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Christian devotees take part in a special mass ahead of Christmas, at a church in Lahore on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi poses for a photo during the trailer launch of his upcoming Hindi language biographical film ‘Main Atal Hoon’ in Mumbai on December 20, 2023. (Photo by SUJIT JAISWAL / AFP)An Afghan man and boy walk with their donkeys along a roadside in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on December 20, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)Members of the Salvation Army stand in front of bags with Christmas aid during a charity distribution in Frederiksberg, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 20, 2023. – The Salvation Army’s Christmas assistance typically consists of gift cards to a supermarket, toys, and Christmas treats. It distributed Christmas assistance to over 11, 000 families and individuals in 2022. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)A rescued baby seal is seen at the CHENE (Accommodation and Study Center for Nature and the Environment) association, in Allouville-Bellefosse, near Le Havre, northwestern France, on December 2023. (Photo by Lou Benoist / AFP)A man injured during Israeli bombardment looks on outside the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)US President Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on December 20, 2023, as he departs for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)A Congolese police officer blocks a door after voters forced their way into a voting station in Kinshasa on December 20, 2023. – Millions of Congolese head to the polls on December 20, 2023 in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election in which President Felix Tshisekedi is seeking a new term against a fragmented opposition. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)An Israeli volunteer takes part in the avocado fruit harvest at a plantation near Kibbutz Erez close to the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on December 20, 2023, amidst a shortage of workers due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)People carry the shrouded body of a person killed during Israeli bombardment at the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)A volunteer participates in a cleaning drive at a church, ahead of the Christmas celebrations in Ahmedabad on December 20, 2023. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)Miss France 2024, Eve Gilles (Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais) (C) parades through her village, Quaedypre, near Dunkirk, four days after her election on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP)Princess Charlene of Monaco reacts as she stands behind a table laden with gifts which she and her husband are giving to children, during this traditional Christmas event at the Prince’s Palace of Monaco (Le Palais Princier de Monaco) in Monaco, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Valery HACHE / POOL / AFP)The Danish Civil Defence Agency deploys water tubes at the Kronprins Frederiks Bridge, which crosses Roskilde Fjord near Frederikssund, on December 20, 2023. – Storm Pia is expected to cause high water levels in the area. (Photo by Keld Navntoft / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)An aerial view shows the minaret of a mosque and the empty square outside the Nativity Church in the biblical city of Bethlehem, on December 20, 2023, ahead of Christmas amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. – Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem will still come to deliver his traditional midnight mass on Christmas Eve, but with pilgrims staying away and access to the city restricted by Israeli authorities, turnout is likely to suffer. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)A Belgian customs officer shows ecstasy pills during a press conference to present the drug seizures of 2023 at Brussels airport in Machelen, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)A massive bust featuring a likeness of German Communist (KPD) leader Ernst Thaelmann is decorated with a graffiti reading: “Free Gaza”, in Berlin, Germany, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
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