A heart is formed with Dutch clogs at the windmills museum of Zaanse Schan in Zaandijk, Netherlands, December 11, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)




A police officer stands near activists from “Letzte Generation” (Last Generation) sitting in front of a door of the Hotel Adlon, the venue for the World LNG Summit, after green paint was thrown at the door, in Berlin, Germany on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Christian Mang/Reuters)




A bather dressed as Santa Claus takes part in the traditional Christmas bath in Nice, on the French Riviera, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Frederic Dides/AFP Photo)




A man dressed as Santa Claus, who identifies as “Sultan Das Matas”, walks, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)




Pilgrims walk toward the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico, 10 December 2024. Mexican faithful have begun their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe this week, with more than 12 million visitors expected by the Mexican government, on the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebrated on 12 December. (Photo by Mario Guzman/EPA)




A child looks at a model of a giant illuminated Christmas ball as part of the event “Christmas Time arrives in The Enchanted Kingdom of Animals” at Pairi Daiza animal park in Brugelette, Belgium on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)




An aerial view shows a Syrian man waving the independence-era flag Syrian flag at Damascus' central Umayyad Square on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem/AFP Photo)




A view shows a Christmas tree, decorated with baubles showing the logo of VTB bank, in a street in Moscow, Russia, on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)




A person wears a gas mask as he takes part in a protest against air pollution gathering several hundred people demanding immediate action from the government to tackle high levels of air pollution in the North Macedonian capital, in Skopje on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Robert Atanasovski/AFP Photo)




Israeli soldiers gather near a military vehicle after returning from Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah, near Kiryat Shmona and Israel's border with Lebanon in northern Israel on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Rami Shlush/Reuters)




A woman holding a rifle borrowed from a Syrian opposition fighter poses for a picture, next to a government forces tank that was left on a street, at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, December 11, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)




A drone view shows a row of houses, locally known as “suicide homes” dwellings built on the edge of an earth cliff and often serving as workplaces for Aymara shamans, in El Alto, Bolivia on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)




Inflatable Santa Claus decorations are seen on Inglewood Drive in Toronto, Ontario on December 11, 2024. Inglewood Drive neighbourhood put up 14-foot-tall inflatable Santas as a Christmas tradition since 2013. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)




Tourists visit the Iguazu Falls walkway as it reopens to the public after being temporarily closed due to the high water flow from recent heavy rains, in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state Brazil, on December 11, 2024. The site, the largest waterfall system in the world, attracts about 1.5 million visitors every year. (Photo by Kiko Sierich/Reuters)




Members of the public dressed in Santa Suits take part in a fun run in Princess Street gardens on December 08, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The annual Santa Run in Edinburgh is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The charity event that sees participants dressed as Santa Claus dash through Edinburgh raises funds to grant wishes for children with life threatening illnesses. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)




A man visits the Sednaya prison, dubbed by Amnesty International as the “Human Slaughterhouse”, near Damascus, Syria, 12 December 2024. Syrian rebels entered Damascus on 08 December 2024 and announced in a televised statement the “Liberation of the city of Damascus and the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad”, as well as the release of all the prisoners. (Photo by Antonio Pedro Santos/EPA/EFE)




A dinosaur statues is seen on top of a ruined building at Hraytan distric on December 16, 2024 in Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo was the first major city to fall in last week's lightning offensive by rebel forces as they toppled Syria's Assad regime. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)




Children play with soap suds simulating snowfall during Christmas season celebrations at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)




Pope Francis is seen through a 29-meter-tall Christmas tree as he appears at his studio's window in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, December 8, 2024, to bless the faithful and pilgrims gathered for the noon Angelus prayer. (Photo by Andrew Medichini/AP Photo)