2025-12-31: Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan (© Martin Bailey/Shutterstock)
2025-12-30: St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye (© Kenan Talas/Getty Images)
2025-12-29: Black-and-white ruffed lemur in Madagascar (© Cyrielle Beaubois/Getty Images)
2025-12-28: Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota (© wanderluster/Getty Images)
2025-12-27: Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England (© Julian Elliott Photography/Getty Images)
2025-12-26: Snow globes at a Christmas market in Heidelberg, Germany (© George Pachantouris/Getty Images)
2025-12-25: Snowy chapel with Christmas tree in the Bavarian Alps, Germany (© mauritius images GmbH/Alamy)
2025-12-24: Reindeer during winter snowfall, Lapland, Finland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)
2025-12-23: 'The Nutcracker' performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara, Türkiye (© Anadolu/Getty Images)
2025-12-22: Dawn light through frosty trees, Sweden (© Schon/Getty Images)
2025-12-21: Christmas star lanterns, Germany (© artas/Getty Images)
2025-12-20: Snow-covered landscape at Bormio, Lombardy, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)
2025-12-19: Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (© Austin Cronnelly/TANDEM Stills + Motion)
2025-12-18: Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England (© Michael_Conrad/Getty Images)
2025-12-17: Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market (© Veronika Seppanen/Shutterstock)
2025-12-16: Lights on Spiegelgracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)
2025-12-15: Tufted titmouse perched on pine boughs, Massachusetts (© Tim Laman/NPL/Minden Pictures)
2025-12-14: Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California (© Ron and Patty Thomas/Getty Images)
2025-12-13: Spotted poinsettia (© DigiPub/Getty Images)
2025-12-12: Summit of Mount Everest at sunset, seen from Renjo La, Nepal (© shoults/Alamy)
2025-12-11: Interior of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain (© Elena Zolotova/Getty Images)
2025-12-10: Guanaco in Punta Norte, Argentina (© Sylvain Cordier/naturepl.com)
2025-12-09: Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)
2025-12-08: USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii (© Jessica O. Blackwell/APFootage/Alamy)
2025-12-07: Spider webs in Everglades National Park, Florida (© Troy Harrison/Getty Images)
2025-12-06: Maya site of Copán, Honduras (© diegograndi/Getty Images)
2025-12-05: Cheetah in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok, Kenya (© Andy Rouse/naturepl.com)
2025-12-04: Sandhill cranes at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (© Jack Dykinga/Minden Pictures)
2025-12-03: Willow Lake and Mount Blackburn, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska (© Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)
2025-12-02: Natural arch carved in an iceberg, Antarctica (© Gabrielle/Adobe Stock)
2025-12-01: Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany (© Krzysztof Baranowski/Getty Images)