World celebrates Christmas

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(BBC News)- People across the world are celebrating Christmas — one of the holiest times in the Christian calendar.

However, for the second year in a row, there are smaller crowds at church services and other events because of the continuing coronavirus outbreak.

Here’s our snapshot of global festivities.

People take pictures on a footbridge with Christmas lights decorations in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Colourful lights decorations made this footbridge in Taipei, Taiwan, very popular with the locals and tourists
Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission church attend a Christmas Eve vigil Mass in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: 25 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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Nuns held prayers at a solemn church service in Nairobi, Kenya
A girl sings along with her mother, who holds a boys in her arms, during a Christmas Eve service at St Andrew's church in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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In Pakistan, families — many with young children — attended a Christmas Eve service at St Andrew’s church in Karachi
People light candles before a Christmas Eve service at St Mary Draperis Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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Worshippers lit candles in Istanbul, Turkey
The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas midnight Mass at St Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Photo: 25 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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In the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, a midnight Mass was held in the Church of the Nativity
Pope Francis (right) leads a Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Pope Francis presided at the similar service in the Vatican, which was held earlier than usual because of Covid restrictions
Young altar servers light up their candles during a Christmas Eve mass at a church in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Young altar servers assisted during celebrations in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq
A giant sand sculpture of Santa Claus on the beach of Bay of Bengal in Odisha state, India. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
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This giant sand sculpture of Santa Claus appeared on the beach of Bay of Bengal in India’s eastern Odisha state
A rhino enjoys its Christmas treats at Orana Wildlife Park on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Meanwhile, a rhino enjoyed its Christmas treats at Orana Wildlife Park on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand
A pub is lit up with Christmas lights decorations in London, UK. Photo: 24 December 2021IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERS
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This pub in London, Great Britain, looked a giant Christmas toy
Source: BBC News, 25/12/2021

Last Updated on 25.12.2021 by iskova