A competitor dressed as Santa jumps into the water during the 103rd Barcelona Traditional Christmas Swimming Cup at the Old Harbour of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, December 25.
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Queen Elizabeth receives flowers from children as she leaves the Royal family Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk, England.
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A woman lights candles after a Christmas Mass at Sarajevo's Cathedral of The Heart Of Jesus.
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Volunteers of the medical students association Carabins, dressed as Santa Claus, distribute gifts to sick children at the Bordeaux's Hospital for sick children, in southwestern France.
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A Christmas tree shaped installation using a TV tower can be seen prior to a lighting up ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania,
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A member of Berlin's swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) takes a dip in the Orankesee lake during their traditional Christmas ice swimming session in Berlin, Germany.
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his traditional Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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A child dressed as Santa Claus plays at a church during Christmas celebrations in Jammu, India, on Tuesday.
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People light candles as they gather to pray during Christmas celebrations at The Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Troops with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force collect their food during a special Christmas meal at Kabul International Airport on Tuesday.
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A sexton collects candles during a Christmas Mass in the golden-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Fouad Twal, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a statue of the baby Jesus at the end of the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, West Bank. He walks in a procession to the Grotto of the Nativity, in the adjacent Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ.
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Christians take communion during a Christmas Mass at Saint Anthony's Church in Lahore, Pakistan.
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The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, takes part in a Christmas Day service at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England.
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Maddy Swain, visiting from England, sits in a hole she has dug for herself at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.