President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, hosted by Turning Point in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 22, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Protesters hold placards reading “Free Azov” and “Shout about Azov” as relatives and friends of Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azov Brigade and sub-units take part in a rally to call for their exchange with Russian prisoners in the center of Kyiv on Dec. 22, 2024. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
People gather with lit phones and wave independence-era Syrian flags during celebrations of the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad in the northwestern city of Idlib on Dec. 22, 2024. Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images
Marseille's French midfielder (11) Adrien Rabiot tries to catch the ball during the French Cup round of 64 football match between AS Saint-Etienne and Olympique de Marseille (OM), at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne, France, on Dec. 22, 2024. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images
People visiting the Skanderbeg Square lit with Christmas decorations and surrounded by an open Christmas market in Tirana, Albania, on Dec. 22, 2024. Adnan Beci/AFP via Getty Images
A member of the Voluntary Leader NGO wears a Santa Claus outfit during a distribution of gifts and food items ahead of Christmas at the Buhimba Internal Displaced Persons camp in Uganda on Dec. 22, 2024. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
The sun sets behind burning gas flares at the Dora (Daura) Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad on Dec. 22, 2024. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen takes a catch to dismiss Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi during the third one day international (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Dec. 22, 2024. Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images
Firefighters and other rescue teams work at the site of a plane crash in the city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on Dec. 22, 2024. Amateus Bruxel/AGENCIA RBS/AF/AFP via Getty Images
People search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Abu Samra family home in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 22, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
Harrods' members of staff hold a banner reading “Harrods worker on strike” during a demonstration asking for pay rise and better working conditions, outside Harrods department store in London on Dec. 22, 2024. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
A man walks through a field on a smoggy winter morning in Dhanauri village on the outskirts of Greater Noida in India's Uttar Pradesh state on Dec. 22, 2024. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images
A worker repairs a house in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on Dec. 22, 2024. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
Illuminated Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat ahead of the Christmas celebrations in Colombo on Dec. 22, 2024. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
Bathers take part in the traditional Christmas bath in Nice, on the French Riviera, on Dec. 22, 2024. Frederic Dides/AFP via Getty Images
A view of the 18th century Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most iconic landmarks, as it reopens to the public after undergoing maintenance, just on time for the start of the Jubilee Year, an event expected to draw millions of visitors to the Eternal City in Rome on Dec. 22, 2024. Andrew Medichini/AP Photo
A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Dec. 22, 2024. Bernat Armangue/AP Photo
Tributes to the victims outside the Johanniskirche (Johannes Church), a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Dec. 22, 2024. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
