2024-12-31: Tasmanian snow gum and pandani plants near Lake Dobson, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia (© Whitworth Images/Getty Images)
2024-12-30: Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia (© Robertharding/Shutterstock)
2024-12-29: A green sea turtle swims in the Pacific Ocean near the French special collectivity of New Caledonia (© Damsea/Shutterstock)
2024-12-28: Lake Bled, Slovenia (© Kesu01/Getty Images)
2024-12-27: Christmas lights at Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall, England (© ianwool/Getty Images)
2024-12-26: Svalbard reindeer in Van Mijenfjorden NP, Norway (© Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
2024-12-25: Christmas market scene in Germany (© Cyril Gosselin/Getty Images)
2024-12-24: Red-crowned cranes in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (© Wirestock, Inc./Alamy)
2024-12-23: Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California (© SamAntonioPhotography/Getty Images)
2024-12-22: Loisach River at Lake Kochelsee, Bavaria, Germany (© Christian Back/eStock Photo)
2024-12-21: Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland (© Smelov/Shutterstock)
2024-12-20: Christmas market in Sibiu, Romania (© Calin Stan/Alamy)
2024-12-19: English National Ballet performing 'The Nutcracker' (© Caroline Holden/Alamy)
2024-12-18: Traditional red fishermen's cabins on the shore of Reinefjorden, Norway (© Pilat666/Getty Images)
2024-12-17: Salzburg, Austria (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)
2024-12-16: Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)
2024-12-15: Northern hawk-owl, Canada (© pchoui/Getty Images)
2024-12-14: Christmas market, St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Hungary (© Calin Stan/Shutterstock)
2024-12-13: Wild poinsettia (aka Christmas flower) (© David Hosking/NPL/Minden Pictures)
2024-12-12: Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Sexten Dolomites, Italy (© Daniel Maran/Getty Images)
2024-12-11: The Cornish Coast Path covered in snow, Land's End, Cornwall, England (© Josef FitzGerald-Patrick/Getty Images)
2024-12-10: Guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (© Floris van Breugel/NPL/Minden Pictures)
2024-12-09: Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France (© Julien Fromentin/Getty Images)
2024-12-08: Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, New Haven, Connecticut (© Enzo Figueres/Getty Images)
2024-12-07: Old Town in Helsinki, Finland (© Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)
2024-12-06: Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California (© Susanna Patras/TANDEM Stills + Motion)
2024-12-05: Male white rhinoceroses, Lake Nakuru, Kenya (© Ingo Arndt/Minden Pictures)
2024-12-04: Sattais Katcheri (Court of 27 Pillars), Amber Fort, Rajasthan, India (© Yury Taranik/Shutterstock)
2024-12-03: Female moose, Denali National Park, Alaska (© Cavan Images/Alamy)
2024-12-02: Icebergs, Antarctica (© Art Wolfe/DanitaDelimont.com)
2024-12-01: Kilchurn Castle reflected in Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (© Tom Mackie/plainpicture)