In Pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

People around the world mark one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar.

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Dec 26, 2019, 06:10 AM

A man dressed as Santa Claus carries a migrant child who, along with his parents, is camping near the Paso del Norte international border crossing bridge while waiting to apply for asylum to the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Pakistan Christians attend Christmas Mass at a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Former resident Olena Pantsyuk takes a selfie in front of a Christmas tree installed in a central square of the abandoned city of Pripyat, not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, on Dec 25, 2019. It is the first time in 33 years that a Christmas tree was set up in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A man wearing a Santa hat stands in front of riot police during a protest in Mong Kok district in Hong Kong on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A child dressed as Santa Claus drinks milk on Christmas Day at a church in Amritsar, India, on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

(From left) Britain's Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leave after the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service in England on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez (second from right) visits inmates at Men's Central Jail after holding Christmas Mass in Los Angeles on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

Amateur actors perform during the Live Nativity Scene set in the Postojna Cave in Slovenia, on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Swiss Guards parade in St Peter's Square in the Vatican prior to Pope Francis delivering the traditional Urbi et Orbi Christmas Day blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A tigress and her cubs receive their meat in boxes wrapped in Christmas paper as a festive Christmas dinner in The Netherlands on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Participants in a Santa Claus costume jump into the water during the 110th edition of the 'Copa Nadal' (Christmas Cup) swimming competition in Spain on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A believer lights a candle during the Christmas Mass at St George Church in Turkey on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People enjoy ice-skating at the Christmas market in front of Berlin's city hall 'Rotes Rathaus' at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin on Dec 25, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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