24 December 2022

Local people buy and sell food ahead of Christmas and the New Year festivities in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo

A woman walks past an armoured vehicle of pro-Russian troops in front of the destroyed theatre in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters

Workers demolish a multi-story apartment block which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters

Lamp poles in the shape of doves in front of a heavily-damaged apartment building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters

The dome of an Orthodox church seen behind a destroyed building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters