December 7, 2024, Berlin, Germany: Syrians gather in the Neukuelln district with flags in front of the Damascus bakery to celebrate the rebels' advance on Damascus. Insurgents are rapidly taking control of cities and entire regions in Syria.

December 7, 2024, Paris, France: French Prime Minister MICHEL BARNIER, who is to resign after parliament's no-confidence vote, attends the welcome ceremony at official reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April 2019 fire.

December 7, 2024, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon: FATIMA KABARA gestures as she holds the picture of her brother Mohammad who was kidnapped in 1985 in Beirut while attending a press conference for the committee of Families of Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon. The committee said news from Syrian military opposition has sparked both hope and anxiety among the families of the missing, particularly those believed to still be held in Syrian prisons since the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). The committee said they have been unable to verify the identities of those released by the opposition from Hama Prison, except for one individual. The committee further highlighted the likelihood that other Lebanese detainees could also be among those released. Hundreds of Lebanese are believed to be held in Syrian prisons.

December 6, 2024, Vancouver, Canada: Singer Taylor Swift performs during the 'Eras Tour' concert, in Vancouver.

December 7, 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Actor TERRY CREWS is posing on a track after the qualifying session ahead of Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.

December 6, 2024, Beverly Hills, California, USA: English actress ANNABELLE WALLIS at the 38th American Cinematheque Awards at Beverly Hilton Hotel.

- 07 December 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/M.: Soccer: Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Augsburg, Matchday 13, Deutsche Bank Park. Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush tries to get the ball.

December 7, 2024, Brentford, London, United Kingdom: SEPP VAN DEN BERG of Brentford challenges HARVEY BARNES of Newcastle United along the line during Premier League Football, Brentford versus Newcastle United at Gtech Community Stadium.

December 7, 2024, Kedzierzyn Kozle, Lower Silesia, Poland: DAVID SMITH, IGOR GROBELNY and AYMEN BOUGUERRA during a match of the PlusLiga between Zaksa Kedzierzyn Kozle 3-1 GKS Katowice.

November 20, 2024, Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine: Children in cadets's uniforms gather at an academy in Kyiv to honor the children killed since the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

November 20, 2024, Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine: Children gather at an academy in Kyiv, for a candle vigil to honor the children killed since the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. 659 children have died in the war to date.

November 19, 2024, Al-Nayrab, Syria: ISMAIL AL-RIYA showing a picture on a mobile phone of an Syrian military FPV drone loaded with live ammunition before it was dismantled.