Photos this week: December 26, 2024-January 2, 2025 - CNN

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Law enforcement officials work on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, where there was an attack earlier in the day on Wednesday, January 1. Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

Aisha Rana Zhafirah reacts while visiting the Ulee Lheue mass grave, where many victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are buried in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Thursday, December 26. The tsunami was one of the deadliest disasters in modern recorded history, killing an estimated 230,000 people. Willy Kurniawan/Reuters

People watch New Year’s fireworks at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia. See more celebrations from around the world. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

Texas wide receiver Freddie Dubose celebrates after the Longhorns defeated Arizona State in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Wednesday, January 1. Texas won 39-31 in double overtime to advance to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Firefighters and rescue personnel carry a victim’s body after a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday, December 29. Just two of the 181 people on board the plane survived. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

An elephant is photographed in Maruleng, South Africa, on Saturday, December 28. Jacopo Raule/Getty Images

Mourners visit a bust of former US President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Sunday, December 29. Carter died that day at the age of 100. Dustin Chambers/The New York Times/Redux

A destroyed part of Gaza City is seen from southern Israel on Thursday, January 2. The population in Gaza dropped by 6% in 2024, according to a new report, as Israel’s war against Hamas took a heavy toll on the Palestinian enclave’s demographics. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said in a report released Tuesday that about 100,000 Palestinians have left Gaza since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, in addition to at least 45,553 who were killed in Israeli attacks in the strip, according to official figures by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Tsafrir Abayov/AP

People pray inside coffins at a temple in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Wednesday, January 1. The ritual is to get rid of bad luck and be reborn for a fresh start in the new year. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

People collect metal sheets at a landfill in Tsountsou, on the French island of Mayotte, on Thursday, December 26. The Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by Cyclone Chido. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP/Getty Images

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A folk artist shakes iron nets with hot charcoals to create sparks during a performance in Nanjing, China, on Saturday, December 28. VCG/Getty Images

Children look out from a vehicle in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, December 28. In early December, rebel fighters in Syria swept through the country’s major cities and toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Assad fled to Russia after his family ruled Syria for half a century. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips celebrates with fans after an interception against the New York Jets on Sunday, December 29. The Bills won 40-14. Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images

Workers prepare scaffolding ahead of a New Year’s event in Beijing on Friday, December 27. Ng Han Guan/AP

Revelers participate in the Els Enfarinats festival in Ibi, Spain, on Saturday, December 28. Every year, festivalgoers wear mock military dress and have a food fight with flour, eggs and fireworks. Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images

Children play with fireworks at the Bureij camp for displaced Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, December 30. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

US President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Sunday, December 29. Biden has called Carter a “dear friend” and an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian.” Susan Walsh/AP

Fans of the tabletop football game Subbuteo play on handmade tables inside Stephen Morton’s house in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, on Sunday, December 29. Morton opens his house every year for Subbuteo enthusiasts to play on his elaborate tables. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Finnish ski jumper Antti Aalto competes at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Saturday, December 28. Tom Weller/VOIGT/Getty Images

Women fight at the annual Takanakuy festival in Llique, Peru, on Thursday, December 26. Takanakuy means to "hit each other" in Quechua, and the fighting is meant to resolve conflicts and strengthen relationships. Oswald Charca/Reuters

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Cars drive to the top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, January 2. Michael Probst/AP

Imam Islam Abu Suaied prays over the bodies of two babies before their burial at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, on Sunday, December 29. One of the babies died at birth, while the other died of hypothermia. Several Palestinians, including at least five infants, have died in recent days due to severe cold weather. The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Tuesday that “more babies will likely die” in the coming days. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Ring-tailed lemurs huddle together at the Exzootic Indoor Zoo in Kuwait City on Sunday, December 29. Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dunks the ball during an NBA game against the Indiana Pacers on Friday, December 27. Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty Images

A Ukrainian serviceman is hugged on Monday, December 30, after he returned from captivity following a prisoner-of-war swap between Ukraine and Russia. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Stefanos Tsitsipas serves the ball during a singles match at the United Cup in Perth, Australia, on Monday, December 30. Paul Kane/Getty Images

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, December 29. It was the fifth night of the Hanukkah holiday. Matias Delacroix/AP

Georgia's outgoing president, Salome Zurabishvili, is greeted during a meeting ahead of President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili's inauguration in Tbilisi on Sunday, December 29. Zourabichvili is a pro-Western opponent of the ruling party. Kavelashvili is a hardline critic of the West. Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP/Getty Images

In this image, taken from a social media video, a Tesla Cybertruck is on fire after exploding outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January 1. Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in a news conference Thursday that the driver shot himself in the head prior to the blast that injured seven people outside the hotel. Alcides Antunes/Reuters

A man rows his boat across the Ganges River on a cold winter morning in Varanasi, India, on Friday, December 27. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP/Getty Images