Stray dogs wait outside a grocery store in Sloviansk, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A woman dressed in a traditional hutsuls suit gets into a car near a church during Christmas celebration in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A girl warms in her mother's traditional jacket near a church during Christmas celebration in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Local residents gather outside of their apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 13, 2023. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A woman applies make-up on a young woman's lips as they both wear bearskin before the start of the second edition of the International Festival of Winter Traditions “Cetatea lui Bucur” in Bucharest, Romania, on December 16, 2023. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)





Visitors walk under Christmas decorations at the local Catholic church on the eve of the Christmas celebrations in the village of Petrushan, near the town of Gjakova on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Armend Nimani/AFP Photo)





Tito Perez, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to children while standing on the back of a horse cart, at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by “Los Chicos de la Via” soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Local resident Tetiana (40) inspects her ruined flat at the site of a drone attack on a residential building in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 22 December 2023, amid the Russian invasion. At least two people were injured after a Russian drone attack hit a residential building in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko wrote on telegram. For the third time in the last six days, Russia's “Shahed” type drones attempted to hit infrastructure and residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital, the Kyiv City Military Administration said. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA/EFE)





A fox stands outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)





Rescuers work at the site where a residential building was damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Sergey Smolentsev/Reuters)





A man dressed as an angel walks through a street as a part of Christmas celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic on December 17, 2023. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





People dressed as Santa Claus row during a Christmas regatta along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)





Mourners comfort Mazal Daniels, center, the mother of Israeli reservist Master Sgt. Gil Daniels during his funeral in Ashdod, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Daniels was killed in Gaza during an Israeli military ground offensive against the enclave's militant Hamas rulers. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Activists attend a protest at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 10, 2023. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Cambodian farmers collect water lilies from Angkep lake to sell at a market, in Kampong Speu province, southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, December 7, 2023. Locals purchase the lilies as an ingredient for soup. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)





An aerial view shows cars on a road crossing the snow-covered landscape at the Kahler Asten mountain near Winterberg, western Germany on December 1, 2023. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP Photo)





A reveller, dressed in a costume symbolising death, walks through the village of Lidecko during a traditional Saint Nicholas parade near the town of Vsetin, Czech Republic on December 4, 2023. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





American singer Alicia Keys performs on Elton John's piano during a surprise performance at Kings Cross station on Monday, December 11, 2023 in London. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP Photo)





Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN, attend an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in Dolores Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)