Christmas Day Around the World

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  In Mosul on Christmas Eve, Iraqi children seen near a statue of Santa Claus.
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  Iraqi Muslims and Christians light candles at a Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Derrick Nunley,wears a Santa Claus hat and a beard fashioned with a shredded t-shirt, after flying in a Blackhawk helicopter on Christmas day at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad.
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  Members of the public braving the cold weather and icy conditions for a dip in the Irish Sea, at the Forty Foot bathing spot in Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland. It's an annual Christmas Day swim
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  A Christian pilgrim prays inside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  A Palestinian man wearing a Santa Claus costume stands next to a Christmas tree decorated with used tear gas canisters, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier outside the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, kisses a holy icon as he conducts the Christmas Mass in the Patriarchate's St. George Church, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta

  

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  Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful during the blessing and message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  A member of the Seehunde Berlin winter and ice swimming club, swims with an umbrella in the frozen Oranke Lake in Berlin, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  A U.S. soldier walks past the display of the Nativity scene at the Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  Bosnian Catholic worshippers attend Christmas midnight mass at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Spirit, in Fojnica, 40 kms west of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  Members of Serpentine Swimming Club take part in their annual Christmas Swim in the Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, in London, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  Employees dressed in Santa Claus costumes ride bicycles in the rain during a Christmas celebration at Ancol theme park in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds fish on Christmas day at Aquaria underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
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  Prince William, centre, talks with Prince Harry and Zara Phillips, before attending the annual Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalene church on the royal estate at Sandringham, England
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  Queen Elizabeth II carries flowers she received from wellwishers, as she leaves St Mary Magdalene Church, on the royal estate at Sandringham, England.
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