A demonstrator holds up a gold painted bust of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad with donkey ears as members of the Syrian community rally on December 8, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that a UN envoy called "a watershed moment" for the nation marred by civil war. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)