The Big Exhibition is an annual event that is celebrating the opening of the Summer Season, with the purpose of providing exposure and recognition to a host of incredible artists and photographers not only from Israel, but across the globe.

Devastating forest fires in the area haven't kept Haifa, Israel, from being able to put up a massive Christmas tree in the center of town. It helps, of course, that the tree is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles -- 5,480 of them.