A Palestinian vendor sells balloons and Christmas hats at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem
In the West Bank town of Bethlehem celebrations were held at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus.
Thousands of tourists and Christian Arabs took to the streets, along with the annual Scouts parade and a protest by workers against mass layoffs.
Along the coast of Valparaiso city, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago, in Chile, fishermen organised a Santa Claus boat trip as people waited on the shore to receive their Christmas presents and well-wishes.
In Baghdad, Iraq, behind blast walls and with police nearby, 200 worshipers attended Christmas mass at the city's Our Lady of Salvation Church, which officially reopened this month after a massacre in 2010.
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