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A military Orthodox chaplain conducts a Christmas Eve mass for service members of the 72nd Chorni Zaporozhtsi Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at a position in a front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Iraqi Christians attend a mass on Christmas Eve at Mar Behnam and Sarah Syriac Catholic Church in Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq.
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Parishioners Maddie-Rae Eason, 8, and Sam Brobbey, 6, hold their Christingles, which represent Christ's birth and the Light of the World, during a Christmas Eve service at the Kirkby Stephen Parish Church in Cumbria, Britain.
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Pope Francis opens the Holy Door to mark the opening of the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, in St Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
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People arrive for Christmas Eve service at St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A woman places a candle during the Christmas Eve service at St Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A priest holds a mass on Christmas Eve, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.
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A person releases a sky lantern during Christmas festivities in Athens, Greece.
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A member of clergy attends Christmas morning Mass at the Lady of Damascus church, following the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria.
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Fireworks illuminate the St Nicholas Church after the Christmas mass in the Croatian minority town of Janjevo, Kosovo.
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A man wears a Father Frost costume in Sophia Square on Christmas Eve, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A person dressed as the Grinch skis by during the annual Christmas Eve performance by the "Waterskiing Santa" along the Old Town Alexandria Waterfront in Alexandria, Virginia, US.
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Catholic believers stand in front of the Cathedral of the Heart of Jesus at Christmas in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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