A member of Berlin(***)s ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) takes a dip in the Orankesee lake during their traditional Christmas ice swimming session in Berlin, Germany [AFP]
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In Australia where it is now summer, some people spend Christmas on the beach. Bondi Beach, Australia [Gallo/Getty]
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A man dressed of Santa Claus walks on a street during Christmas night in Valparaiso city, about 121 km northwest of Santiago, Chile [Reuters]
South Koreans look at a Nativity scene outside the Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul [AFP]
People attend Christmas mass at St. Paul(***)s Cathedral church on the eve of Christmas in Kolkata, India [Reuters]
Miss New Jersey, Brielle Lacosta, talks with Santa Claus at the Bridgewater Commons Mall Bridgewater TWP, New Jersey [Gallo/Getty]
Pope Benedict XVI attends the Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter(***)s Basilica in Vatican City, Vatican [Gallo/Getty]
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Mamoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, attends Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem [REUTERS]
A Kashmiri Christian lights candles at a church during a Christmas in Srinagar, Kashmir [AFP]
A Bosnian Catholic woman prays during Christmas Midnight Church service at the Cathedral of The Heart of Jesus in Sarajevo [AFP]
Catholic priests pray at the St. Esprit Church during the Christmas mass at midnight, in Harbiye, downtown Istanbul [AFP]
Catholic devotees place candles as they pray during a Christmas mass at a church in Colombo, Sri Lanka [REUTERS]
An Iraqi Christian woman crosses an effigy of baby Jesus during a Christmas eve mass in a church east of Mosul, north of Baghdad [REUTERS]
Pakistani Christian attend a Christmas service at the Central Brooks Memorial Church in Karachi, Pakistan [AFP]
