December 2024, day by day.

Female moose, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA (© Cavan Images/Alamy Stock Photo)

2024-12-01

Sattais Katcheri (Court of 27 pillars), Amber Fort, Rajasthan, India (© Yury Taranik/Shutterstock)

2024-12-02

Indian Navy soldiers in front of the Gateway of India, Mumbai (© Danish Siddiqui/REUTERS)

2024-12-03

Tufa formation on Mono Lake, California, USA (© Susanna Patras/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

2024-12-04

Old Town in Helsinki, Finland (© Oleksiy Mark/Shutterstock)

2024-12-05

Jahangir Mahal inside the Orchha Fort complex, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh (© Mukul Banerjee Photography/Getty Images)

2024-12-06

Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, New Haven, Connecticut (© Enzo Figueres/Getty Images)

2024-12-07

Arraial do Cabo in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (© Derson Santana/Shutterstock)

2024-12-07

Lake Ontario in the winter season, Toronto (© Brendan Riley/Shutterstock)

2024-12-07

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France (© Julien Fromentin/Getty Images)

2024-12-07

Two Guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (© Floris van Breugel/NPL/Minden Pictures)

2024-12-08

Corals and the lagoon of Mo'orea in French Polynesia (© bru_greg/Getty Images)

2024-12-08

The Cornish Coast Path covered in snow, Land's End, Cornwall, England (© Josef FitzGerald-Patrick/Getty Images)

2024-12-09

Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy (© Daniel Maran/Getty Images)

2024-12-10

Poinsettia or Christmas flower (© David Hosking/NPL/Minden Pictures)

2024-12-11

Christmas market, St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Hungary (© Calin Stan/Shutterstock)

2024-12-12

Northern hawk-owl, Canada (© pchoui/Getty Images)

2024-12-13

Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)

2024-12-14

Salzburg, Austria (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)

2024-12-15

Traditional red fishermen's cabins on the shore of Reinefjorden, Norway (© Pilat666/Getty Images)

2024-12-16

English National Ballet performing 'The Nutcracker' (© Caroline Holden/Alamy Stock Photo)

2024-12-17

Sibiu Christmas Market, Romania (© Calin Stan/Alamy Stock Photo)

2024-12-18

Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland (© Smelov/Shutterstock)

2024-12-19

Halo around the sun, Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany (© Martin Ruegner/Getty Images)

2024-12-20

Loisach River at Lake Kochelsee, Bavaria, Germany (© Christian Back/eStock Photo)

2024-12-21

Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California (© SamAntonioPhotography/Getty Images)

2024-12-21

Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh (© Dinodia Photo/Getty Images)

2024-12-22

Two red-crowned cranes in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (© Wirestock, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo)

2024-12-23

Christmas market scene in Germany (© Cyril Gosselin/Getty Images)

2024-12-23

Half-timbered Houses of Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (© Thorsten Frisch/Shutterstock)

2024-12-24

Svalbard reindeer in Van Mijenfjorden NP, Norway (© Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

2024-12-24

Christmas trees with the Three Sisters mountain in the background, Canmore, Alberta (© Nick Fitzhardinge/Moment/Getty Images)

2024-12-25

Lakes of Covadonga, Asturias, Spain (© Carlos Fernandez/Getty Images)

2024-12-25

Christmas lights at Mousehole harbour, Cornwall, England (© ianwool/Getty Images)

2024-12-25

Gastown steam clock in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (© J Duquette/iStock/Getty Images)

2024-12-26

Lake Bled, Slovenia (© Kesu01/Getty Images)

2024-12-26

Dudhsagar Falls, Goa (© Basavaraj s y/Shutterstock)

2024-12-27

A green sea turtle swims in the Pacific Ocean near the French special collectivity of New Caledonia (© Damsea/Shutterstock)

2024-12-28

Borobudur temple, Java, Indonesia (© Robertharding/Shutterstock)

2024-12-28

Tasmanian snow gum and pandani plants near Lake Dobson, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia (© Whitworth Images/Getty Images)

2024-12-29

New Year's Eve fireworks over Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (© Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

2024-12-30

Fireworks over Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada (© naibank/Getty Images)

2024-12-31

Polar bears at play in the Arctic (© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock)

2024-12-31