A Christmas tree is seen as people gather around it ahead of the Christmas day, in Guangzhou, China on December 24, 2022.
Syrians gather in a Christmas market at al-Hatab square in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on December 24, 2022.
Indian people light candles on the Eve of Christmas at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi, India, on December 24, 2022.
People look at the St Andrew church illuminated by the world-famous Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter before Christmas in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 23, 2022.
Military chaplain Father Oleksandr blesses a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine on their position in the north of Kharkiv region on December 24, 2022.
Pope Francis presides over Christmas Eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday December 24, 2022.
A child is seen in a tunnel lit up by thousands of lights at the Trustees' Winter lights event in Massachusetts.
A priest holds a statue of baby Jesus during a Christmas Eve mass in the Saint Antuan church, the largest Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul.
