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In pictures: Christmas around the world, 2023

The Zelenchuk family prays before a Christmas dinner in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023.

Sight presents a gallery of Christmas images from this year…

A gallery of images from Christmas, 2023… 

The Zelenchuk family prays before a Christmas dinner in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023.
The Zelenchuk family prays before a Christmas dinner in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka.

A child looks at a Santa craft at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by "Los Chicos de la Via" soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, 23rd December, 2023
A child looks at a Santa craft at a pre-Christmas celebration organised by “Los Chicos de la Via” soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday, 23rd December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd.

Christians attend midnight Christmas mass at St Andrew's Church in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023.
Christians attend midnight Christmas Mass at St Andrew’s Church in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Fareed Khan.

A nativity scene decorated to honor the victims in Gaza is displayed in Manger Square, near the Nativity Church, which is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023
A nativity scene decorated to honour the victims in Gaza is displayed in Manger Square, near the Nativity Church, which is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean.

People drink as they swim with Santa hats in eight degree water in Lake Leman at Bains des Paquis on Christmas Eve, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, 24tH December, 2023

People drink as they swim with Santa hats in eight degree water in Lake Leman at Bains des Paquis on Christmas Eve, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP.

A woman photographs the Nativity scene installed for upcoming Christmas celebrations in Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, 23rd December, 2023
A woman photographs the Nativity scene installed for upcoming Christmas celebrations in Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, 23rd December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis.

A child attends Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023.
A child attends Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim.

Dogs rest in front of a house with a tree decorated for Christmas in Shangshak village, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023
Dogs rest in front of a house with a tree decorated for Christmas in Shangshak village, in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. Nagas are an indigenous people inhabiting several north-eastern Indian states and across the border in Myanmar. In a largely Hindu country, most Nagas are Christians. PICTURE: AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur.

Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Mother Teresa Catholic Church in Basra, Iraq, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023.
Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Mass at the Mother Teresa Catholic Church in Basra, Iraq, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani.

Nuns hold candles during the Christmas Eve mass at Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, 24th December, 2023
Nuns hold candles during the Christmas Eve mass at Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. on Sunday, 24th December, 2023. PICTURE: AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara.

 

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