A French farmer burns straw in a field to protest against the prospect of a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Latin American countries united within Mercosur, in Puyreaux, France on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)





Anti-government demonstrators take photographs of a coffin containing an image depicting Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as it burns after being set on fire during the twelfth consecutive day of mass protests against the government's postponement of EU accession talks until 2028, in central Tbilisi on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP Photo)





A vehicle burns during a clash between protesters and police in Sambhal, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, November 24, 2024. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A journalist's car burns after an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes in the Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Friday, October 13, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Firefighters are pushed back by gusty winds while removing fuel around the faculty and staff residences at Pepperdine University as the Franklin Fire approaches in Malibu, Calif., Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A fire is seen as Taxi drivers block the toll station on the A7 motorway during a demonstration against a new downward pricing system for medical transport and a “shared taxi” obligation proposed by the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM) in Lancon-Provence, southern France, on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / Christophe Simon/AFP Photo)





The Wimborne Militia on December 1, 2024 fire their muskets on the green outside Wimborne Minster, an annual Yuletide tradition to ward off evil spirits as the Christmas lights are turned on in Wimborne, Dorset, UK. The militia was founded by Civil War re-enactment enthusiast Chris Brown in the Dorset town in 1999 and the group are celebrating 25 years this year. (Photo by MaxWillcock/Bournemouth News)





A person wrapped in a Georgian flag attends a demonstration by supporters of Georgia's opposition parties in protest against the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters)





A man waves a lit broom during the “Los Escobazos” Festival on December 07, 2024 in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. Although the origin of “Los Escobazos” is unknown, it is believed that goat shepherds used to walk down at night from Gredos mountains to the village lighting their way with broom torches to celebrate the Virgin’s Immaculate Conception Day (December 8th). Is a festival of national tourist interest celebrated every year on December 7th extending into the early hours of December 8th: people make bonfires in the streets and start a battle with burning “Escobones” (brooms) followed by the procession of the “Estandarte” (Banner) of the Immaculate Conception. (Photo by Samuel de Roman/Getty Images)





People try to extinguish fires following an airstrike that targeted Syria's rebel-held northern city of Idlib on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP Phoot)





A Palestinian man tries to extinguish a fire at a house near Kamal Adwan hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Anti-government protesters launch fireworks towards police during a sixth consecutive day of mass demonstrations against the government's postponement of European Union accession talks until 2028, in central Tbilisi on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP Photo)





A man takes part in the “Los Escobazos” festival in Jarandilla de la Vera, Caceres, Spain, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Ana Beltran/Reuters)





A giant devil figure burns during the annual celebration of the “Burning of the Devil”, a festivity associated with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that honours the city's patron saint and marks the start of the Christmas season, at Colonia Arrivillaga in Guatemala City, Guatemala on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Cristina Chiquin/Reuters)





The wind whips embers from the trees as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, California on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/Reuters)