December 28, 2025, Konigswinter, Germany: Drachenburg Castle, overlooking fog in the Rhine Valley in the background, seen from Petersberg.

December 28, 2025, Skopje, North Macedonia: People dressed as Santa Claus participate in the traditional Santa race.

December 28, 2025, Northern District, Israel: Following a complex development process, the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems delivered the first Iron Beam laser system to the IDF at an official ceremony held at Rafael's headquarters in northern Israel. The system, which proved its effectiveness in an extensive series of tests against various threats and successfully intercepted rockets, mortars, and UAVs, will be integrated into the IAF and incorporated into Israel's multi layered aerial defense array as a complementary capability to the Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow systems.

December 28, 2025: December 28, 2025: BRIGITTE BARDOT, the international sex goddess of cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died aged 91. Bardot's animal rights foundation announced her death in a statement to news agency Agence France-Presse on Sunday, without specifying the time or place of death. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: Jan. 1, 1960, Paris, France: The archetypal sex kitten, BRIGITTE BARDOT was the first foreign-language star ever to attain a level of international success comparable to America's most popular homegrown talents. Perhaps no other factor was more crucial to the far-reaching success of world cinema than Bardot's sultry allure.

December 27, 2025, Madrid, Madrid, Spain: GABRIEL DE LA ROSA of Shinova performs during an end-of-tour concert at the Movistar Arena in Madrid.

December 26, 2025, Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the goth band 'The Cure,' has died. He was 65. FILE PHOTO TAKEN ON: December 3, 2023, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil: PERRY BAMONTE, guitarist with The Cure band performs during Primavera Sound at the Interlagos racetrack. Perry Bamonte died this Friday, 12/26, at the age of 65.

December 28, 2025, Cremona, Italy: RASMUS HOJLUND (left) scores for Napoli against Cremonese during an Italian Serie A match at Stadio Giovanni Zini.

December 28, 2025, Sunderland, United Kingdom: Sunderland's SIMON ADINGRA scores their side's first goal of the game past Leeds United goalkeeper LUCAS PERRI during a UK Premier League match at the Stadium of Light.

December 28, 2025, Moscow, Russia: Pair skaters NATALIA KHABIBULLINA and ILYA KNYAZHUK perform in the Christmas ice gala ''Alleluia to Love'' at Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace.

December 23, 2025, New York, New York, USA: The masked ICE agents and federal officers making detainments of migrants after court hearings at the Jacob Javits Federal building during President Trump's controversial immigration reform policies amid a mass deportation effort in New York, NY from June-December, 2025. (PHOTOS ARE NOT POSED). In balaclavas and sunglasses, they spend most of their days waiting against walls with papers bearing photos of their 'target.' A few in supervisory roles are unmasked but most agents say the masks save them from doxing and protect their families from the animosity towards them in society. Critics believe masks are intimidating and further traumatize children witnessing detainments of their parents, and that they should be required to show their identity and be held accountable the same as police officers. Legal efforts to unmask them are ongoing. There is a vast political divide in America. Some protest, decrying a lack of due process with echoes of Nazi Germany and a slippery slide into fascism. Others applaud. And daily, detentions continue.

ICE agents say the masks save them from doxing and protect their families from the animosity towards them in society. Critics believe masks are intimidating and further traumatize children witnessing detainments of their parents, and that they should be required to show their identity and be held accountable the same as police officers. Legal efforts to unmask them are ongoing. There is a vast political divide in America. Some protest, decrying a lack of due process with echoes of Nazi Germany and a slippery slide into fascism. Others applaud.

November 20, 2025, Rancho Cordova, California, USA: Michelle Glass holds the hand of her 2-month-old son, ANDREW JAMES GLASS, on a changing table as he smiles at his handmade birth announcement plaque, in Rancho Cordova. Andrew was named after his uncle, Andrew James Mathew Pringle, who died in 2023 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont.