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A man dressed as Santa Claus takes a selfie in front of a Christmas tree in Gaza City. Reuters -
A shopper walks past a store selling Christmas decorations in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters -
People dressed as Santa Claus walk in Damascus' central neighbourhood of Qassaa in Syria. AFP -
Children play outside their home in al-Hamdaniya, Iraq. Reuters -
Women carry photos of the two murdered Scandinavian university students during a candlelight vigil outside the Danish embassy in Rabat, Morocco. AP Photo -
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, right, inaugurates a military agricultural project in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters -
Construction workers talk in front of a statue of Ramses II at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. AP Photo -
Refugees hold their children as they sit in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo -
A Syrian refugee looks through a window as she holds her daughter in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo -
Syrian refugee Itihad Sayed weeps during an interview at her home in Ouzai refugee compound, in Sidon, Lebanon. AP Photo
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