Christmas 2023 around the world - in pictures
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People dressed as Santa Claus row along the Grand Canal during a regatta in Venice, Italy. Reuters -
Runners dressed in Christmas costumes wait to take part in the 16th Christmas Run in Lausanne, Switzerland. AP -
Visitors take selfie photographs under Christmas decorations at a Catholic church in the village of Petrushan, Kosovo. AFP -
A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume feeds the fish at Sunshine Aquarium during preparations for the coming Christmas special event in Tokyo. AFP -
Girls skate at a rink in front of the Palais Royal in Paris. AFP -
A group poses for a picture at Covent Garden Market as people do their Christmas shopping and enjoy the decorations in London. EPA -
A vintage car passes by a Christmas decoration in central Havana, Cuba. Reuters -
People walk through Christmas-decorated central Syntagma square in Athens. Reuters -
Performers dressed up as angels walk on stilts during a Christmas angels' parade in Prague, the Czech Republic. AFP -
People attend the Gouda by Candlelight event, during which about 1,500 candles are lit, in Gouda, the Netherlands. AFP -
Christians, some wearing Santa Claus suits, participate in a Christmas celebration rally in Karachi, Pakistan. AP -
People pose for photographs under Christmas Lights decorations in Taipei, Taiwan. EPA -
Visitors stroll past a giant Christmas pyramid and Christmas ornament booths at the annual Bonn Christmas market at Muensterplatz in Bonn, Germany. Getty Images -
People talk in front of a stuffed gingerbread man at a Christmas fair installed inside the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, France. Reuters -
An image captured by a drone shows festive lighting on 100-metre-high pylons, symbolising Christmas trees, on Megyeri Bridge in Budapest, Hungary. EPA -
A firefighter dressed as Santa Claus rappels down the Belize Bridge to give toys to children in Guatemala City. Reuters -
People pass by a symbolic Christmas tree made from used artillery shells and parts of rockets transported to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from the front line. Reuters -
People walk past Christmas decorations next to a department store in Berlin. Reuters -
People take pictures of Christmas decorations outside Meralco Main Office in Pasig, Manila, the Philippines. Reuters -
People wearing Santa Claus outfits take part in a charity race to raise funds for vulnerable families, in Madrid on December 18, 2022. Reuters -
A couple walk through Zocalo square, which is decorated with Christmas lights, in Mexico City. Reuters -
People watch the 91st lighting of the Rockefeller Centre Christmas Tree in New York. Reuters -
A woman kisses a child on an estate owned by the Salaj family, which has been lit with five million Christmas lights, in Grabovnica, Croatia. Reuters -
Workers install decorations on a Christmas tree after a week of heavy snowfall in Podolsk, outside Moscow. EPA -
A woman takes photos in front of Christmas decorations in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP -
Weekend shoppers walk past Christmas-themed decorations outside an upscale shopping mall in Shanghai, China. Bloomberg -
Children in the traditional Christmas run along the streets of Vilnius, Lithuania. The festive run attracts many hundreds of people to the capital to take part. AP Photo -
The All Saints Cathedral, also known as the Stone Church, is illuminated ahead of Christmas festivities in Prayagraj, India. AFP -
An actor dressed as Santa Claus sits with children who have had organ transplants at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon air base in Rio de Janeiro. AP -
Egyptians walk past a shop displaying Christmas decorations at a street market in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters -
A little boy has his photo taken while wearing a Pikachu hat and sitting on a Santa Claus bear at Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images -
Lighting the big Christmas tree at Al Wasl dome, Expo City Dubai, to mark the festive season. Leslie Pableo for The National -
People queue for photographs at a Christmas booth at Senayan City shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA
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