PICTURES OF CHRISTMAS DAY ALL AROUND THE WORLD.


Heralded by the blare of trumpets reflecting Christmas joy, Pope Benedict XVI is presides over Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter's Basilica, packed with tourists, Romans and other faithful
Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI prays as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI prays as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican 

Christmas Mass was held at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican 
Christmas Mass was held at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican

Christians hold candles at a Christmas Eve service at the Chapel at Crosspoint in Getzville, New York

Festive spirit: Santa Claus water-skis on Potomac River near Washington DC during the 27th Annual Water Skiing show 
 
Police stand guard outside a Church as Christians celebrate Christmas, in Peshawar, Pakistan
Police stand guard outside a Church as Christians celebrate Christmas, in Peshawar, Pakistan

People admire the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony
People admire the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony


Inflatable Santa Claus and other Christmas decorations are on sale at a shop in Baghdad  
 
People look at a large screen at The Place, a shopping mall on December Eve in Beijing, China   
 

Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, is seen on Christmas eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem

Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and fishermen wave to people from a boat on Christmas Eve along the coast of Valparaiso city, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago

People admire the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony. Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a late Christmas night holy mass at St Peter's Basilica to mark the nativity of Jesus Christ


Christmas lights hang from trees outside the Xuanwumen Catholic Church as Chinese Catholics arrive for a Christmas Eve mass in Beijing 
 

Cuba: Children play around a statue depicting baby Jesus after a Christmas Eve Mass to reenact his birth at the Cathedral in Havana


Israeli nuns: Catholic nuns from the Sisters of Bethlehem pray during midnight mass to mark Christmas in the Beit Jamal Monastery near Jerusalem

Christmas in Iran: A female Iranian Christian holds beads fearing a cross pendant at the Saint Joseph Chaldean- Assyrian Catholic church, in Tehran, Iran

 
Practicing: A female Iranian Christian lights a candle beneath a red and gold scarf at the Saint Mary Chaldean- Assyrian Catholic church


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