Diving Chess Competition, celebrating in Damascus, and more from the world

A man extends his arms in front of a screen showing a picture of the sun in the La Carlota convention center during the inauguration of a space-themed children's exhibition on the solar system, in Caracas, Venezuela December 5, 2025

A drone view shows traffic in the curves of the Julierpass road, in Surses, near Saint-Moritz, Switzerland, December 8, 2025.

A youth carries a bag of flatbread as he walks along a street in the old city of Jerusalem on December 5, 2025.

Unitree G1 humanoid robot spars with a human at the TechShare booth in the International Robot Exhibition 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2025.

Chess - Grand Masters compete in Diving Chess Competition - Silo Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa - December 4, 2025 Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in action against Hans Niemann of the U.S.

Newly graduated soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) Regiment attend a passing out parade at a training center on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

An aerial view of the Colosseum, in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

People holding Syrian flags watch paragliders as they celebrate a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2025.

A youth sits on the rubble of a destroyed building as the Cold Moon, the last supermoon of the year, rises over the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 4, 2025.

A giant panda plays in a tree during a visit by Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Chengdu research base for giant panda breeding, on the day French President Emmanuel Macron visits in China December 5