This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
People celebrate the New Year in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Syrians celebrate the new year after the ousting of Assad regime, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's celebrations shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A boy walks barefoot through the mud after overnight rainfall at the refugee tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An Egyptian poses in front of New Year decorations in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Cambodian dancers perform during the "Celebrating Cambodia" event as part of the New Year's Eve in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Rescue team carry the body of a passenger at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Cars drive through a forest with frozen trees in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks along a street of the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A boy runs amid pigeons flying next to the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Wokers at a tyre shop wait for customers in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people gather on the fifth night of Hanukkah in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Firefighters and rescue team members work near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The flag flies at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Carter, who was 100 years old, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the death of former President Jimmy Carter Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at the Company House Hotel in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - President Jimmy Carter leans across the roof of his car to shake hands along the parade route through Bardstown, Ky., July 31, 1979. The president climbed on top of the car as the parade moved toward the high school gym, where a town meeting was held. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
A devotee carries a small-scaled boat filled with offerings to be sent out to sea during a ceremony honoring the deity celebrated by the African Yoruba religion, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers celebrate Yemanja, goddess of the sea, offering flowers and launching large and small boats into the ocean in exchange for blessings for the coming year. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
People gather to take part in the traditional dance known as "Casino en rueda", when couples dance in a large circle changing partners as they move to the rhythm, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Ley)
Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN, attend an event marking the 31st anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
A boy fishes on a foggy lake Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Metal roofing sheets are seen on trees after strong thunderstorms pass through the Greater Houston region, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Porter Heights. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)
People cross a street in Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A relative prays at a tomb of a soldier killed defending his homeland from Russian invasion, during the "Mourning Christmas Carol" on the Mars Field military cemetery in Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)
People watch the panda-themed drone show at the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray during celebrations marking St. Gabriel's annual feast, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Markus Mueller, of Austria, soars through the air during his qualification jump at the first stage of the 73rd Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
The tomb of Mahammadali Eganov, 13 who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near the Kazakhstan's Aktau airport, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
People carry the body of Mahammadali Eganov, 13 who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport, at his funeral, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
Switzerland's Justin Murisier is airborn during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Bormio, Italy, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
The buildings of the banking district come out of the thick fog over Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Austria's Daniel Hemetsberger speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Bormio, Italy, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Members of the new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar Assad's government and now serve in the new Syrian government, stand in formation as they prepare for a military parade in downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, top center, speaks as lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party protest during a plenary session for the impeachment motion against the country's acting President Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Members of the armed forces, former rebels, of the new Syrian government pray before a military parade in downtown Damascus Friday Dec. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left with Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
A mourner cries after taking a last look at the body of a relative, one of eight Palestinians killed, during their funeral following the withdrawal of the Israeli army, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Injured Ukrainian servicemen arrive from the battlefield at Medical Service "Ulf" of the 108th Separate Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Flowers and portraits are placed at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman sprinkles water on a stone marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
Christians attend the Christmas mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint Takla, in Maaloula, some 60 km northern Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Members of the winter and ice swimming club 'Seehunde Berlin', (Berlin Seals), wearing Christmas-themed hats, walk into the water during the traditional annual Christmas swim on Christmas Day, at the Oranke Lake in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left with Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Military chaplain Yurii of the 24th Mechanized Brigade holds a church service for an infantry unit during Christmas near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
People stand at the end of the Manhattan Beach Pier and watch high surf pound the pylons on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A butcher throws a turkey for sale to customers during the annual Christmas Meat Auction at Smithfield Market in London, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Zane Castello, 6, whispers his Christmas wish to Santa Claus during the Winter Day Camp holiday party at the Greater Johnstown Community YMCA in Johnstown, Pa. on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Thomas Slusser/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
Children watch as a scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus and a mermaid perform inside the Marine Aquarium ahead of Christmas celebrations in Chennai, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Tourists feed pigeons during heavy snowfall in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
The Choristers of St Paul's choir, including girls for the first time in its 900-year history, rehearse for Christmas services in St Paul's Cathedral, in London, Monday, Dec. 23 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, center, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, right, leave after a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Philadelphia 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr., right, goes up for a shot against San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A person rides their bike on Front Street in the fog on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Leavenworth, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
A worshipper holds an electric candle during a Christmas Eve service at Indonesia Arena stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Relatives and friends of 1st Sgt. Hillel Diener, who was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Syrian Christian man holds up a cross and shouts slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, during a protest march after a Christmas tree was set on fire in Hamah city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, center, waves as he arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Syrian Christians carry crosses and shout slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, as they march during a protest after a Christmas tree was set on fire in Hamah city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Clothes and blankets lie on chairs at the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A bird flies over the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Reda Abu Zarada, 50, displaced from Jabaliya in nothern Gaza, sits by a fire with her grandchildren at a camp by the sea in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Two Syrian fighters watch as revelers dance during a Christmas celebration early Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
People light flares during and event dubbed "The March of Heroes" in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Visitors watch divers dressed as Mother Christmas and Santa Claus swim inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium, as part of an annual Christmas tradition, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/ Bruna Prado)
