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The world endures another COVID Christmas

By Associated Press

Dec. 25, 2021

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Tony O'Connor, originally from Manchester, England, rides a surfboard while wearing a Santa hat as he celebrates Christmas at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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A woman holding a rosary waits for Pope Francis to deliver the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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A child is silhouetted on the television screen of her home in Larbert, England, Saturday, Dec. 25, as she watches Queen Elizabeth II giving her annual Christmas broadcast from Windsor Castle.
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Patrick Corkery wears a santa hat and beard as waves crash over him during a Christmas Day dip at Sandy Cover near Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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People wearing a face mask, walk past a Christmas tree, at a shopping mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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Christians attend a Christmas mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Dec. 25.
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Hospital worker Houda Mokrani takes a selfie with her colleagues on christmas day in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Friday, Dec. 25.
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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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Indian Christians receive the holy communion from a priest after attending a Christmas mass at Saint Mary's church in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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A man dressed as Santa Claus dances outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, on Christmas Day in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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A woman wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19, prays during a morning Christmas Mass at Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday Dec. 25.
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The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas midnight mass at Saint Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, West Bank Saturday, Dec. 25.
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Indian Christians, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the COVID-19, attend a Christmas mass at Saint Mary's Garrison church in Jammu, India, Saturday, Dec. 25.
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Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, archbishop of the archdiocese of Denver, heads down the aisle to conduct Christmas Eve Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Friday, Dec. 24.

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