President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Dec. 29, 2025. China launched “major” military exercises around Taiwan on Dec. 29 involving live-fire drills in waters and airspace near the island. Taiwan said Monday it had detected four Chinese coastguard ships near the island's waters. Cheng Yu-chen/AFP via Getty Images
People look on as Planet Fitness tests the air worthiness of confetti during New Year's Eve rehearsals in Times Square, New York City, on Dec. 29, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Team Austria athletes enjoy a game of table tennis ahead of the first run of the Men's Individual HS137 event during FIS World Cup Ski Jumping at the Four Hills Tournament at Orlen Arena in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec. 29, 2025. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
The sun rises over the Mediterranean Sea on Dec. 29, 2025. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025. The head of Iran's Central Bank resigned on Monday as the biggest protests since 2022 erupted in Tehran and other cities after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low against the U.S. dollar. Fars News Agency via AP
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrives at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2025. Myung marked his first official day at Cheong Wa Dae three years and seven months after the Yoon Seok-yeol government moved the presidential office to Yongsan in May 2022. Jeon Heon-Kyun/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Workers handle sacks of rice at the Indonesian Logistics Bureau (BULOG) warehouse in Lambaro, Aceh province, on Dec. 29, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
The ship “Piavia” passes through the Teneurzen lock during a commercial trial voyage with a wider seagoing vessel on the Gent-Terneuzen Canal to ArcelorMittal in Gent, from Terneuzen, The Netherlands, on Dec. 29, 2025. This trial voyage is an important step in the further optimization of the North Sea Port's nautical accessibility. Jonas Roosens/BELGA MAG/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
Runners clear the water jump during the steeplechase event at Newbury Racecourse in Newbury, England, on Dec. 29, 2025. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
People play football on the beach in Rabat, Morocco, on Dec. 29, 2025 during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football tournament. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
An Afghan balloon vendor wades through traffic as he looks for customers along a busy street in Kabul, on Dec. 29, 2025. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and Syria's Central bank chief Abdul Qadir al-Hasriya (R) hold one of the country's new currency notes at the Conference Palace in the Syrian capital Damascus, on Dec. 29, 2025. Syria's central bank chief said on Dec. 25 that the country's currency would start to be replaced with a revamped version from Jan. 1, as Damascus tries to relaunch its economy after emerging from the rule of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad last year. Bakr Al-Kasem/AFP via Getty Images
Trucks are towed from the accident site in Sagamu, Nigeria, on Dec. 29, 2025. Nigerian authorities have confirmed that British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, 36, was injured in a car crash that killed two others on an expressway in Nigeria's Ogun State on Dec. 28. Joshua, who has family ties to the region, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Temiloluwa Johnson/Getty Images
An official of the Directorate General of Elections (DGE) walks past ballot boxes full of electoral materials at Dixinn's city hall in Conakry, Guinea, on Dec. 29, 2025, the day after voting in the country presidential election. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
Kevin Bickner of Team United States competes in the first run of the Men's Individual HS137 event during FIS World Cup Ski Jumping at the Four Hills Tournament at Orlen Arena in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec. 29, 2025. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Turkish gendarmerie special forces team leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants in Yalova province, Turkey. According to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash there on Dec. 29, 2025. Umit Bektas/Reuters
A man exercises near the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at a garden amid dense smog on a cold winter morning in Amritsar, India, on Dec. 29, 2025. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images
People shop at Tajrish Bazaar in the Iranian capital Tehran, on Dec. 29, 2025. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
