From a dramatic presidential election in the United States to wars in the Middle East and Europe, and natural disasters worldwide, including in the United States, 2024 featured unforgettable moments that will be discussed for years to come.
Here are the most memorable pictures of 2024.
January
A woman looks at light installations during the Nasatta Light festival in Ratchaburi province, Thailand on Jan. 13, 2024. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
Firemen extinguish a fire in the Makadara area of Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 30, 2024. A huge fire broke out in the evening of Jan. 30, in the area of Makadara in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. At least two people were severely injured and big areas of property destroyed, according to the Kenya Red Cross. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
People attend a campaign event on Iowa’s Caucuses Eve with Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Ankeny, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2024. Then-former President Donald Trump went on to overwhelmingly win the caucus over six other candidates. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
A man runs along the beaches of Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
People clash with police during a demonstration against the “omnibus bill” outside the Argentinian Congress as congressmen carry out debate of the bill in Buenos Aires on Jan. 31, 2024. The bill intends to introduce sweeping changes and deregulation to Argentina's economy. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
A Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport in Japan on Jan. 2, 2024, after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft. Str/Jiji press/AFP via Getty Images
First snow of the season in Warwick, N.Y., on Jan. 7, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Danish King Frederik X and Queen Mary gaze at each other on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace shortly after his proclamation in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 14, 2024. King Frederik X is succeeding Queen Margrethe II, who has stepped down after reigning for 51 years. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A worker looks at a car stuck on a broken road in the aftermath of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, near Anamizu, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2024. At least 18 people were killed. Earthquakes hit other parts of Japan as well. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
February
President Joe Biden places his hand over his heart while watching a U.S. Army carry team during a dignified transfer of the remains of Army Sgt. William Rivers at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Feb. 2, 2024. U.S. Army Sgt. William Rivers, Sgt. Breonna Moffett, and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders were killed in addition to 40 other troops who were injured during a drone strike in Jordan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Tourists release sky lanterns during the Pingxi Lantern Festival, celebrating the beginning of spring at the end of the Lunar New Year, in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Feb. 17, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
People take cover during a shooting at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII victory parade in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 14, 2024. One person was killed and 33 others wounded. Jamie Squire/Getty Images
A soldier of the United Kingdom's 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian infantry unit storms an enemy position in a simulated attack during the NATO “Brilliant Jump” military exercises in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, on Feb. 26, 2024. Brilliant Jump is part of the ongoing NATO Steadfast Defender exercise involving 90,000 troops in maneuvers across Europe. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
People fill jerry cans with water at a Red Cross water distribution in Yechila district in Tigray Region, Ethiopia, on Feb. 19, 2024. More than 20 million Ethiopians are in need of food aid, according to estimates from the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The situation is particularly acute in drought-stricken Tigray, which is still recovering from a two-year war between the Ethiopian government and allied forces on one side, and Tigrayan forces on the other. Ed Ram/Getty Images
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump takes the stage to introduce a new line of signature shoes at Sneaker Con at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 17, 2024. Sneaker Con was founded in 2009 and is one of the oldest events celebrating sneakers, streetwear, and urban culture. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Tourists enjoy the rare opportunity to walk in water as they visit Badwater Basin, normally the driest place in the United States, in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2024. David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images
A migrant child awaits to be processed by Border Patrol agents in Otay Mesa, Calif., on Feb. 29, 2024. This comes as President Joe Biden has come under fire for not securing the border, creating a crisis. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
People find their way through a rubble-covered alley, following overnight Israeli bombardment amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 25, 2024. Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images
Inspired by an old English tradition, people take part in wassailing to awake the cider apple trees and scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest in fruit by singing to the trees and offering toast soaked in wassail at Angry Orchard in Walden, N.Y., on Feb. 24, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
March
The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. Six people died and there was a major disruption to commerce. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
An Afghan hound is groomed before being judged on the last day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, on March 10, 2024. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2024. The ISIS attack killed 145 people and injured 551 others. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
Residents clean up after a tornado ripped through town in Winchester, Ind., on March 15, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks up as he announces his pick for VP running mate Nicole Shanahan in Oakland, Calif., on March 26, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
