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Donald Trump at Hanukkah reception - Washington

Rabbi Levi Shemtov lights a candle on the Menorah during a Hanukkah reception with US President Donald Trump in the East Room at the White House in Washington on December 16, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany: Pro-Israel Community Gathers at Brandenburg Gate on Hanukkah Following Sydney Attack 2

Following a reported terror attack on Sunday, December 14, at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, security has been heightened for upcoming Hanukkah events in Germany. Despite the heightened alert, a public candle lighting for the first night of Hanukkah was held today at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, an event that was attended by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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Germany: Pro-Israel Community Gathers at Brandenburg Gate on Hanukkah Following Sydney Attack

Following a reported terror attack on Sunday, December 14, at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, security has been heightened for upcoming Hanukkah events in Germany. Despite the heightened alert, a public candle lighting for the first night of Hanukkah was held today at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, an event that was attended by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

From left to right: United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York), US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), US Representative Randy Fine (Republican of Florida) and US Representative Craig Goldman watch as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), center, lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

From left to right: United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York), US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), US Representative Randy Fine (Republican of Florida) and US Representative Craig Goldman watch as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), center, lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

United States Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, and US Representative Randy Fine (Republican of Florida), right, look on as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

From left to right: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson (Republican of Louisiana), US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) and US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) watch as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

United States Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), left, and US Representative Randy Fine (Republican of Florida), right, look on as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

From left to right: United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York), US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York), Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson (Republican of Louisiana), US Representative Randy Fine (Republican of Florida) and US Representative Craig Goldman watch as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), center, lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

From left to right: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson (Republican of Louisiana), US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) and US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) watch as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Capitol

United States Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat of New York) watches as Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) lights the wells of oil on the Menorah with the Shamash candle during a ceremonial Menorah lighting in the Rayburn Room of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tallinn. Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Dean Arho Tuhkru, lit the Advent candle on the Town Hall Square. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tallinn. Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Dean Arho Tuhkru, lit the Advent candle on the Town Hall Square. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tallinn. Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Dean Arho Tuhkru, lit the Advent candle on the Town Hall Square. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tartu. Mayor Urmas Klaas and Kristjan Luhamets, the pastor of Tartu St. Paul's congregation, lit the Advent candle in the traditional Christmas village at the Town Hall Square. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tartu. Mayor Urmas Klaas and Kristjan Luhamets, the pastor of Tartu St. Paul's congregation, lit the Advent candle in the traditional Christmas village at the Town Hall Square. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tallinn. Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Dean Arho Tuhkru, lit the Advent candle on the Town Hall Square. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tartu. Mayor Urmas Klaas and Kristjan Luhamets, the pastor of Tartu St. Paul's congregation, lit the Advent candle in the traditional Christmas village at the Town Hall Square. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tartu. Mayor Urmas Klaas and Kristjan Luhamets, the pastor of Tartu St. Paul's congregation, lit the Advent candle in the traditional Christmas village at the Town Hall Square. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tartu. Mayor Urmas Klaas and Kristjan Luhamets, the pastor of Tartu St. Paul's congregation, lit the Advent candle in the traditional Christmas village at the Town Hall Square. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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The first Advent

30.11.2025, Tallinn. Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski and Dean Arho Tuhkru, lit the Advent candle on the Town Hall Square. Photo: Martin Pedaja / Postimees

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko lights a candle at Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Marine Tondelier attends 13 november memorial at the Place de la Republique - Paris

Les Ecologistes Europe Ecologie Les Verts green party National Secretary Marine Tondelier, light a candle as she attends a makeshift memorial at the Place de la Republique in Paris on November 13, 2025 where a giant screen is installed to show the commemorations, during the anniversary marking a decade since the terror attacks of November 13, 2015 in which 130 civilians were killed. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marine Tondelier attends 13 november memorial at the Place de la Republique - Paris

Les Ecologistes Europe Ecologie Les Verts green party National Secretary Marine Tondelier, light a candle as she attends a makeshift memorial at the Place de la Republique in Paris on November 13, 2025 where a giant screen is installed to show the commemorations, during the anniversary marking a decade since the terror attacks of November 13, 2015 in which 130 civilians were killed. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to November 13 at Republique Square - Paris

