Lightning streaks across the skies over the coastal port city of Batroun, some 43km north of the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 6, 2023. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP Photo)
Lawmakers fight around the rostrum during the first session of Ukraine's newly elected parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, December 13, 2012. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press)
A woman visits a room in a house built upside-down in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 14, 2014. The house was constructed as an attraction for local residents and tourists. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
Soldiers are reflected in a puddle during a military parade during the celebrations for Romania's National Day in Bucharest December 1, 2014. (Photo by Radu Sigheti/Reuters)
Inmates dressed as Santa Claus prepare to participate in an event ahead of Christmas celebrations at Santa Monica female prison in Lima December 19, 2014. (Photo by Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters)
St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated as part of a Christmas lights display in celebration of Christmas on December 19, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Children look at Hares and Ducks ahead of the Turkey and dressed poultry auction at Chelford Market, northern England December 22, 2014. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)
A one and a half months old baby elephant stands close to its mother at Chitwan National Park in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu December 30, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)