Cars drive in near whiteout lake-effect snow on Interstate 79 in Erie, Pa., on Dec. 12, 2024. Heavy snow, falling temperatures, and wind chills are forecast for Erie County. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Mourners carry the body of 12-year-old Yehoshua Aharon, who was killed by a gunman in an attack on an Israeli bus near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank the day before, during his funeral in Jerusalem on Dec. 12, 2024. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images
Taliban's Humvees are seen parked during the funeral ceremony of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, in Sarana of Paktia province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 12, 2024. Thousands of Afghans on Dec. 12 attended the funeral of the refugees minister, Haqqani, after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) speaks alongside family members of gun violence victims during a press conference on gun violence prevention at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on Dec. 12, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
General view of the Arch of Santa Catalina and the Agua volcano in Antigua, Guatemala, on Dec. 12, 2024. Edwin Bercian/AFP via Getty Images
Sri Lankan fishermen unload a catch to be sold at a market in Kudawella, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 12, 2024. Twenty years after the Boxing Day tsunami, Sri Lanka's coastal communities have made significant strides in recovery and resilience, yet challenges remain as they face the ongoing impacts of climate change and rising sea levels. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images
A Syrian rebel fighter holds a container of pills of Captagon, a brand name of the psychostimulant drug fenethylline, discovered at a drug manufacturing facility in the city of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta region on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024. Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images
This aerial photograph shows the construction of the A69 highway near Verfeil, east of Toulouse, France, on Dec. 11, 2024. On Dec. 9, the Toulouse Administrative Court announced the reopening of the investigation into the highway A69 project, while a decision was awaited on the continuation or suspension of the project, already well advanced and contested by environmentalists. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Thuringia's outgoing State Premier Bodo Ramelow waits prior to the symbolic handover of the office in front of the state chancellery in Erfurt, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2024. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images
Students block a street in Belgrade, Serbia, on Dec. 12, 2024, standing in silence to honor the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in Nov. 2024. Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
David Purnell, estate foreman, prunes Christmas trees at Hole Park Estate in Rolvenden, England, on Dec. 12, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erodgan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at Ankara Esenboga Airport on Dec. 12, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
A customs officer burns seized contraband including drugs and cigarettes at a press conference in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 12, 2024. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
Seagulls interact on the branch of a tree on the beach in Kuwait City on Dec. 12, 2024. Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to members of the media as mayors from selected municipalities and government ministers look on the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Dec. 12, 2024. Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP
(L-R) Vice Chairman of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) Antoine Martin, Swiss National Bank chairman Martin Schlegel and Member of the Swiss National Bank governing board Petra Tschudin attend a press conference on monetary policy assessment in Bern on Dec. 12, 2024. The Swiss central bank announced on Dec. 12 a surprise interest rate cut of 0.5 percentage points on as inflation slows but the country's economy struggles. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Brazilian Navy officers guard the Marcilio Dias Navy Hospital located in the Lins de Vasconcelos neighborhood, north zone of Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 12, 2024. A Brazilian Navy medic officer was shot dead by a stray bullet inside the hospital on Dec. 10 while a police operation was happening in a favela nearby. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk greets French President Emmanuel Macron at his office in the Polish capital Warsaw on Dec. 12, 2024. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with President of the European Council Antonio Costa as he welcomes him at 10 Downing Street, in central London on Dec. 12, 2024 ahead of their bilateral meeting. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Stephen Doughty, Britain's minister of state for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories, the Vice-President of the European Commission and high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, and the director general of political and security affairs at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Frederic Mondolini take a walk during a meeting of European Foreign ministers for Ukraine talks at the Villa Borsig in Berlin on Dec. 12, 2024. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
Performers from the Beltane Society promote Edinburgh’s Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 12, 2024. Edinburgh will celebrate Hogmanay, the name for Scottish New Year festivities, with four days of events from Dec. 29 through Jan. 1. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
