December 15, 2023

Ukrainian servicemen cry near the coffin of their comrade Andrii Trachuk during his funeral service on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A meteor burns up in the sky over al-Abrak desert north of Kuwait City during the annual Geminid meteor shower. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP)

A Palestinian woman and children look on following Israeli bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A traditional masked dancer performs during Pachali Bhairav dance festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP)

Demonstrators lift flags of the Palestinian Hamas group during a rally after the Friday prayer in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, protesting Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. (Photo by Hazem Bader / AFP)

Young boys play on a swing made out of scrap metal underneath a makeshift platform called Kola’s Space in the popular Ndjili neighborhood in Kinshasa. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)

Commuters make their way through heavy smog in Amritsar, India. (Photo by Narinder Nanu / AFP)

The Villarrica volcano lights up the sky at night seen from Pucon town, Chile, Dec. 14, 2023. (Reuters/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar)

Women hold placards in Arabic, Hebrew, and English during a demonstration by Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Salt recovery pools stand in different degrees of evaporation for an industrial plant that produces lithium carbonate to manufacture lithium batteries, after the plant's opening ceremony in the Uyuni salt desert on the outskirts of Llipi, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)