First lady Melania Trump reads “How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney”" to children and their families at Children's National Hospital, Friday, December 5, 2025, in Washington. (Phoot by Allison Robbert/AP Photo)





Sandhill cranes fly to their nighttime roost in the wetlands at Bernardo Wildlife Area in Bosque, New Mexico on November 29, 2025. They sleep in the shallow water to stay safe from predators like coyotes and bobcats. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





In a timed exposure, lighted barges move along the Riverwalk decorated with holiday lights, Wednesday, December 3, 2025, in San Antonio. (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photo)





A white-tailed deer is seen during the morning hours at the Oxbow Nature Conservancy in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People bundle up as they take a walk during a cold weather day in the snow-covered at Lake Michigan in Chicago, Thursday, December 4, 2025. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)





Two American Bald Eagles engage with one another over a territorial dispute just after sunrise following a heavy snowfall at the Oxbow Nature Conservancy in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on December 2, 2025. (Photo by Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





US President Trump shakes hands with FIFA President Gianni Infantino prior receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)





In more “raccoons are getting more like us” news, a drunk raccoon was found in a liquor store in Virginia, US in the first decade of December 2025. The animal had got into the shop via some loose ceiling tiles, knocked bottles of spirits off the shelves, lapped up the contents and passed out in the toilets. Once it had sobered up, it was released back into the wild – no doubt with a crashing hangover. (Photo by AP Photo)





Federal agents leave after making detentions at a worksite during a large-scale immigration enforcement dubbed “Catahoula Crunch” in Metairie, Louisiana, USA, 03 December 2025. About 250 federal Border Patrol agents are deployed to New Orleans and surrounding areas as part of Trump administration ongoing crackdown on undocumented immigration. (Photo by Olga Fedorova/EPA)





Border Patrol agents detain a man on the street on December 3, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This comes on the first day of the operation in Louisiana, “Catahoula Crunch”, launched by the Department of Homeland Security as a part of the immigration enforcement surge on undocumented immigrants in the United States. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)





A person, who was brifley detained and later released by US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents, sits handcuffed inside a car in Kenner, Louisiana, on December 3, 2025. The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday it has launched a federal immigration enforcement operation, named “Operation Catahoula Crunch”, in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. (Photo by Adam Gray/AFP Photo)





U.S. first lady Melania Trump, next to President Donald Trump, pushes a button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 4, 2025. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)





Chaya Nechama Glanz (C), the great-granddaughter of Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, greets her guests before her marriage ceremony in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 04 December 2025. The Satmar Hasidic community, led by Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, is known for its strict adherence to traditional Jewish law and its theological opposition to the modern State of Israel. (Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA)





Men and boys dance inside the Duggal Greenhouse Complex to celebrate the marriage of the great-granddaughter of Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 04 December 2025. (Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA)





Chaya Nechama Glanz (C), the great-granddaughter of Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, greets her guests before her marriage ceremony in the Brooklyn borough of New York, New York, USA, 04 December 2025. The Satmar Hasidic community, led by Grand Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum, is known for its strict adherence to traditional Jewish law and its theological opposition to the modern State of Israel. (Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA)