Christmas celebrations across the world - in pictures
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A scuba-driving 'Santa Claus' clutches a Christmas cake at an aquarium in Tokyo. EPA -
Pope Francis waves to the gathered faithful following his Christmas blessing in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. AFP -
Britain's Queen Elizabeth records her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle, next to a photograph of her with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. Reuters -
An emergency room nurse takes a break while working on Christmas day at a hospital in Marseille, southern France, amid a surge in Omicron cases. AP Photo -
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden hold a virtual Christmas meeting with servicemen and women around the world, at the White House. AP Photo -
Choristers from Truro Cathedral Choir in England light candles after performing during the Christmas Day morning service. Getty Images -
A couple pose for a photo in front of a giant Christmas tree at the West Kowloon cultural district in Hong Kong. AFP -
Worshippers pray at Sacred Heart Shrine Church to celebrate Christmas in Chennai, India. AFP -
People attend a Christmas service at Saint Andrew's Church in Karachi. AFP -
A Christmas service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images -
A woman holds her child as she lights a candle during a Christmas Eve service at Dawson Springs First Baptist church in, Kentucky, US. Getty -
Members of Mayfield First Presbyterian Church and Mayfield First Christian Church gather in an empty lot between their destroyed churches for a joint Christmas Eve service in Mayfield, Kentucky. A tornado devastated the community about two weeks ago. AP -
Santa Claus and Mrs Claus hand out gifts at a Christmas lunch in Sydney, Australia. EPA -
People eat a Christmas dinner of donated food at a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Reuters -
A Christmas Mass is held in a destroyed church in Alegria, in the Philippines, more than a week after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the area. AFP -
Christians attend the Christmas Eve vigil Mass at the Legio Maria African Mission in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters -
Most Rev Samuel J Aquila, archbishop of the archdiocese of Denver, heads down the aisle to say Christmas Eve Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver, Colorado. AP -
Christians during the pastoral Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wojciech Polak, in Gniezno, Poland. EPA -
The Christmas tree at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh is illuminated at dawn on Christmas Eve. AP -
Steely Vanlue, dressed as Mrs. Claus, and Troy Black, dressed as Santa Claus, pass by a destroyed home in Dawson Srpings, Kentucky, on Christmas Eve after tornadoes ripped through several US states. Reuters -
Children perform at the Mother Teresa Cathedral during the midnight Mass in Pristina, Kosovo. AFP -
Bell ringers inside the bell tower of St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle during midnight Mass. EPA -
People walk through an illuminated street in Tokyo on Christmas Eve. AP -
Nursing home residents and staff members dance together during the residents' Christmas party at Crown Heights Centre for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Brooklyn, New York. AFP -
A Christmas dinner of donated food is prepared for migrants at a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Reuters -
Worshipers attend the Christmas Eve midnight Mass at The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Ragama suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA
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