Competitors wearing fancy dress take part in the annual Lion Club charity pram race which is watched by a large crowd lining the Main Street at Crewkerne in Somerset, UK on Boxing Day on December 26, 2024. There were two races. The first for the juniors and the second with adults. (Photo by Graham Hunt/Alamy Live News)




Participants in fancy 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 visitor holds a plush doll of LinaBell, a pink fox character from the Disney series “Duffy and Friends”, during a parade at Shanghai Disneyland, in Shanghai, China on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)




A worker places racks of peeled persimmons to dry at Weiweijia persimmon farm in Xinpu township, Hsinchu county on December 17, 2024. Taiwan's annual persimmon harvest declined for the second year in a row in 2023 to around 59,000 tonnes and it is expected to be more than 13 percent lower in 2024, figures from the Agriculture and Food Agency show. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng/AFP Photo)




Two Pomeranian dogs in the queue as the public wait to greet members of the British Royal family who will attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Wednesday, December 25, 2024. (Photo by Jon Super/AP Photo)




Members of the new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar Assad's government and now serve in the new Syrian government, stand in formation as they prepare for a military parade in downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, December 27, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)




Brighton marks the shortest day of the year on December 21, 2024 with its annual Burning the Clocks parade in UK, which ends with participants throwing the paper and willow lanterns on a bonfire on the beach as a token of the year’s end. (Photo by Andrew Hasson/Alamy Live News)




Teddy bears are seen covered with snow outside a cafe in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, December 23, 2024. (Photo by Armin Durgut/AP Photo)




Moldovan President Maia Sandu (C) takes part in her swearing-in ceremony in Chisinau December 24, 2024. Moldova's pro-European President Maia Sandu was re-elected on November 3, 2024, after a tense vote that has laid bare divisions in the former Soviet republic bordering war-torn Ukraine. (Photo by Elena Covalenco/AFP Photo)




Revellers take part in a boxing day dip on December 26, 2024 in Ayr, Scotland. The event is a charity swim that raises funds for Ayrshire Cancer Support, which provides free services to people in Ayrshire affected by cancer. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)




Police patrol next to the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, 22 December 2024. According to Saxony-Anhalt State Premier Haseloff, five people were confirmed dead and at least 200 were injured, after a car was driven into a crowd at Magdeburg's Christmas market on 20 December. The suspect, a Saudi national, was taken into custody. (Photo by Filip Singer//EPA/EFE)




Peruvian people, wearing colorful mask participate in Takanakuy celebrations in the region of Chumbivilcas, Cusco in the Andes of southern Peru on December 25, 2024. The Takanakuy is a traditional celebration held every December 25. The celebration can last many days. The word “Takanakuy” means “to strike with the fist” and fighters are heating with dances and songs called Wayliyas. Men and women who have had problems with other people during the year are fixing their conflicts at the end of the year with one or several fights. Usually, conflicts are raised by issues related to land or harvesting, stealing animals or insulting the name of the father. Some collisions are caused by love or friendship issues. (Photo by Jorge Cerdan/Anadolu via Getty Images)




Tourists wearing hats pose for a photo next to a Christmas tree on Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 25, 2024. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)




A butcher holds a cut of meat at a pre-Christmas meat auction held by G Lawrence butchers at Smithfield Market in London, Britain, on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)




Debutantes blow kisses during a photo op at the 70th International Debutante Ball at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York, U.S., December 28, 2024. (Photo by Kent J. Edwards/Reuters)




Revellers take part in a boxing day dip on December 26, 2024 in Ayr, Scotland. The event is a charity swim that raises funds for Ayrshire Cancer Support, which provides free services to people in Ayrshire affected by cancer. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)




Swimmers take part in a Boxing Day dip on Tynemouth beach in the North East of England on Thursday, December 26, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)




Children play with fireworks at the Bureij camp for displaced Palestinians on December 30, 2024, amid the continuing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. Since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October last year, Gaza's 2.4 million residents have endured severe shortages of electricity, drinkable water, food and medical services. (Photo by Eyad Baba/AFP Photo)