New Year's Eve fireworks in Toronto (© LeoPatrizi/Getty Images)

Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan (© Martin Bailey/Shutterstock)

St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye (© Kenan Talas/Getty Images)

Black-and-white ruffed lemur in Madagascar (© Cyrielle Beaubois/Getty Images)

Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States (© wanderluster/Getty Images)

Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England (© Julian Elliott Photography/Getty Images)

Christmas trees in Old Quebec (© Jean Surprenant/Getty Images)

Snowy chapel with Christmas tree in the Bavarian Alps, Germany (© mauritius images GmbH/Alamy)

Reindeer during winter snowfall, Lapland, Finland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

'The Nutcracker' performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara, Türkiye (© Anadolu/Getty Images)

Dawn light through frosty trees, Sweden (© Schon/Getty Images)

Paper Christmas star lanterns, Germany (© artas/Getty Images)

Snow-covered landscape at Bormio, Lombardy, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

Temple of the Sun, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States (© Austin Cronnelly/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England (© Michael_Conrad/Getty Images)

Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market (© Veronika Seppanen/Shutterstock)

Light decorations on Spiegelgracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

Tufted titmouse perched on pine boughs, Massachusetts, United States (© Tim Laman/NPL/Minden Pictures)

Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, United States (© Ron and Patty Thomas/Getty Images)

Illuminated Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Vancouver, British Columbia (© Brian Caissie/Getty Images)

The summit of Mount Everest at sunset, seen from Renjo La, Nepal (© shoults/Alamy)

Interior of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain (© Elena Zolotova/Getty Images)

Guanaco, Punta Norte, Valdés Peninsula, Argentina (© Sylvain Cordier/naturepl.com)

Christmas lights on buildings of Domaso, Lake Como, Italy (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

A pine forest in Alsace, France (© alekseystemmer/Getty Images)

Spider webs in Everglades National Park, Florida, United States (© Troy Harrison/Getty Images)

Maya site of Copán, Honduras (© diegograndi/Getty Images)

Cheetah in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok, Kenya (© Andy Rouse/naturepl.com)

Sandhill cranes at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, United States (© Jack Dykinga/Minden Pictures)

Whistler, British Columbia (© VisualCommunications/Getty Images)

Natural arch carved in an iceberg, Antarctica (© Gabrielle/Adobe Stock)