The World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya Special Stage 7 (SS7) in Naivasha, Kenya, on March 29, 2024. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
A Palestinian girl stands amidst the ruins of the Al-Faruq Mosque that was destroyed during Israeli bombardment amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on March 22, 2024. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images
A Chinese Coast Guard ship fires a water cannon at Unaizah May 4, a Philippine Navy chartered vessel, conducting a routine resupply mission to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5, 2024. Four Filipino sailors were injured as the Chinese Coast Guard collided into two Filipino ships. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in a pre-trial hearing in a business records case in criminal court in New York City on March 25, 2024. Trump went on to be convicted on 34 counts of falsifying records stemming from a non-disclosure payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The sentencing is on hold indefinitely as Trump is set to return to the White House. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Mountaineers move on the Glacier du Géant near the Aiguille du Midi, in the Mont Blanc Massif, around Chamonix, in the French Alps, France, on March 11, 2024. In the background are pictured the Grandes Jorasses (L) and the Dent du Geant (R). Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images
A pupil dances and listens to instructions during a ballet class in Alexandra near Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 19, 2024. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli forces check a building that was hit by a Hezbollah rocket in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel near the Lebanon border on March 27, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
April
Mount Ruang volcano erupts in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on April 19, 2024. A remote Indonesian volcano sent a tower of ash spewing into the sky on April 19 after nearly half a dozen eruptions forced thousands to evacuate when molten rocks rained down on their villages. Ronny Adolf Buol/AFP via Getty Images
NYPD officers stand watch as they prepare to enter the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 30, 2024. This came amid anti-Semitic protests and violent demonstrations at the Ivy League school in response to Israel's counteroffensive in Gaza following Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
People watch the solar eclipse in Washington on April 8, 2024. A solar eclipse occurs every 18 months but every 360-410 years in a given location. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
People travel towards a polling station to cast their ballot during the second phase of voting in India's general election at Gashbari village in Darrang district of Assam state, India, on April 26, 2024. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images
An employee handles 155 mm caliber shells after the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) in Scranton, Pa., on April 16, 2024. The SCAAP is making steel tubes for 155 mm caliber shells, which are crucial to Kyiv's efforts to face down Moscow's invasion. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
People come to watch the collapsed building on a street in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 5, 2024. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan on April 3, triggering a tsunami warning for the coastlines of Taiwan, the Philippines, and Japan. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
Young Rwandans hold flameless candles while taking part in a vigil during the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2024. Rwanda paid solemn tribute to genocide victims 30 years after a vicious campaign orchestrated by Hutu ethnic extremists tore apart the country, as neighbours turned on each other in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century. The killing spree, which lasted 100 days before the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel militia took Kigali in July 1994, claimed the lives of around 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
The Easter Bunny joins White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily news conference during the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday festivities at the White House in Washington on April 1, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Inuit professional bear hunter Martin Madsen closes his eyes as he rides his dog sled on very soft snow, back from the ice edge where sea ice meets the open ocean, in Ittoqqortoormiit on the frozen Scoresbysund Fjord, Greenland, on April 25, 2024. The village of Ittoqqortoormiit, with its colorful houses and 350 inhabitants, is located near the Strait of Scoresby, the world's largest fjord, on the east coast of Greenland on the edge of the Arctic. Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to journalists on board of the plane on the way to Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland on April 23, 2024. The Polish prime minister hosted a meeting with his British counterpart and the NATO secretary general in which the trio discussed support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Henry Nicholls-WPA Pool/Getty Images
A person photographs a dog at a NASA display during the town's celebration of the April 8 solar eclipse in Russellville, Ark., on April 7, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images
May
Kathryn Richer (left) and her friend Andrea gaze upon the Northern Lights at Chanticleer Point Lookout on the Columbia River Gorge in Latourell, Ore., in the early morning hours of May 11, 2024. Places as far south as Alabama and parts of Northern California were expected to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, from a powerful geomagnetic storm that reached Earth. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images
Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade in New York City on May 10, 2024, to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day while calling for an end to the persecution of the spiritual practice in China. The placards they hold raise awareness of the Chinese regime's state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting, which primarily targets Falun Gong practitioners. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Two T6 Texans are joined by a 1950 Ryan Navion (C) along the Hudson River in New York state on May 17, 2024, as part of preparations for the 2024 Legacy Tour, where historic C-47 Dakotas fly to take part in the 80th anniversary celebrations of the invasion of Normandy, France, on D-Day 1944. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times
Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever dribbles the ball during the first quarter against the Seattle Storm in the game at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on May 22, 2024. Clark, a phenom, put the WNBA back in the spotlight after scoring the most points in NCAA basketball history while playing on the women's team at the University of Iowa. She was the first overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Steph Chambers/Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walk next to each other through the garden at Meseberg Palace in Gransee, Germany, on May 28, 2024. The French and German governments are meeting at Meseberg Palace following Macron's state visit to Germany. Clemens Bilan-Pool/Getty Images
Jashit Verma, 9, of Memphis, Tennessee, reacts after correctly spelling a word during the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on May 28, 2024. 245 spellers competed in the first two rounds of the competition. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Mt. Shasta near Yreka, Calif., on May 9, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
U.S. Paralympian Anastasia Pagonis poses for a portrait at the Farmingdale School District Aquatics Center in Farmingdale, N.Y., on May 23, 2024. Pagonis has autoimmune retinopathy, which led her sight to decrease at the age of 11, and she lost her vision by the age of 14. She competed in the swimming competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, where she won a gold and bronze medal, respectively, in the 400m Freestyle S11 and 200-meter Individual Medley S11. Al Bello/Getty Images
Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Old Guard,” get ready to place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., on May 23, 2024. Nearly 1,500 joint service members will spend around four hours placing small American flags in front of more than 260,000 headstones. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
An aircraft on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho International Airport in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 20, 2024. More than 600,000 people have been displaced by the heavy rain, flooding, and mudslides that have ravaged the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for around two weeks. Anselmo Cunha/AFP via Getty Images
June
Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams (R) pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. The two astronauts were supposed to return to the United States earlier this year but will not return until 2025 due to concerns surrounding the Starliner. NASA via AP
A girl plays with a red balloon at home in the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 26, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
Former President Donald J. Trump (L) and President Joe Biden (R) look around as the press takes photographs during an intermission during the presidential debate in Atlanta, Ga., on June 27, 2024. This debate led to Biden dropping out of the presidential race following a poor performance that saw him be incoherent. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
A child plays as women rest on a bench in front of the destroyed residential buildings in Kostyantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, on June 22, 2024. This comes more than two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump holds up Tic Tacs as he speaks about inflation during a Turning Point PAC town hall at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Ariz., on June 6, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci looks at photojournalists as he awaits to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 3, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
The Israeli first response unit put out flames after rockets were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and fighters from the Hezbollah terrorist group in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, on June 4, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
A hundred-year-old American World War II veteran, Harold Terens, and his 96-year-old bride, Jeanne Swerlin Terens, toast each other with glasses of champagne after their wedding at the Carentan-les-Marais Town Hall in Carentan-les-Marais, France, on June 8, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images
July
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump raises his fist shortly after the assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by U.S. Secret Service. One attendee died in the shooting. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Demonstrators confront riot police during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, on July 29, 2024. Venezuela braced for new demonstrations on July 30 after four people died and dozens were injured when the authorities broke up protests against President Nicolas Maduro's claim of victory in the country's hotly disputed weekend election. Carlos Landaeta/AFP via Getty Images
An animal runs through grass while fleeing flames as the Park Fire tears through the Cohasset community in Butte County, Calif., on July 25, 2024. The fire was the fifth largest in California history as almost 192 homes and other buildings were destroyed. Noah Berger/AP Photo
Falun Gong practitioners gather at the National Mall in Washington on July 11, 2024, for a candlelight vigil commemorating Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted to death in China by the Chinese Communist Party. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
President Joe Biden pauses before he addresses the nation about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP Photo Pool
(L-R) Eric Trump, former President Donald J. Trump, and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) arrive at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 16, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the fifth heat of the men's surfing round three during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024. Jerome Brouillet/AFP via Getty Images
In this long-exposure photo provided by NASA, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. NASA
A man reacts as residents and volunteers dig in the mud in search of bodies at the scene of a landslide in Kencho Shacha Gozdi, Ethiopia, on July 25, 2024. The death toll from landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said, warning that the number of victims could soar to up to 500. Rescuers are pressing on with the grim search for bodies and survivors in the stricken locality of Kencho Shacha Gozdi, with crowds of distraught locals digging through a sea of mud, often using just their bare hands and shovels. Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli emergency services and local residents gather near a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 27, 2024. Israel's emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, said at least nine people were killed and 34 wounded, including 17 in critical condition, after a rocket fired from Lebanon had hit the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
