Ukrainians wearing traditional clothes take part in a Christmas Eve procession in Lviv, Ukraine, on Dec. 24, 2024. Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images
Air Force personnel and volunteers answer phone calls from around the world at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 24, 2024. Christian Murdock /The Gazette via AP
A Palestinian man walks with children in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 24, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara, Nepal, on Dec. 24, 2024. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
A cotton candy seller strolls along a road in New Delhi on Dec. 24, 2024. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
A man dressed as Santa Claus stands close to his decorated motorbike during a meeting for motorcyclists in Hagen, Germany, on Dec. 24, 2024. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
Tourists visit a tsunami memorial site where a boat remains preserved after being swept onto a roof by the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 24, 2024. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
Newly-appointed French Minister of the Overseas Manuel Valls (L) delivers a speech flanked by the French outgoing Minister attached to the Interior Minister in charge of the Overseas Francois-Noel Buffet (R) during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of the Overseas in Paris on Dec. 24, 2024. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
A butcher shows a cut of meat to customers during the traditional Christmas Eve meat auction at Smithfield meat market, London, on Dec. 24, 2024. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
A man decorates a church in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 24, 2024. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images
A woman and a child walk through debris in the town of Vahibe, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on Dec. 24, 2024, a week after the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
Afghan horse riders compete in 'Buzkashi' (goat grabbing) a traditional Central Asian sport, in Balkh province on Dec. 24, 2024. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
A member of Syria's transitional government security forces stands guard as former soldiers, police members, and civilians queue up at a center for handing over small arms and security registration with the new authorities in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 24, 2024. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
Several guitars owned by Paco de Lucia are displayed at the newly openend Paco de Lucia Interpretation Centre, in Algeciras, Spain, on Dec. 24, 2024. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
Construction workers stand atop a scaffolding outside the rebuilt control tower during reconstruction work at Mosul International Airport near Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 24, 2024. Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images
Street vendors sell Christmas trees, in Adjame, a popular commune of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Dec. 24, 2024. Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images
Pedestrians pose for pictures in front of a giant Santa Claus figure in a shopping mall in Berlin on Dec. 24, 2024. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
An artisan weaves a Banarasi silk saree on a handloom, at a restaurant in Varanasi, India, on Dec. 24, 2024. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images
People take a selfie in front of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral ahead the traditional Christmas mass in the cathedral in Paris on Dec. 24, 2024, for the first time since the fire in 2019. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
A man wears a Christmas tree hat and festive glasses as he waits for a traveler to help at Miami International Airport, in Miami, on Dec. 24, 2024. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo
Visitors walk at a Christmas light tunnel during the 2024 New Taipei Christmasland in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Dec. 24, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky, visits the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 24, 2024. Alexander Kazakov/AFP via Getty Images
People visit the central Ala-Too Square, decorated to mark the upcoming New Year holiday, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Dec. 24, 2024. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images
