The setting sun casts a warm glow through the windows as Syrians walk through the infamous Saydnaya military prison known as the “human slaughterhouse”, on the outskirts of Damascus, December 18, 2024. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





The sun is seen through thick smoke from the Franklin fire as a seagull looks on at Malibu Surfrider Beach, Malibu, California on December 10, 2024. A ferocious fire tore through Malibu, California, on December 10, destroying homes and forcing thousands to evacuate one of the most sought-after areas in the United States Multimillion-dollar properties, some owned by Hollywood celebrities, were in the path of the blaze, which exploded overnight, fanned by powerful winds and tinder-dry brush. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)





Ice coats railings along the north pier on Lake Michigan as a photographer walks along the south pier Friday, December 13, 2024, in St. Joseph, Mich. (Photo by USA Today)





In this photo taken with a long exposure, a person walks a dog past Christmas lights in a park, Sunday, December 15, 2024, in Lenexa, Kan. (Photo by USA Today)





A pigeon flies past the rising sun haze obscures the skyline of Kuwait City on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Photo)





Sun rises over President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club on December 19, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. Citing too many giveaways to Democrats, Trump and Elon Musk sank a 3-month bipartisan House spending bill yesterday, leaving a very short window to prevent a government shutdown just ahead of Christmas. (Photo by USA Today)





Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, right, and Rabbi Shmuel Segal, left, watch the set-up of a giant Hanukkah Menorah by the Jewish Chabad Educational Center ahead of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, in front of the Brandenburg Gate at the Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Monday, December 23, 2024. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)





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)





Dog walkers take in the sunrise at Tynemouth Longsands beach in North Tyneside, UK on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Will Walker/North News and Pictures)





People light flares during and event dubbed “The March of Heroes” in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, December 21, 2024, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





A man walks through an annual holiday lights festival, Saturday, December 14, 2024, in Media, Pa. (Photo by USA Today)





Visitors attend the “Christmas by the Sea” event taking place on the promenade in Blackpool, north west England, on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP Photo)





Birds fly as the sun sets behind Doha's Flag Plaza on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP Photo)





A pink flamingo is seen in the water at sunset in Perols, southern France, on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Sylvain Thomas/AFP Photo)





People take part in the Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club annual charity Christmas swim in Dublin in aid of the RNLI on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)