August
Police officers raid an illegal cannabis site in Lancaster, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2024. Authorities seized 1,020 plants as the site is part of California's marijuana black market. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Ukrainian servicemen operate an armored military vehicle on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2024. The Ukrainian army entered Russia's Kursk region on Aug. 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
American journalist Evan Gershkovich, followed by his mother, Ella Milman, smiles as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Aug. 1, 2024. Gershkovich was part of a multi-country prisoner exchange as the Wall Street Journal reporter was wrongfully detained in Russia on espionage charges. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the 2024 New York International Air Show at the Orange County Airport in Montgomery, N.Y., on Aug. 11, 2024. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times
Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz speaks to supporters at the 2024 DNC in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
(L-R) Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz on the last day of the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
The massive stone head sculptures at the archaeological site of Mount Nemrut on the night of the Perseid meteor shower in Adyaman, Turkey, on Aug. 11, 2024. The Perseid meteor shower took place above the 2,134-meter-density mountain which features giant 10-meter statues of King Antiochus I, surrounded by ancient gods, including Zeus and Apollo, discovered by a German engineer in 1881. Kemal Aslan/AFP via Getty Images
Women wearing traditional hanbok dresses visit the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 19, 2024. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
A local gets into his car in front of the flames to evacuate during a wildfire in Dione, Greece, on Aug. 12, 2024. Greece's civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day before and is spreading. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images
Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on Aug. 5, 2024. Hasina, 76, resigned after 15 years as there were protests against public service job quotas. K M Asad/AFP via Getty Images
September
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Flowers on names of victims of the 9/11 terror attack during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on Sept. 11, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
People in period clothing attend the second day of the Goodwood Revival meeting 2024, north of Chichester in southern England on Sept. 7, 2024. The major car race was the first one where the cars used sustainable fuels. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images
Students and faculty gather on the field at Apalachee High School to mourn and celebrate the lives of school shooting victims in Winder, Ga., on Sept. 8, 2024. Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, were killed during a school shooting at Apalachee High School by a 14 year old student on Sept. 4, with nine others injured. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate the area where the Secret Service discovered a would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club, in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2024. This was the second assassination attempt against Trump since the July 13 attempt at a rally. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
People gather at Veddelev beach to experience the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence, in Roskilde Fjord, Denmark, on Sept. 8, 2024. The warm weather provides good conditions to see glowing algae in the water. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
An American flag blows amongst the damage left over in El Cariso Village, Calif., from the Airport Fire on Sept. 16, 2024. The 26-day fire engulfed 160 buildings and injured 21 people. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Polish rescuers and soldiers evacuate local residents and their dog in the village of Rudawa, southern Poland, on Sept. 15, 2024, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli shelling hits an area in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, on Sept. 30, 2024. AP Photo/Leo Correa
October
Supporters of Yemen's Houthis gather with pictures of Hamas' slain leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally held in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa in protest against Israel's attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 18, 2024. Israel announced on Oct. 17 the killing of Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, calling his death a “heavy blow” to the terrorists it has been fighting for more than a year. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images
Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled at the launch pad during the Starship Flight 5 test in Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2024. SpaceX successfully “caught” the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images
The roof of Tropicana Field is seen in tatters after Hurricane Milton destroyed it as the storm passed through the area, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum waves after receiving a ceremonial staff from indigenous peoples at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City on Oct. 1, 2024. Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images
The sunset in Phoenix on Oct. 14, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
New York City Mayor Eric Adams departs federal court in New York City on Oct. 2, 2024. New York Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Sept. 27, 2024, to charges of fraud and bribery related to alleged unlawful financial contributions from Turkish officials. Adams decried the charges as politically motivated. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
Clean-up efforts after Hurricane Helene are underway in Asheville, N.C., on Oct. 6, 2024. At least 103 people died as a result of the storm, which damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump works behind the counter during a campaign event at McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., on Oct. 20, 2024. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
November
