Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks during a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 28, 2024, in connection with the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau. Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Office via AP
This aerial view shows the remains of a destroyed monument to Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad who died in 2000, in Deir Atiyah in the countryside of Damascus on Dec. 28, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
A protester wearing a gas mask takes part in a demonstration against air pollution in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Dec. 28, 2024. Robert Atanasovski/AFP via Getty Images
People take part in a memorial service at the Lychakiv Military Cemetery, in Lviv, Ukraine, on Dec. 28, 2024. Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images
Ambulances transport wounded Palestinians from the Kamal Adwan Hospital to the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
President Joe Biden answers a question from the press as he exits Holy Cross Catholic Church after attending mass in Christiansted, St. Croix, on the U.S. Virgin Islands on Dec. 28, 2024, during a week-long vacation on the island. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Snow-covered boats are pictured at Dal Lake after winter's first snowfall in Srinagar, India, on Dec. 28, 2024. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (C) attends the National Christmas celebration themed “Let Us Now Return to Bethlehem” at the Indonesia Arena in Jakarta on Dec. 28, 2024. Aditya Aji/AFP via Getty Images
Police work at a scene after a man in his forties and two police officers were injured in a shootout in Klepp, Rogaland, Norway, on Dec. 28, 2024. Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images
Members of Chadian nomadic tribes from the Ati region vote for the legislative, provincial, and local elections at a polling station in Mandelia on Dec. 28, 2024. Joris Bolomeyjoris Bolomey/AFP via Getty Images
A swan floats on the partially ice-covered pond in a park in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Dec. 28, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
Motorcyclists wearing Santa Claus costumes ride their bikes through the streets of Belgrade on Dec. 28, 2024. Over a hundred of Serbian motorcycle enthusiasts gathered in the Serbian capital for an annual joint ride to bring Christmas gifts for underprivileged children. Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
A boy stands by a closed shop as Israeli army soldiers stand guard while Israeli Jewish settlers tour the old market in the city of Hebron in the West Bank on Dec. 28, 2024. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters holding flags and placards take part in a demonstration, condemning Pakistan's airstrikes in the Barmal district of eastern Paktika province, killing 46 people, mainly women and children, during a demonstration in Khost, Afghanistan, on Dec. 28, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
People walk next to the statue of the Alexander the Great near the waterfront of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Dec. 28, 2024. Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images
A man looks for metal sheets at a dump to rebuild his home in the city of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on Dec. 28, 2024. The most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years caused colossal damage on Dec. 14, 2024, in France's poorest department, where relief workers have struggled since then to restore essential services such as water, electricity, and communications networks. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
Officers lead the coffin of India's late former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a state funeral ceremony in New Delhi, India, on Dec. 28, 2024. Mourners in India's capital gathered to pay their respects to the man key to the country's economic liberalization. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images
Austria's Daniel Tschofenig soars through the air during the training session of the Four Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee), in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec. 28, 2024. Kerstin Joensson/AFP via Getty Images
A participant of nativity scene, Vertep in Ukraine, perform for local residents of the of Vishnevaya village, Kharkiv region, during Christmas celebrations on Dec. 28, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Ivan Samoilov/AFP via Getty Images
