Images: Christmas around the world, updated
Whether by doing good works, praying in church or hanging lights, people around the world are celebrating Christmas this weekend.
Figures of Santa Claus and other Christmas decorations are displayed for sale at a shot in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas Day is observed as a national holiday in India.
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An Indian man wearing a Santa Claus mask rides a scooter in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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People walk by a Christmas tree and other trees decorated for illuminations in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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A Sri Lankan salesman adjusts the clothes on a figure of Santa Claus at his shop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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A Sri Lankan street child reacts to the camera as he stands next to a mask of Santa Claus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas Day is observed as a national holiday in India.
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A Filipino buys toys at a vendor along a crowded street as they make their last minute shopping on Christmas Eve in Manila, Philippines, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas is one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A Bangladeshi nun arranges flowers on the eve of Christmas in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Indonesian Christians hold candles during Christmas Eve service at a cathedral in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011.
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Indonesian Christians hold candles during Christmas Eve service at a cathedral in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011.
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Filipino traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas dressed in a Santa Claus costume kneels down to direct the flow of vehicles in a dancing way along a busy intersection on Christmas Eve in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas is one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
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A Filipino boy wearing a Santa hat covers his ears while holding a toy gun as they play with firecrackers along the railways on Christmas Eve in Manila, Philippines Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas is one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
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Students dressed in festive clothing participate in Christmas celebrations at a school in Jammu, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas Day is observed as a national holiday in India.
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Zoo employees in Santa costume pose in front of giraffes at National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Zoo employees in Santa costume on a tram greet visitors at National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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A street performer dressed as an angel stands next to a Christmas tree at Bolivar square in Bogota, Colombia.
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A Christmas tree and lights decorate Bolivar square in Bogota, Colombia.
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A woman dressed as Santa Claus sits next to a Christmas three and a Christmas Star at Bolivar square in Bogota, Colombia.
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People stop to look at a Christmas tree in La Paz, Bolivia.
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People walk next to a Christmas tree in La Paz, Bolivia.
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Christmas lights decorate a park in a neighborhood in northern Bogota, Colombia.
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A Christmas pine tree made of unusable cellphones is lit up in front of the electronic store in My Tho, Tien Giang province, Vietnam. The store is ringing in Christmas with the 15-foot tree made of more than 2,500 unusable cellphones. Store manager Nguyen Trai said 10 workers spent two weeks building the cellular Christmas tree.
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Some 1,000 volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea.
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A hawker sells Christmas paraphernalia to raise funds for poor children on a street corner in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Pakistani children enjoy jumping on a trampoline, placed in a Christian neighborhood in preparation for the upcoming Christmas holiday in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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A Pakistani Christian woman, left, walks by a wall painted with the Nativity scene in preparation for the upcoming Christmas holiday in a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad, Pakistan.
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The Christmas tree at the Rotuses square in Kaunas, Lithuania, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Group of artists used 40,000 recycled plastic bottles to create this 42-foot tall Christmas tree.
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Pakistani Christians make final adjustments to decorations on a Christmas tree at St. Johns Cathedral, during preparations for Christmas celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Chaldean priest Saad Syrop leads Christmas Eve mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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A U.S. Chaplain, second right, with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Forceattends at a ceremony on the eve of Christmas inside a church at the ISAF's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Pope Benedict XVI lights a candle at his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the unveiling of the nativity scene, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Catholic nuns wait for the start of a Christmas eve Mass at Graha Maria Annai Velangkan Church in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Pakistani Christians walk around an illuminated display of nativity scenes specially set up on the eve of Christmas celebrations, at a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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A young girl places a candle at the Sacred Hearts Cathedral on Christmas Eve in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas Day is observed as a national holiday in India.
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Urbi et Orbi (to the City and to the World) speech from the central loggia of St. Peters Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his Christmas message Sunday, an appeal for peace that was challenged by deadly attacks on two Nigerian churches.
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Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas mass at St. Josephs Chaldean church in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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Pakistani Christians attend Christmas Mass at St. Johns Cathedral in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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A solider with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) photographs his colleagues with a NATO- service member dressed in a Christmas themed costume at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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Pakistani women pray during a Christmas mass in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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Myanmar faithful pray during a cerebration of Christmas day at St. Mary Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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A vendor sells balloons as Myanmar Christians cerebrate Christmas day at St. Mary Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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Pedestrians walk past Immanuel Baptist church illuminated on Christmas day in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.
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A Christmas tree stands lit up in a window of a house in Belleville, Ontario on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. The majority of Canadians are expecting a green Christmas.
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Photographer Johan Caslin waits for customers next to a Christmas tree at an amusement park in Managua, Nicaragua.
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A girl hits a pinata before a government Christmas gift delivery in Managua, Nicaragua.
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