A gallery of images showing how Christmas was celebrated around the world…
People wearing national costume sing carols as they celebrate Christmas near St Michael Monastery in a city centre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, 25th December, 2024. PICTURE: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky.
Christians attend the Christmas mass in the Greek Orthodox Convent of Saint Takla, in Maaloula, some 60 kilometres north of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, 24th December, 2024. PICTURE: AP Photo/Leo Correa.
The faithful walk through the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, 25th December, 2024, after it was opened by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve marking the start of the Catholic 2025 Jubilee. PICTURE: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini.
Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Wednesday 25th December. 2024. PICTURE: Alaa Badarneh/Pool via EPA.
Christians attend the Christmas Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral Church, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, 25th December, 2024. PICTURE: AP Photo/KM Chaudary.
Elderly Christian married couple Amal Amouri and her husband Tony Al-Masri sit at their tent at the Muwassi tent camp near Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Christmas Day on Wednesday 25th December, 2024. PICTURE: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana.
Carlos Hebert Plante, who boogie boards daily, dressed as Santa Claus hits the St-Lawrence River amid an air temperature of -14 degrees Celsius on Christmas Day, in Montreal, on Wednesday, 25th December, 2024. PICTURE: Bernard Brault /The Canadian Press via AP.