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC's “Saturday Night Live,” with Maya Rudolph in New York City on Nov. 2, 2024. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
A man watches houses on fire in the Tondo district of Manila on Nov. 24, 2024. Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky, as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
President-elect Donald Trump is joined by his family as he speaks to supporters after winning the presidential election in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 6, 2024. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 election. This marked a remarkable campaign for Trump that included indictments, assassination attempts, and the initial Democrat opponent dropping out. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Moo Deng splashes in a bucket of water in her enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Pattaya, Thailand, on Nov. 11, 2024. Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo born on July 10, 2024, became a global viral sensation, drawing thousands of visitors daily and boosting the local economy. Her popularity led the zoo to sell Moo Deng-themed merchandise, partner with Thai brands, and limit visitor time to just 5 minutes to reduce wait times. “Moo Deng,” meaning “bouncy pork” in Thai, reflects the baby hippo's feisty nature. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
Vero Almarche (R) hugs her neighbor Maria Munoz in the house she was born in and which was destroyed by flooding in Masanasa, Spain, on Nov. 6, 2024. This was one flood out of numerous floods that caused at least 231 deaths. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti
The 105th annual Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Isaac Young, 5, rests his cheek on the family horse Rusty's forehead during farm chores before homeschooling in Sunbury, Ohio, on Nov. 12, 2024. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listen to her concession speech at Howard University in Washington on Nov. 6, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
December
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington on Dec. 3, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
A couple sits near a bust of former President Jimmy Carter after he died at the age of 100, at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta on Dec. 29, 2024. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
People wave independence-era Syrian flags as they gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square to celebrate the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad and the end of five decades of Baathist rule in the country, in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2024. More than half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan came to a sudden end on Dec. 8, after a lightning rebel offensive swept across the country and took the capital. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pa., on Dec. 10, 2024. Mangione was arraigned on weapons and false identification charges related to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Mangione, who comes from an affluent family, eventually waived extradition and was transfered into New York Police Department custody as he was charged in the city with the murder in addition to facing federal charges, one of which could lead to him getting the death penalty. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Photos hang at the entrance to the house of couple Arbel Yehud and Ariel Konio, who were kidnaped on the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack and are held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in Nir Oz, Israel, on Dec. 5, 2024. Amir Levy/Getty Images
Thousands attend the first night of AmericaFest 2024 hosted by Turning Point USA in Phoenix on Dec. 19, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Elon Musk, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX, departs with his son after a meeting with lawmakers in Congress in Washington on Dec. 5, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Fireworks fired by protestors explode along police lines as the two sides clash during a demonstration against the government's decision to delay European Union membership talks amid a post-election crisis, outside Georgia Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Dec. 1, 2024. The nation has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in an Oct. 26 parliamentary election that the pro-European opposition said was fraudulent. Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images
Palestinians wait in a queue to receive food outside a distribution center south of Khan Yunis on Dec. 6, 2024. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
People walk in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, ahead of its official reopening ceremony after more than five years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire that ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Gisele Pelicot and one of her lawyers Stephane Babonneau (R) leave the Avignon courthouse in Avignon on Dec. 16, 2024, after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner, Dominique Pelicot, accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France. Her husband and 49 other men were convicted of rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault in a trial that got worldwide attention. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images
Thousands of students and citizens attend a protest over the collapse of a train station roof that killed 15 people last month, amid a widespread blockade of higher education institutions in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, on Dec. 22, 2024. The Serbian government has been under pressure from nation-wide demonstrations following the deaths, with many protesters accusing authorities of corruption and inadequate oversight. Djordje Kostic/AFP via Getty Images
Chen Fadu, a Fei Tian Academy of the Arts staff member and assistant dance instructor, in Middletown, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 2024. Her father Chen Changyong, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested in China for his beliefs and later died under the regime's ongoing persecution. In the United States, Chinese authorities have tried to attack companies founded by Falun Gong practitioners, including Fei Tian and Shen Yun, a dance company that seeks to showcase traditional Chinese culture and highlight the Chinese regime's persecution. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
A couple watches the sunrise from a spot on Mount Qasioun overlooking Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 25, 2024. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
