News in Pics, December 25: Best Photos from around the world

Juliet Babayan (R) visits her sister Violet Bonyad (seated) through a window at the Ararat Nursing Facility on Christmas Eve in Mission Hills, California. Credit: AFP

Mario, 7, looks from his family's home where 8 out of 10 family members are Covid-19 positive in Stamford, Connecticut. Credit: AFP

Maryland Cremation Services transporter Reggie Elliott folds up a spare gurney after bringing the remains of a Covid-19 victim to his van from the hospital's morgue in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: AFP

Worshippers attend a Christmas midnight mass at the Catholic church of the Holy Heart of Jesus as authorities lifted curfew and allowed religious services with protective measure against Covid-19 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Credit: Reuters

Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Church in the Holy land Pierbattista Pizzaballa (C), leads a Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. Credit: AFP

A medical staff member stands by a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) on Christmas Eve at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: AFP

A woman sells props outside a church on as members of India's Christian community celebrate Christmas eve in Mumbai, India. Credit: AFP