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Christmas 2025 in pictures: How the world is celebrating Christmas

Sarah Swain and Patrick Brischetto

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From the beaches of Australia to the squares of chilly Europe, the world is marking Christmas 2025.

As usual thousands in Australia flocked to the beach, but there were different was of celebrating around the globe.

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Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair in Red Square in Moscow.
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Independence Square at the end of a traditional Christmas Procession with Caroling Stars, a ritual that cultural institutions have been reviving in cities across the country in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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People take part in the annual Christmas Day swim at the Forty Foot bathing spot in Sandycove Dublin.
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Pope Leo XIV holds up the book of the Gospel during the Christmas Day Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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Iryna, 33, Yurii, 36, and their daughter Victoria, three, wait in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery after an air alarm rang before the beginning of a Christmas Procession

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Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, centre, leads the Christmas morning Mass at Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

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NBA Christmas board court side prior to the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club take part in the Peter Pan Cup race, which is held every Christmas Day at the Serpentine, in Hyde Park, London.
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Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering 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.

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