
People and fighters affiliated with Syria's new administration gathering at Abbasid Square for a military parade in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 27, 2024. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images

A man rows his boat across the river Ganges on a cold winter morning in Varanasi, India, on Dec. 27, 2024. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images

A hot air balloon rises in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara, Nepal, on Dec. 27, 2024. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images

South Korea's ruling People Power Party lawmakers (bottom) argue to National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik (C top) during the plenary session for the impeachment vote of acting president Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2024. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

A woman crosses The Millennium Bridge during foggy weather in London on Dec. 27, 2024. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Outgoing Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo (L), a would-be candidate for Portugal's presidency, receives by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa the Grand-Cross of Christ during an honor ceremony at Belem Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec. 27, 2024. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

An independence-era Syrian flag is displayed on the truck of a man waiting to cross over into Syria from Turkey through the Kassab crossing on Dec. 27, 2024. Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks to the media after formally dissolving Germany's parliament in Berlin on Dec. 27, 2024. Michele Tantussi/Getty Images

A volunteer dresses up as Santa Claus and distributes gifts to people in the Shubra area of Cairo, Egypt, on Dec. 27, 2024. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

The damaged bus that got off the road on the E10 near Raftsundet, after its transportation to a control station in Gullesfjord, Norway, on Dec. 27, 2024. Amanda Pedersen Giske/NTB/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Zakka volunteers clean the scene of a stabbing attack in Herzliya, Israel, on Dec. 27, 2024. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

Yemenis wave flags and hold placards during a demonstration denouncing Israeli strikes and in solidarity with Palestinians in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 27, 2024. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images

People look at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Dec. 27, 2024. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images

Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk down the runway after arriving in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Dec. 27, 2024. Ohan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

People with signs at a rally in honor of those who disappeared under the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria, in Paris, on Dec. 27, 2024. Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

A woman walks past an election poster of independent Presidential candidate Branka Lozo reading “I choose home” in Zagreb, Croatia, on Dec. 27, 2024. Damir Sencar/AFP via Getty Images

Commuters move along a road amid snowfall in Srinagar, India, on Dec. 27, 2024. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images

A girl fills containers with water in Koungou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Dec. 27, 2024. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images