is not just clothes, but an attitude that, with the selection of quality pieces from good brands, becomes unmistakably fashionable and easy to wear. (Photo by Nenad Karlic)





Relatives and friends of 1st Sgt. Hillel Diener, who was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo)





Charlotte Louise, Travis Wood and Dylan Collymore in Pinocchio at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London in 2024. (Photo by Tristram Kenton/The Guardian)





A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, December 22, 2024. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





Laura Hawkins takes part in the annual Christmas Eve swim at Helen's Bay, Co Down, in aid of local charities on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)





Ballet dancers perform in “Swan Lake”, composed by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, at Donbass Opera in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





People wear traditional Ukrainian clothes as they mark Christmas Day with a carol singing event outside St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





People dressed as Santa Claus attend a Christmas regatta along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)