First lady Melania Trump delivers remarks during a Toys for Tots Charity Drive at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 8, 2025. Trump delivered remarks to military families and helped children make Christmas cards and toys. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
A mahout riding a Sumatran elephant helps clear tree debris following flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 8, 2025. Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 following weeks of heavy rain. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
A woman wearing a head scarf gathers with others to celebrate a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus on Dec. 8, 2025. President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Dec. 8 urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country as they marked a year since the ousting of al-Assad. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images
Prehistoric cultural artifacts, seized by French customs, displayed during the handover to Mongolian authorities at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance building in Paris on Dec. 8, 2025. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bids farewell as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and French President Emmanuel Macron depart following a meeting at Downing Street in London on Dec. 8, 2025. Macron and Merz join Zelenskyy for a summit on the progress of peace talks hosted by Starmer. Carl Court/Getty Images
Smoke from bushfires burning on the outskirts of Sydney hangs above Sydney Harbour on Dec. 8, 2025. Dozens of bushfires burned along Australia's eastern seaboard on Dec. 6, destroying several houses as a blistering heatwave set in. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
Members of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden's care team under the direction of the director general, veterinarian Endre Sos (background, L) hold a 3-month-old tiger that was seized by the police to examine and vaccinate the animal at the zoo's clinic in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 8, 2025. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 laureate American Jordanian chemist Omar M. Yaghi gives a Nobel Prize Lecture in chemistry at the Aula Magna at Stockholm University in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2025. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images
A motorist drives his motorbike past the Amazon statue in Cotonou, Benin, on Dec. 8, 2025. Benin's president said the “situation is completely under control” in his country after the government thwarted an attempted coup thanks to loyalist soldiers with support from Nigerian forces. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images
A performer dressed as Santa Claus greets visitors as he rides his sleigh with reindeers over a traditional Christmas market in Berlin on Dec. 8, 2025. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
A local artisan weaves a Kashmiri Pashmina shawl on a traditional handloom in Srinagar, India, on Dec. 8, 2025. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
The Kairos oil tanker, a Gambian-flagged vessel believed to be part of Russia's shadow fleet, remains anchored in Ahtopol, Bulgaria, on Dec. 8, 2025. Last week, the ship was sailing from Egypt toward the Russian port of Novorossiysk when it caught fire after an alleged attack by Ukrainian naval drones. Hristo Rusev/Getty Images
Workers sweep a road engulfed in smog in Lahore, Pakistan, on Dec. 8, 2025. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
Bookshelves and documents that fell during an earthquake at Kyodo News' Hakodate bureau in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, on Dec. 8, 2025. Kyodo/via Reuters
Children are pushed in mini cars down the lane as “Lando Lane” signage is unveiled at Clarks Village after Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren won the F1 World Drivers Championship in Street, England, on Dec. 8, 2025. Harry Trump/Getty Images
Schoolchildren arrive at the local governor's office in Minna, Nigeria, on Dec. 8, 2025. Around 100 schoolchildren who were abducted from a Catholic school last month by armed men have arrived at the government headquarters in Minna, the capital of Niger State, Nigeria, according to AFP. However, the fate of the 165 others abducted with them remains unknown. Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, accompanied by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Dec. 8, 2025. The U.S. State Department is hosting the 35th Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
A vegetable vendor sorts cauliflowers as he waits for customers at the KR Market in Bengaluru, India, on Dec. 8, 2025. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), is seen in the background past the Tokyo cityscape, on Dec. 8, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 8, 2025. Alexander Miridonov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Golden Retrievers and their owners participate in a meetup seeking to break the world record for the largest gathering of the breed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 8, 2025. Reuters/Agustin Marcarian