To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, an exhibition of archive photographs has been set up on Place de la République: ‘13 November 2015, Paris remembers’. Comprising photographs taken by the city's photographers in the days following 13 November, this exhibition looks back at the outpouring of fraternity and solidarity that swept through the city in the aftermath of the attacks. Parisians are also invited to place a candle, a flower or a note at Place de la République, a symbolic place of remembrance in 2015. Paris, France on November 12, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump At Diwali Celebration - DC

President Trump lights a diya candle during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. The Kremlin sought to tamp down expectations for a quick summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump as European leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Photo by Allison Robbert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump At Diwali Celebration - DC

President Trump lights a diya candle during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. The Kremlin sought to tamp down expectations for a quick summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump as European leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Photo by Allison Robbert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump At Diwali Celebration - DC

A diya candle for a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. The Kremlin sought to tamp down expectations for a quick summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump as European leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Photo by Allison Robbert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sebastien Lecornu at Tribute Exhibition to The Victims of The October 7 Attacks - Paris

Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (C), flanked by President of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) Yonathan Arfi (R) and outgoing government's spokesperson Aurore Berg? (L), lights a candle during his visit to a memorial tent in Place des Vosges, central Paris, on October 7, 2025 hosting an exhibition paying tribute to the victims of the October 7 attacks and in support of the hostages held in the territory of Gaza. Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan. Two years ago to the day, Hamas-led militants launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country's history and sparking a huge retaliatory offensive. The October 7, 2023 assault resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Militants also took 251 people hostage in Gaza,

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Candle festival in western Japan

Candles are lit to form the Chinese character for "bloom" in the annual candle festival at Okunoin cemetery at the Kongobuji temple in Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2025.

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China: Mysterious Vertical Lights Appear Over Hainan Night Sky

This is the eerie moment that a series of glowing needle-like beams appeared vertically in the night sky, resembling glowing needles suspended from above, on June 16, 2025, in Hainan, China. The phenomenon baffled residents and lit up social media. According to eyewitnesses, the lights remained visible for about 30 minutes and appeared in vibrant, shifting colors. People nearby paused to watch the spectacle and discuss what it might be, expressing both awe and confusion.

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Vancouver Car Crash Aftermath - Canada

A woman lights a candle near the site of the festival attack in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 29, 2025. The suspect in Saturday night's deadly attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival has been charged with murder, police said Sunday. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Kai-Ji Adam Lo, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said the driver does have a significant history of interactions with police and health-care professionals related to mental health. Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass Electrical Outage - Spain

A burning candle is pictured at a grocery store during a power outage in Barcelona, Spain, April 28, 2025. A massive blackout swept across Spain and Portugal on Monday, leaving large parts of both countries without electricity and causing widespread disruption. Spain's electricity grid operator, Red Electrica, confirmed widespread power outages across the country. The company said it was working to restore electricity supplies and to analyze the causes of the blackout. "All resources are being dedicated to solving it," Red Electrica said in a post on X. Photo by Joan Gosa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A man lights a candle at a memorial site for the victims of an attack where a car drove through a crowd killing multiple people Saturday night in Vancouver, Monday April 28, 2025. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A man lights a candle at a memorial site for the victims of an attack where a car drove through a crowd killing multiple people in Vancouver on Monday April 28, 2025. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A man leaves flowers and lights a candle at a memorial for the victims of a car attack at Kensington Community Centre in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A candle is placed at a memorial for the Lapu Lapu Day block party tragedy in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A woman lights a candle at a memorial site near the location in Vancouver, Sunday April 27, 2025. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vancouver Memorial for Attack Victims - Canada

A member of the public lights a candle near the scene where a vehicle drove into crowd at a street festival Saturday evening in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to Victims After Festival Attack - Vancouver

A woman lights a candle at a memorial site near the location in Vancouver, Sunday April 27, 2025. Shock and grief rippled through Canada's Filipino community on Sunday as members struggled to come to grips with an attack at a cultural street festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people and injuring dozens more. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tribute to Victims After Festival Attack - Vancouver

A man leaves flowers and lights a candle at a memorial for the victims of a car attack at Kensington Community Centre in Vancouver, Sunday, April 27, 2025. A car drove through the crowd at a community street festival Saturday night. Photo by Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM