U.S. Vice President JD Vance exits Marine One before boarding Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Dec. 16, 2025. Vance is flying to Pennsylvania, where he is expected to make remarks on the economy later in the day. Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images
Farmers stand next to a fire as they block the A63 motorway at the Cestas interchange in Gironde, France, on Dec. 16, 2025. French farmers have been protesting against the government's mandatory culling protocol for cattle herds affected by lumpy skin disease, a viral disease first detected in France in June 2025 that has led to the slaughter of over 3,000 cattle involved in more than 110 outbreaks nationwide. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images
Indonesian Army soldiers remove mud at the Regional Hospital in Aceh Tamiang, Northern Sumatra, on Dec. 16, 2025, following a flash flood several weeks ago. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
Singapore's Raphael Juan Kang Tan (L) and Thailand's Notethakod Wangpaisit (R) compete in the men's individual foil final during the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at Fashion Island mall in Bangkok on Dec. 16, 2025. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images
Floral tributes and candles are placed at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 16, 2025. Police say at least 15 people and one suspected gunman were killed and more than a dozen others injured when two attackers opened fire near a Hanukkah celebration at the world-famous beach, in what authorities have declared a terrorist incident. Audrey Richardson/Getty Images
Employees work on a car during a media tour of the Nissan Leaf electric car production line, at the Nissan factory in Sunderland, England, on Dec. 16, 2025. Scott Heppell/AFP via Getty Images
A tour guide explains individual punishment cells, known as “Emakhulukuthu,” to some visitors at Constitution Hill on South Africa's Reconciliation Day in Johannesburg on Dec. 16, 2025. Camilla Richetti/AFP via Getty Images
Fighter jets fly in Christmas tree formation over Copenhagen and the Oeresund region, Denmark, on Dec. 16, 2025. Swedish Gripen fighter jets as well as Danish F-16 and F-35 fighter jets participate in Tuesday's flight, according to the Ministry of Defense. The Christmas tree formation of fighter jets is a Swedish tradition that has been extended to several Nordic countries with Sweden's entry into NATO. Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
Thailand's team competes in the gold medal match of the women's tug of war event against Vietnam during the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at the Central Westgate mall in Bangkok on Dec. 16, 2025. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images
People walk in the Old City of Jerusalem on Dec. 16, 2025. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
Workers at W&R Logan pick some of the 100 million sprouts they harvested for the Christmas period in Dunbar, Scotland, on Dec. 16, 2025. Brussels sprouts, a Christmas dinner menu staple in the UK, are the third-generation vegetable farm's main crop, raising over 210 hectares' (519 acres) worth of sprouts each year. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A firefighter looks at a damaged residential building following an air attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Dec. 16, 2025. (Darya Nazarova (STR Zaporizhzhia)/AFP via Getty Images)
Divers clad in Santa Claus and assistant outfits perform during a Christmas-themed underwater show at Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 16, 2025. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
Bollywood actors Varun Dhawan (R), Ahan Shetty (2R), and Sunny Deol (3R) attend the teaser launch of their Indian Hindi-language epic war film “Border 2” in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 16, 2025. Sujit Jaiswal/AFP via Getty Images
Ecstasy (MDMA) pills are shown hidden in a microwave seized by customs officers at Brussels Airport during a press conference intended to present an overview of drug seizures in 2025, in Machelen, Belgium, on Dec. 16, 2025. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey Read of Team Canada trains during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training in Val Gardena, Italy, on Dec. 16, 2025. Dario Belingheri/Getty Images
Sarah Hymas (L) and Margie Barbour, pose in period costume outside Jane Austen's House in Alton, England, on Dec. 16, 2025. Famed author Austen's 250th birthday is celebrated on Dec. 16 at her Hampshire home and birthplace. Among Austen's best-known novels are “Pride and Prejudice,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Mansfield Park,” “Emma,” and “Persuasion,” selling over 30 million copies worldwide. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius sits inside of a Sea Tiger Sea Tiger shipboard helicopter NH-90 MRFH after it landed in the courtyard of the Defense ministry prior to a handing over ceremony of the first of these helicopters to the German Navy in Berlin on Dec. 16, 2025. The Sea Tiger is a high-performance and versatile shipborne helicopter, developed for national and alliance defense. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
A video shows a blue whale swimming by as visitors look at an immersive presentation of Antarctica and the scientific expeditions of the Alfred Wegener Institute at the “Polar Experience” exhibition at the Arena venue in Berlin on Dec. 16, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Workers use an excavator, mounted on a barge, to chip away the slab of a car park and uncover the Vilaine river, in the city center of Rennes, France, on Dec. 16, 2025. Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images
A woman looks at a Santa Claus decoration at a shop selling Christmas decorations in Istanbul on Dec. 16, 2025. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Paratroopers take part in an aerial display during celebrations to mark Bangladesh's Victory Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 16, 2025. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images
An elderly woman basking in the sun sits at the entrance of her house in a lane in Varanasi, India, on Dec. 16, 2025. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a meeting with Netherlands' King at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on Dec. 16, 2025. Zelenskyy is in The Hague for a conference discussing compensation for Ukraine for the consequences of the Russian invasion. Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
A photo shows ancient Roman findings displayed inside of the metro station Colosseo, on the sidelines of the openings to the public of the Colosseo and Porta Metronia new Metro stations, designed as museums to showcase the archaeological findings uncovered during their construction, in Rome on Dec. 16, 2025. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images
A Generali tethered hot air balloon floats above the urban park Parc Andre Citroen, with trees, lawns and residential buildings in the background in the 15th arrondissement of Paris on Dec. 16, 2025. The scene shows the Generali tethered balloon, serving as a tourist attraction and air quality awareness tool, rising above green spaces and pools with the urban architecture visible around. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
Commuters board a bus along a flyover amid a metro corridor construction in Bengaluru, India, on Dec. 16, 2025. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett speaks with reporters outside of the West Wing at the White House in Washington on Dec. 16, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
People drive miniature cars in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
