Former U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speak ahead of the state funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral on January 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Ricky Carioti/Pool via REUTERS

People embrace as they evacuate following powerful winds fueling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, at the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson

Firefighters work to extinguish flames as the Eaton Fire burns in Pasadena, California, U.S. January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Mourners pray beside the bodies during the funeral of Palestinian journalists from Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel who were killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to medics with the Gaza health authorities, in the central Gaza Strip, December 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinian Ahmed Al-Louh, a video journalist for Al Jazeera TV, after he was killed in an Israeli strike on the civil emergency centre, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in the central Gaza Strip, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

A damaged picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad lies on the floor inside Qamishli international airport, in Qamishli, Syria December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

A child looks on from a vehicle at Masnaa Border Crossing, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon, December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A man holds Syrian opposition flags as he celebrates after an end to President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, in Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

A man holds a Syrian Opposition flag at Aleppo's ancient citadel, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Aleppo, Syria November 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Security force personnel fire tear gas shells to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

A man carrying his belongings leaves the area of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem