Somali migrants who were held captive for ransom in Libya pray after disembarking from a plane as they are repatriated, at the Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)




Revellers play folk music and wear traditional costumes designed to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune for the next year, during a Malanka Ukrainian folk celebration, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a courtyard in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)




A giant Christmas tree is illuminated as people visit the Rockefeller center during New York City's Fifth Avenue 200th anniversary on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Slim/AFP Photo)




People walk in a square decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Donetsk in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by Alexei Alexandrov/AP Photo)




A reveller (C) in women's clothing takes part in the “Widows' Race” in Quito on December 31, 2024. The traditional race, in which men wearing skirts and make-up participate, is ran in several cities across Ecuador. (Photo by Galo Paguay/AFP Photo)




Israeli soldiers light a candle on the seventh night of Hanukkah before being deployed to the Gaza Strip near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo)




Fireworks precede the annual bonfire on Scheveningen North Beach, near the Hague in the Netherlands on December 30, 2024, which was lit a day early this year because of forecast bad weather. (Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




People cheer during the 2025 Taipei New Year's Party celebration in front of the Taipei City Government Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)




Cambodian dancers perform during the “Celebrating Cambodia” event as part of the New Year's Eve in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday December 31, 2024. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)




Polish singer «Doda» (C) performs on stage during the New Year's Eve concert organized by Polish Television in Chorzow, Poland, 31 December 2024. (Photo by Michal Meissner/EPA/EFE)




Drones with lights perform over a pagoda during a New Year celebration in Nanjing city in east China's Jiangsu province Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Future Publishing via Getty Images)




A participants wearing a 1900 style costume, takes part in the traditional last swim of the year, off the beach at Cabourg, northern France, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Lou Benoist/AFP Photo)




People walk at the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival as they await the New Years Eve fireworks and drone show in Abu Dhabi on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Lim/AFP Photo)




Fireworks are seen during New Year's celebrations in Tirana, Albania, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)




Participants enjoy a fireworks display for children as part of New Year's Eve celebrations at the Museumplein square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 31 December 2024. (Photo by Koen van Weel/EPA/EFE)