In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

Christians around the world celebrated Christmas on Dec 25 with services, carols and candles. Pope Francis held a midnight mass at the Vatican.

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Dec 25, 2015, 05:20 PM

A man kisses a figure of the baby Jesus at a church on Christmas Day in Ahmedabad, India, Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

People attend a mass on Christmas day at Fatima Church in Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Thai Christian kisses the baby Jesus doll part of a Nativity scene in a church during a morning Christmas day mass in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A Thai priest begins a morning Christmas day mass in a church in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

A Filipino girl holding a gift boards a makeshift raft on Christmas Day in Paranaque city, south of Manila, Philippines, Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Pope Francis kisses a baby Jesus statue as he leads the midnight Christmas Mass in Saint Peters Basilica at the Vatican late 24 Dec, 2015. PHOTO: EPA

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal leads a Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Dec 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

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