In pictures: Scenes of Christmas around the sector

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By Washington Post staff | Dec 25, 2023

Dec. 25

Carrying historical Ukrainian clothes, a neighborhood of singers takes segment in Christmas celebrations in Kyiv.

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Dec. 25

Greek Catholic Archbishop Eugeniusz Popowicz, second from factual, holds the morning liturgy within the Greek Catholic Cathedral in Przemysl, Poland.

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The devoted take part in nighttime Mass on the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Zakopane, Poland.

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Devotees catch to private a good time Christmas at a rehabilitated Presbyterian Church, months after attacks on Christians and churches over alleged blasphemy, in Jaranwala, Pakistan.

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Worshipers light candles all the contrivance through Christmas Day celebrations at a church in Amritsar, India.

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A Christmas Mass at a church in Lahore, Pakistan, the assign Christians are a minority.

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Dec. 25

Pope Francis offers the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican Metropolis.

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Traffic lend a hand a Christmas dinner for the needy on the church of the Parish of St. Barbara in Essen, Germany.

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Jacksons Lane Arts Heart volunteer Sara Bonfield delivers food and gifts to an isolated resident in London. The heart has been catering for community contributors on Christmas since 1975, feeding around 100 of us on the heart and delivering greater than 200 meals throughout the utter.

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Dec. 25

King Charles III and Queen Camilla, followed by, from left, Catherine, Princess of Wales; Princess Charlotte; Prince George; Prince William, Prince of Wales; Prince Louis; and cousin Mia Tindall arrive for the royal family’s historical Christmas provider at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in England.

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Young of us greet every other on the Church of North India in Ahmedabad.

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Ukrainians play trembitas all the contrivance through a Christmas birthday party end to a church within the Carpathian Mountains of Kryvorivnya, Ukraine.

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Dec. 25

People take pictures with a Pokemon-themed Christmas point out in front of the CentralWorld browsing mall in Bangkok.

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Swimmers dive into the Serpentine, a lake in London’s Hyde Park, for the annual Christmas Day bustle for the Peter Pan Cup.

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Holidaymakers journey a day on the seaside in Mombasa County, Kenya.

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Celebrating Christmas at Bondi Beach in Sydney.

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Traffic journey sights all the contrivance through a Christmas dazzling on the Jardin des Tuileries garden in Paris.

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Contributors dressed as Ayaz Ata, or Father Frost, the Kazakh identical of Santa Claus, take segment in a procession during the streets whereas marking the Unique Year and Christmas season in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Traffic pose with a person dressed as Santa Claus out of doors the Xishiku Church in Beijing.

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Dec. 25

Posing for pictures in front of a Christmas shop in Tehran.

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Dec. 25

Actors depict the birth of Jesus in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Heart of the night Mass on the Bethlehem Chapel, in Ossolin, Poland.

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Dec. 24

Catholic clergy tag a procession end to the Church of the Nativity within the West Bank metropolis of Bethlehem.

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Dec. 24

The Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa arrives on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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Dec. 24

Runners dressed as Santa Claus take segment in a charity bustle in Madrid.

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Dec. 24

Christian devotees retain up candles all the contrivance through a nighttime Mass on Christmas Eve on the Bethany church in Surabaya, Indonesia.

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People retain candles all the contrivance through Christmas Eve Mass on the Basilica of the Nationwide Shrine of the Immaculate Thought in Washington.

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Worshipers of the Legio Maria African Church Mission catch to pray all the contrivance through a Christmas Eve vigil in a church end to Ugunja, Kenya.

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