Christmas Celebrations Around the World
Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, center, leads the Christmas morning Mass at the Chapel of Saint Catherine, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A worshiper prays near the star which marks the spot believed to be the exact birthplace of Jesus, in the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Pope Francis delivers his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi message to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
A woman lights a candle as she attends a mass on Christmas Day at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending the Christmas day service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Jackson's Lane Arts Centre volunteers Linda and Sara deliver a hamper containing food and gifts to isolated community member Charlie McGinn in north London, Dec. 25, 2023. The center has been catering for community members on Christmas Day since 1975, feeding around 100 people and delivering over 200 Christmas meals throughout the area. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Girls, wearing Ukrainian traditional clothes, take part in Christmas celebrations in the village of Pyrogove, near Kyiv, Dec. 25, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A member of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin seals) ice swimmers club swims in the Oranke Lake during the traditional Christmas Day swimming event, in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
A man dressed as Santa Claus rides a boat with his dog in front of the Sydney Opera House, as part of Christmas Day celebrations for the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Australia, Dec. 25, 2023. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
Police personnel stand guard outside the rehabilitated Saint John Church, months after attacks over alleged blasphemy, in Jaranwala, Pakistan, Dec. 25, 2023. (Photo by Amna YASEEN / AFP)
Members of the church choir sing Christmas carols at All Saints' Cathedral during the service on Christmas Day in Nairobi, Kenya, Dec. 25, 2023.
Santa Claus rides a cycle along a street engulfed in fog on Christmas in New Delhi, India, Dec. 25, 2023.
Ukrainian service members of the 4th Ivan Vyhovskyi Separate Tank Brigade attend a Christmas Eve service near the front line outside Kupiansk in Kharkiv region, Dec. 24, 2023.
A woman takes a photo of her child next to a Christmas tree at a season festival to celebrate Christmas Eve, in Al A'ali Mall, Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 24, 2023.
People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in a morning run on Christmas Eve in Madrid, Spain, Dec. 24, 2023.