December 16, 2024

People walk through the annual year end illumination in Roppongi district in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

In this image released today, Radio City Rockettes performing the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers dance during the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Rescue workers operate in storm-hit Mayotte, France. UIISC7/Securite Civile/Handout via REUTERS

A workers carries a bag of Syrian currency notes to Syrian central bank in Damascus, after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Smoke billows after people looted and set fire at the Najha military housing complex in southeast Damascus, Syria. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv.

A worker checks on a production line of high-end threads in a factory in Zaozhuang, eastern China's Shandong province, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

A farmer checks mustard flowers in a field on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, Dec. 15, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu SHARMA / AFP)