Girls wearing Santa Claus costumes practice before taking part in the 40th annual Christmas parade in Nazareth, Israel, on Dec. 24, 2025. Nazareth, the purported childhood home of Jesus according to the New Testament, has seen a return of Christmas season tourism this year after two years in which celebrations were muted amid the war in Gaza. Nazareth, in Israel's Galilee region, is a predominately Arab and Muslim town, about one-third of whose residents are Christian. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
Honduran National Police members get ready to remove burning tires set by supporters of the ruling Libertad y Refundacion party to block the road connecting Tegucigalpa with northern Honduras, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Dec. 24, 2025. The protest takes place as the National Electoral Council prepares to announce the winner of last month's presidential election, which current tallies show is being led by conservative Nasry Asfura of the opposition National Party, supported by U.S. President Donald Trump. (Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman donates money to a National Unity Platform presidential candidate Bobi Wine supporter in Kampala, Uganda, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images)
Libyan military delegation members arrive at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, south of Kesikkavak Village in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 24, 2025. The head of Libya's armed forces and four other passengers died on Dec. 23 when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara, officials in Turkey's capital and in Tripoli said. (Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images)
Birds fly past the St. Mary's Cathedral during a Christmas Eve mass in Yangon, Burma, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
People wearing traditional clothes and carrying Ukrainian traditional “Didukh” Christmas decorations sing carols as they take part in a Christmas Eve procession in Lviv, Ukraine, on Dec. 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)
Surfers and spectators participate in the 17th annual “Surfing Santas” event in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2025. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
People gather during a reading of the names of the victims of the Bondi mass shooting at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 24, 2025. Australians typically flock to the sea over Christmas and New Year, with the period taking on a special significance this year in the wake of the shooting. (George Chan/Getty Images)
A person shelters from a rainstorm at a bus stop in Los Angeles on Dec. 24, 2025. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
A man lifts a child next to the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip on Dec. 24, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)
Jacob Bethell of England bats during an England nets session at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Iraqis visit a Christmas market set up at the foot of the city's ancient Citadel in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Safin Hamid/AFP via Getty Images)
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during a shortened trading day before the Christmas holiday in New York City on Dec. 24, 2025. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up nearly 300 points on positive economic data, indicating strength in the U.S. economy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Wheelchairs and other debris are scattered amid structurally damaged buildings after a massive explosion and fire caused a collapse at a nursing home in Bristol, Pa., on Dec. 24, 2025. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Catholic musicians play traditional Javanese gamelan instruments during a Christmas Eve Mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Ganjuran, Yogyakarta, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Devi Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
