December 27, 2025, Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian air defenses engage Russian drones attacking Kyiv during large-scale attack. Russian Forces have been targeting critical infrastructure across Ukraine, with electricity outages being reported in Kyiv as a result of the attack. Up to 15 Shahed-type loitering munitions reportedly flew toward Kyiv, with multiple ballistic missiles making impact in the early morning hours. Kyiv Oblast Governor Kalashnyk has reported that critical infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged during strikes with one injured.

December 27, Moscow, Russia, 2025: Russia’s President VLADIMIR PUTIN delivers a televised national address marking Rescuer’s Day, a professional holiday honoring emergency responders and civil defense personnel, in Moscow.

- 26 December 2025, Brandenburg, Neuhausen: Small ice structures have formed on the banks of the Spremberg dam after two very cold nights. It will get warmer again over the next few days - temperatures will reach just above freezing point during the day.

December 26, 2025, Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the goth band 'The Cure,' has died. He was 65. FILE PHOTO TAKEN ON: December 3, 2023, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil: PERRY BAMONTE, guitarist with The Cure band performs during Primavera Sound at the Interlagos racetrack. Perry Bamonte died this Friday, 12/26, at the age of 65.

December 23, 2025, Milan, Italy: BELEN RODRIGUEZ performs on the Rai 1 TV show 'Christmas Dinner.'

CHRIS REA (March 1951 - December 22, 2025) was an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea recorded 25 studio albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea died in hospital after a short illness, aged 74. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: March 9, 2006, Moscow, Russia: British singer and guitarist CHRIS REA is pictured prior to a live on air interview on Silver Rain Radio.

December 26, 2025, Dallas Texas, USA: UTSA QB OWEN MCCOWN (2) falls forward as he's tackled during the 2025 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl football game between the UTSA Roadrunners and the FIU Panthers at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas.

December 26, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States: United States forward WILL ZELLERS (12) celebrates after scoring a goal. The United States and Germany faced off in the opening round of the IIHF World Junior Championship in Minneapolis. The United States were victorious 6-3.

December 26, 2025, Phoneix, Arizona, USA: New Mexico Lobos tight end DORIAN THOMAS (7) completes a catch and is tackled by Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive back KOI PERICH (3) during the Rate Bowl game between New Mexico Lobos and Minnesota Golden Gophers at Chase Field in Phoneix.

December 23, 2025, New York, New York, USA: The masked ICE agents and federal officers making detainments of migrants after court hearings at the Jacob Javits Federal building during President Trump's controversial immigration reform policies amid a mass deportation effort in New York, NY from June-December, 2025. (PHOTOS ARE NOT POSED). In balaclavas and sunglasses, they spend most of their days waiting against walls with papers bearing photos of their 'target.' A few in supervisory roles are unmasked but most agents say the masks save them from doxing and protect their families from the animosity towards them in society. Critics believe masks are intimidating and further traumatize children witnessing detainments of their parents, and that they should be required to show their identity and be held accountable the same as police officers. Legal efforts to unmask them are ongoing. There is a vast political divide in America. Some protest, decrying a lack of due process with echoes of Nazi Germany and a slippery slide into fascism. Others applaud. And daily, detentions continue.

ICE agents say the masks save them from doxing and protect their families from the animosity towards them in society. Critics believe masks are intimidating and further traumatize children witnessing detainments of their parents, and that they should be required to show their identity and be held accountable the same as police officers. Legal efforts to unmask them are ongoing. There is a vast political divide in America. Some protest, decrying a lack of due process with echoes of Nazi Germany and a slippery slide into fascism. Others applaud.

November 20, 2025, Rancho Cordova, California, USA: Michelle Glass holds the hand of her 2-month-old son, ANDREW JAMES GLASS, on a changing table as he smiles at his handmade birth announcement plaque, in Rancho Cordova. Andrew was named after his uncle, Andrew James Mathew Pringle, who died in 2023 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont.