A couple stand at the base of an ornate 75-foot Christmas tree at CityCenterDC in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)




A diver dressed as Santa Claus waves to visitors during a Christmas-themed underwater show at Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP Photo)




Tunisian actor Souhir Ben Amara speaks during the opening ceremony of the event's 35th edition at the entrance of Culture City in Tunis, Tunisia, on 14 December 2024. The Carthage Cinematographic Days (JCC) will take place from 14 to 21 December 2024. (Photo by Mohamed Messara/EPA)




Diana, 22 months old, reaches for her mother's hand as she poses with a man wearing a Santa Claus outfit at Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, December 14, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)




A woman reads messages written on broken heart cutouts for the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)




A firefighter inspects the wreckage of a Challenger 300 aircraft that crashed upon landing in the town of San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, on December 18, 2024. The pilot and co-pilot died after the private plane crashed and caught fire near the airport of San Fernando. The plane was travelling from the exclusive resort of Punta del Este, in Uruguay, and on landing “could not brake”, Carlos Armentano, a spokesman for Aeropuertos Argentina, the company in charge of the airport's operation, told AFP. No other injuries were reported. (Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP Photo)




A man sets up a Christmas tree amidst the rubble of the Melkite Church, which hit by an Israeli airstrike on October 9, in the southern Lebanese village of Derdghaya on December 20, 2024 (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP Photo)




Participants in Santa costumes jump into the water during the 115th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona's Port Vell on December 25, 2024. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered more than 450 participants on Barcelona's Port Vell. (Photo by Josep Lago/AFP Photo)




A person disguised as a cat stands in the street near the Umayyad Mosque ahead of Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday December 20, 2024. 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Phopto)




People visit the “Winter Dreams” international light exhibition at the botanical garden in Jerusalem, 05 December 2024. The Lights Exhibition features illuminated displays up to 5 meters high and 8 meters long, created using 3D technology by the European MK Illumination factory. The festival runs from 01 December until 31 January 2025. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA/EFE)




Visitors view a lighting display which forms part of the “Christmas at Stourhead” seasonal illuminated trail at Stourhead house and gardens near Stourton, Britain, on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)




Vanessa Freitas Moreira sits next to her son Joao Vitor Moreira dos Santos's photo, during a demonstration of NGO Rio de Paz displaying pictures of children who were shot dead during police operations during the administration of Rio de Janeiro's governor Claudio Castro, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)




Volunteers dressed in Santa Claus costumes rappel from the roof of Children's Hospital Srebrnjak to bring gifts to the children, in Zagreb, Croatia on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)




People throng around a Christmas tree on a decorated street in Bow Barrack, a colonial settlement during WWII, on the eve of Christmas in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)




A man dressed in Santa Claus outfit sits outside a house as he waits for passersby to distribute chocolates ahead of Christmas in Chennai, on December 24, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)




An explosive devise planted by Palestinian militants explodes after being detonated by Israeli soldiers during a military raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tuesday, December 24, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo)




BikeStormz community ride out against knife crime, crossing London Bridge, in London, Britain on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters)




Mousehole Harbour Christmas lights display near Penzance in Cornwall, UK on December 13, 2024, a tradition that started in 1963. The Mousehole Harbour Lights Committee is run by volunteers who raise money and maintain the lights. (Photo by Paul Jacobs/Picture Exclusive)




Giant pandas play in a snow group at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)