Venezuelan Joseph Torres is reunited with his dog Maya at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, after traveling from Peru to spend the holidays with family. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
An Israeli truck carries a Syrian tank with a message that reads in Arabic "Army", from the buffer zone near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, viewed from the town of Majdal Shams, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Women smoke water pipe as they sit on a lookout area at the mount Qasioun in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Syrian shepherds lead their sheeps in the neighbourhood of Jobar, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, as they pass by buildings that were destroyed during the civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A young Amazonian resident strikes a ball towards Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, who gave the ball to the boy after Barroso arrived on a boat to distribute Christmas gifts to children, in Iranduba, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Hanna, 12, and her family sit ride inside a van during an evacuation from Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Drone view of destroyed dwellings in Mirereni, Mayotte, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
A girl walks amidst destruction in Mbouyougou, Mayotte, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Zaharia Youssouf, who lost her husband Baco Houmadi during the cyclone, sits in he Barakani, Mayotte, home Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
People walk waving flags and holding banners during and event dubbed "The March of Heroes" in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A woman stands behind honor guard soldiers in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, during a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
People tale part in the winter Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge, England, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Upton)
Towers outlined with Christmas lights are silhouetted against the sky at dusk at the Country Club Plaza shopping center, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People outside Magdeburg Cathedral follow a memorial service for victims of Friday's Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
People have laid flowers and candles in front of the Johannis church close to the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Plastic bottles and a pot hang on the wall of a cell in the infamous Saydnaya military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Syrians continue to celebrate the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's government, at Umayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Jorge Perez arrives in a Santa Claus costume in downtown Bogota, Colombia, to hand out donated gifts to children from San Bernardo, a low-income neighborhood, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A broken car lays in a field of shredded trees in Mirereni, Mayotte, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Holiday travelers wait in line to check their bags at the JetBlue terminal at Logan Airport, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Ivanna, warms her dog in front of a destroyed burning car after a recent Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
A Taiwan Army's paratrooper performs with a national flag during a military exercise in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A restaurant worker prepares for lunch service Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at a back alley in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People welcome North Korea's weightlifters including gold medalists at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships as they arrive at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) dunks during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in Houston, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Travelers wade through the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cars are stopped in a traffic jam in Mamoudzou, Mayotte, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Dressed as Santa Claus, city worker Aristoteles de Queiroz greets an emergency room patient at the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital during the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Food sellers wait for customers in a street market at the Egyptian bazar, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A great blue heron flies inside Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A Syrian man waves a white flag, as he approaches Israeli soldiers to negotiate with them, where they set their new position at an abandoned Syrian military base, in Maariyah village near the border with Israel in southern Syria, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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People celebrate the New Year in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Syrians celebrate the new year after the ousting of Assad regime, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's celebrations shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A boy walks barefoot through the mud after overnight rainfall at the refugee tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An Egyptian poses in front of New Year decorations in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Cambodian dancers perform during the "Celebrating Cambodia" event as part of the New Year's Eve in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Rescue team carry the body of a passenger at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Cars drive through a forest with frozen trees in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks along a street of the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A boy runs amid pigeons flying next to the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Wokers at a tyre shop wait for customers in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people gather on the fifth night of Hanukkah in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Firefighters and rescue team members work near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The flag flies at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Carter, who was 100 years old, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the death of former President Jimmy Carter Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at the Company House Hotel in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - President Jimmy Carter leans across the roof of his car to shake hands along the parade route through Bardstown, Ky., July 31, 1979. The president climbed on top of the car as the parade moved toward the high school gym, where a town meeting was held. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
A devotee carries a small-scaled boat filled with offerings to be sent out to sea during a ceremony honoring the deity celebrated by the African Yoruba religion, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers celebrate Yemanja, goddess of the sea, offering flowers and launching large and small boats into the ocean in exchange for blessings for the coming year. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
People gather to take part in the traditional dance known as "Casino en rueda", when couples dance in a large circle changing partners as they move to the rhythm, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Ley)
Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, EZLN, attend an event marking the 31st anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
A boy fishes on a foggy lake Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Metal roofing sheets are seen on trees after strong thunderstorms pass through the Greater Houston region, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Porter Heights. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)
People cross a street in Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A relative prays at a tomb of a soldier killed defending his homeland from Russian invasion, during the "Mourning Christmas Carol" on the Mars Field military cemetery in Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)
People watch the panda-themed drone show at the waterfront of the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray during celebrations marking St. Gabriel's annual feast, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Markus Mueller, of Austria, soars through the air during his qualification jump at the first stage of the 73rd Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
The tomb of Mahammadali Eganov, 13 who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near the Kazakhstan's Aktau airport, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
People carry the body of Mahammadali Eganov, 13 who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport, at his funeral, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)
Switzerland's Justin Murisier is airborn during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Bormio, Italy, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
The buildings of the banking district come out of the thick fog over Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Austria's Daniel Hemetsberger speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Bormio, Italy, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Members of the new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar Assad's government and now serve in the new Syrian government, stand in formation as they prepare for a military parade in downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik, top center, speaks as lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party protest during a plenary session for the impeachment motion against the country's acting President Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Members of the armed forces, former rebels, of the new Syrian government pray before a military parade in downtown Damascus Friday Dec. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left with Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
A mourner cries after taking a last look at the body of a relative, one of eight Palestinians killed, during their funeral following the withdrawal of the Israeli army, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Injured Ukrainian servicemen arrive from the battlefield at Medical Service "Ulf" of the 108th Separate Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Flowers and portraits are placed at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A woman sprinkles water on a stone marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
Christians attend the Christmas mass in the Greek Orthodox convent Saint Takla, in Maaloula, some 60 km northern Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Members of the winter and ice swimming club 'Seehunde Berlin', (Berlin Seals), wearing Christmas-themed hats, walk into the water during the traditional annual Christmas swim on Christmas Day, at the Oranke Lake in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left with Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George arrive for the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Military chaplain Yurii of the 24th Mechanized Brigade holds a church service for an infantry unit during Christmas near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
People stand at the end of the Manhattan Beach Pier and watch high surf pound the pylons on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A butcher throws a turkey for sale to customers during the annual Christmas Meat Auction at Smithfield Market in London, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Zane Castello, 6, whispers his Christmas wish to Santa Claus during the Winter Day Camp holiday party at the Greater Johnstown Community YMCA in Johnstown, Pa. on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Thomas Slusser/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
Children watch as a scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus and a mermaid perform inside the Marine Aquarium ahead of Christmas celebrations in Chennai, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Tourists feed pigeons during heavy snowfall in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
The Choristers of St Paul's choir, including girls for the first time in its 900-year history, rehearse for Christmas services in St Paul's Cathedral, in London, Monday, Dec. 23 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, center, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe, right, leave after a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Philadelphia 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr., right, goes up for a shot against San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A person rides their bike on Front Street in the fog on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Leavenworth, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
A worshipper holds an electric candle during a Christmas Eve service at Indonesia Arena stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Relatives and friends of 1st Sgt. Hillel Diener, who was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, mourn during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Syrian Christian man holds up a cross and shouts slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, during a protest march after a Christmas tree was set on fire in Hamah city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, center, waves as he arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Syrian Christians carry crosses and shout slogans in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, as they march during a protest after a Christmas tree was set on fire in Hamah city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Clothes and blankets lie on chairs at the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A bird flies over the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Reda Abu Zarada, 50, displaced from Jabaliya in nothern Gaza, sits by a fire with her grandchildren at a camp by the sea in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Two Syrian fighters watch as revelers dance during a Christmas celebration early Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
People light flares during and event dubbed "The March of Heroes" in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Visitors watch divers dressed as Mother Christmas and Santa Claus swim inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium, as part of an annual Christmas tradition, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/ Bruna Prado)
Venezuelan Joseph Torres is reunited with his dog Maya at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, after traveling from Peru to spend the holidays with family. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
An Israeli truck carries a Syrian tank with a message that reads in Arabic "Army", from the buffer zone near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, viewed from the town of Majdal Shams, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Women smoke water pipe as they sit on a lookout area at the mount Qasioun in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Syrian shepherds lead their sheeps in the neighbourhood of Jobar, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, as they pass by buildings that were destroyed during the civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A young Amazonian resident strikes a ball towards Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, who gave the ball to the boy after Barroso arrived on a boat to distribute Christmas gifts to children, in Iranduba, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Hanna, 12, and her family sit ride inside a van during an evacuation from Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Drone view of destroyed dwellings in Mirereni, Mayotte, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
A girl walks amidst destruction in Mbouyougou, Mayotte, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Zaharia Youssouf, who lost her husband Baco Houmadi during the cyclone, sits in he Barakani, Mayotte, home Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
People walk waving flags and holding banners during and event dubbed "The March of Heroes" in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A woman stands behind honor guard soldiers in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, during a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the 1989 uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
People tale part in the winter Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge, England, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Upton)
Towers outlined with Christmas lights are silhouetted against the sky at dusk at the Country Club Plaza shopping center, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People outside Magdeburg Cathedral follow a memorial service for victims of Friday's Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
People have laid flowers and candles in front of the Johannis church close to the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Plastic bottles and a pot hang on the wall of a cell in the infamous Saydnaya military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Syrians continue to celebrate the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's government, at Umayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Jorge Perez arrives in a Santa Claus costume in downtown Bogota, Colombia, to hand out donated gifts to children from San Bernardo, a low-income neighborhood, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A broken car lays in a field of shredded trees in Mirereni, Mayotte, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Holiday travelers wait in line to check their bags at the JetBlue terminal at Logan Airport, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Ivanna, warms her dog in front of a destroyed burning car after a recent Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
A Taiwan Army's paratrooper performs with a national flag during a military exercise in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A restaurant worker prepares for lunch service Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at a back alley in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People welcome North Korea's weightlifters including gold medalists at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships as they arrive at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) dunks during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in Houston, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Travelers wade through the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cars are stopped in a traffic jam in Mamoudzou, Mayotte, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
Dressed as Santa Claus, city worker Aristoteles de Queiroz greets an emergency room patient at the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital during the Christmas season in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Food sellers wait for customers in a street market at the Egyptian bazar, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A great blue heron flies inside Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
