A stilt-walker dressed as a tree-spirit “Ent” moves into position as environmental campaign groups demonstrate outside the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, as they call for the closure of the Drax power station, on December 02, 2024 in London, England. Climate demonstrators are calling for an end to government subsidies for the Drax Power Plant in North Yorkshire, which generates electricity by burning wood pellets sourced from trees in North America. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)




English singer Perrie performs onstage during The National Lottery New Year's Eve Big Bash 2024 at OVO Arena Wembley on December 04, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for The National Lottery)




Armed men take selfies at the Nayrab military airport, in Aleppo, Syria, 02 December 2024. Syrian opposition forces, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive on 27 November, taking large parts of Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city. The offensive triggered counterattacks by the Syrian regime forces as well as Russian and Syrian airstrikes on opposition-controlled areas. More than 400 people, including civilians and militants have been killed since 27 November, SOHR stated, while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that over 20,000 people have been internally displaced within Aleppo and to other governorates. (Photo by Bilal Al Hammoud/EPA/EFE)




Giant panda An An holds looks on, on a media preview day in Ocean Park, Hong Kong, China on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




Protesters clash with Police over the results of last month's parliamentary election, on December 6, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The country's president, Salome Zourabichvili, alleges last month's parliamentary election, which was won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, was "stolen" amid Russian interference. (Photo by Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images)




Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls poses on the red carpet of The Fashion Awards 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)




Demonstrators launch firecrackers during a protest against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo)




An Israeli soldier holds a rifle near a hospital in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Raneen Sawafta/Reuters)




Soldiers advance to the main building of the National Assembly after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in Seoul, South Korea, on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)




Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office Larry the cat sits next to the Christmas tree in Downing Street, London, ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)




Visitors take photos along the autumn colored ginkgo tree-lined avenue Monday, December 2, 2024, in Tokyo. (Photo vt Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)




People dressed as snowmen dance during the annual Christmas Parade in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, December 2, 2024. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)




Soldiers line up for the arrival of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani in London, Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)




Dancers take part in a Christmas parade in La Paz, Bolivia, 02 December 2024. Thousands of merchants and artisans along with their families filled the streets of La Paz with joy and messages of hope in a parade marking the start of the Christmas season. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA)




Thai Royal Guards take part in the “Trooping the Colour” parade and oath-giving ceremony to mark the 72nd birthday celebrations of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn at the Dusit Palace in Bangkok on December 3, 2024. The ceremony is the first “Trooping the Colour” and associated oath-giving in 16 years and the first of such ceremonies to be held during the reign of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)




The Cathedral's Works Yard team install the Christmas tree at Salisbury Cathedral on December 02, 2024 in Salisbury, England. The 29-ft Nordmann Fir, from Longleat Forest will remain in place until Candlemas (2 February), the day on which the Church celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the temple. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)




This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Emergency Service and released on December 2, 2024, shows a residential building on fire following a Russian air attack, in Ternopil, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine announced on December 2, 2024, that it had been targeted by 110 Russian drones during the night, an attack that left one dead and three wounded in the town of Ternopil, in the west of the country, according to the authorities. (Photo by Handout/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AFP Photo)




Local “iwi”, or people, from a local Māori tribe study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, December 2, 2024. (Photo by Derek Morrison/AP Photo)




Amy Di Bartolomeo and Georgie Buckland take part in a rehearsal for The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical in this undated handout image in London, Britain on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Matt Crockett/Reuters)