December 20, 2024

Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang, in white, try to break into Parliament where the Democratic Progressive Party occupied the night to avoid the passing of controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP)

People react as they gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) near the Umayyad Mosque, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A child lays a candle following a knife attack in a primary school, in Zagreb, Croatia. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Macau’s new Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai is sworn in by China’s President Xi Jinping during an inauguration ceremony as part of 25th anniversary handover celebrations in Macau. Justin Chan/Pool via REUTERS

A boy carries a roofing sheet on the beach in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Passamainty, Mayotte. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Volunteers clean a bird following an oil spill caused by an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the village of Vityazevo near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

A man sets up a Christmas tree amidst the rubble of the Melkite Church, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 9, in the southern Lebanese village of Derdghaya. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Ivanna warms her dog in front of a destroyed burning car after a recent Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

A person disguised as a cat stands in the street near the Umayyad Mosque ahead of Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)