A Palestinian boy collects small pieces of debris following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 22, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)





Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, December 21, 2023. International aid agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result of the two and a half month war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)





An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Tuesday, December 23, 2023. Anger spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody, officials and residents said Saturday. This comes two days after a militant ambush killed four soldiers. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A woman holds her child waving a national flag as they celebrate Georgia's EU candidacy at Liberty Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, December 15, 2023. Several thousand people attend a march in support of Georgia's EU candidacy. European Union flags waved across Georgia Friday after the European Council took a step forward along the long road towards granting Georgia and Moldova as EU membership. (Photo by Zurab Tsertsadze/AP Photo)





A man carries a young girl on his shoulders as he and a group of several hundred migrants wade across the Rio Grande River into Eagle Pass, Texas from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Cheney Orr/Reuters)





A child looks at a Santa craft at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by “Los Chicos de la Via” soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Palestinian children carry pots as they queue to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages in food supplies, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 14, 2023. (Photo by Saleh Salem/Reuters)





Children inspect items in the rubble in a room overlooking a buildingdestroyed by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 24, 2023 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Said Khatib/AFP Photo)





Pope Francis is greeted by children as he celebrates his birthday with children assisted by the Santa Marta dispensary during an audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Sunday, December 17, 2023. Pope Francis turnes 87 on Dec.17. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)





Young dancers walk to participate in a Christmas ballet event, in Kibera, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Friday, December 15, 2023. The ballet project is run by Project Elimu, a community-driven nonprofit that offers after-school arts education and a safe space to children in Kibera. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Palestinian children look at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Children sing traditional "Kolyadky" songs during a Christmas celebration in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Sunday, December 24, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A child attends Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, December 24, 2023. (Photo by Sayyid Abdul Azim/AP Photo)





Mum Shevonne with Henry, 6, who has been under the care of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) all his life, is treated to a VIP experience on his first ever visit to a London Underground station, as he is featured on a GOSH Charity Christmas Appeal ad. Picture date: Sunday, December 17, 2023. (Photo by David Parry/PA Wire)





Sikh children take part in a turban tying Competition in Amritsar India on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Pupils from St Teilo’s Catholic Primary School in Tenby, South Wales, perform a scene from their Nativity play in the second decade of December 2023. The three kings, played by Jack Rigby, Santos Basilnomo and Tommy Leggett, pretended to follow a star on South Beach, a stone’s throw from the school. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)





Choristers take part in a rehearsal for their upcoming Christmas performances, at St Paul's Cathedral in central London on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)





In this photograph taken on December 19, 2023, children dressed as Santa Claus walk along a street, ahead of Christmas festivities in Kolkata. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A child looks out of a tent, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter in a tent camp near the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 11, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





A woman kisses a child on an estate owned by the Salaj family which is lit with 5 million Christmas lights in Grabovnica, Croatia on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)